Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle speed calculator, and vehicle including same
- Patent Title (中): 车速计算器和车辆包括相同
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Application No.: US14156630Application Date: 2014-01-16
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Publication No.: US09256952B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Tetsuya Ono
- Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Carrier Blackman & Associates, P.C.
- Agent William D. Blackman; Joseph P. Carrier
- Priority: JP2013-017647 20130131
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/20 ; G01P3/80 ; B62J99/00 ; B60W40/105

Abstract:
A vehicle speed calculator includes a vehicle speed calculation unit for calculating a vehicle speed from a traveled distance per unit time of a feature point in a captured image shot by a camera for capturing a road surface, a reference distance mark irradiation unit and an image reference distance detection unit. The reference distance mark irradiation unit irradiates a reference distance mark to the road surface in parallel with an optical axis of the camera. The reference distance mark is formed in such a manner as to have a reference distance in a longitudinal direction of a motorcycle. The image reference distance detection unit detects an image reference distance, the longitudinal length of the reference distance mark in the shot image. The vehicle speed calculation unit calculates the vehicle speed from the traveled distance using the image reference distance and the reference distance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140212003A1 VEHICLE SPEED CALCULATOR, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2014-07-31
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