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US08346473B2 Lane determining device, lane determining method and navigation apparatus using the same
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车道确定装置,车道确定方法和使用其的导航装置
- Patent Title: Lane determining device, lane determining method and navigation apparatus using the same
- Patent Title (中): 车道确定装置,车道确定方法和使用其的导航装置
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Application No.: US12593772Application Date: 2008-05-23
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Publication No.: US08346473B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Masaki Nakamura , Tomoaki Ishikawa , Koichi Nakao , Osamu Aisaka , Motoki Kanba , Kiyokazu Okada
- Applicant: Masaki Nakamura , Tomoaki Ishikawa , Koichi Nakao , Osamu Aisaka , Motoki Kanba , Kiyokazu Okada
- Applicant Address: JP Anjo-shi, Aichi-ken JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.,Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.,Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Anjo-shi, Aichi-ken JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-139733 20070525
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/059961 WO 20080523
- International Announcement: WO2008/146899 WO 20081204
- Main IPC: G01C21/32
- IPC: G01C21/32

Abstract:
A lane determining device includes: a feature information obtaining unit for obtaining feature information F of a target feature existing in each lane in the traveling direction of a vehicle 30, based on vehicle position information; an image recognizing unit for conducting image recognition processing of a feature type of the target feature in a vehicle lane, with respect to image information; and a lane accuracy determining unit for determining a vehicle lane accuracy for the respective lanes based on a type of a recognized feature fa shown in an image recognition result, feature types Ft1 to Ft4 of the target feature of the respective lanes shown in the feature information F, in accordance with a level of probability for each of the feature types Ft1 to Ft4 of the target feature of the respective lanes is recognized as the type of the recognized feature fa.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100121569A1 LANE DETERMINING DEVICE, LANE DETERMINING METHOD AND NAVIGATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2010-05-13
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