Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing device
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Application No.: US16970399Application Date: 2019-02-04
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Publication No.: US11308337B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Maho Horinaga , Naoya Tada , Yuji Otsuka
- Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka
- Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-028258 20180220
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/003779 WO 20190204
- International Announcement: WO2019/163493 WO 20190829
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06K9/00 ; B62D15/02

Abstract:
An image capturing device that detects a change in lane width for a vehicle without using information on an adjacent lane is mounted in the vehicle and includes a first camera which captures a first image and a control device which recognizes, in the first image, first and second compartment line L1 and L2 that regulate lanes. The control device determines the presence or absence of a change in lane width on the basis of relationships among the widths of the first compartment line L1 at two points PV1, PV2 at which the distances from a vehicle on the first image are different, the widths of the second compartment line L2 at the two points PV1, PV2 on the first image, and the distances between the first compartment line L1 and the second compartment line L2 at the two points PV1, PV2 on the first image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210117698A1 Image Capturing Device Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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