Invention Grant
- Patent Title: In-vehicle camera and in-vehicle camera system
- Patent Title (中): 车载摄像头和车载摄像头系统
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Application No.: US13983289Application Date: 2012-03-01
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Publication No.: US08878935B2Publication Date: 2014-11-04
- Inventor: Naoki Kourogi , Tatsuhiko Monji
- Applicant: Naoki Kourogi , Tatsuhiko Monji
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi
- Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2011-047070 20110304
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/055251 WO 20120301
- International Announcement: WO2012/121107 WO 20120913
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; G06K9/00 ; H04N5/225 ; G08G1/16 ; B60R21/0134

Abstract:
In the present invention, images at a front side or a rear side of a vehicle are obtained from a plurality of image capturing devices and a disparity and a distance to the captured object are calculated from the images, if the disparity is not sufficiently obtained, pattern light is irradiated onto a capturing object and an image of the object onto which the pattern light is irradiated is obtained again from the plurality of image capturing devices and the disparity and the distance to the captured object are calculated. Therefore, it is possible to provide an in-vehicle camera and system that recognizes an obstacle even in a situation where it is difficult to obtain the disparity of the obstacle around the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130335561A1 In-Vehicle Camera and In-Vehicle Camera System Public/Granted day:2013-12-19
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