Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Front vehicle detecting method and front vehicle detecting apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 前车检测方法及前车检测装置
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Application No.: US13630166Application Date: 2012-09-28
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Publication No.: US08848980B2Publication Date: 2014-09-30
- Inventor: Cheng Du , Liyan Liu , Xiaomeng Wang , Ping Hu
- Applicant: Cheng Du , Liyan Liu , Xiaomeng Wang , Ping Hu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: CN201110297126 20110930
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00
Abstract:
A method for detecting a front vehicle comprises: a moving light detecting step of detecting a front moving light area of an own vehicle in at least one image of a front scene of the own vehicle obtained at a time; a vehicle candidate generating step of extracting a light area pair from the detected front moving light area so that a front vehicle candidate is generated; and a vehicle candidate verifying step of verifying that the front vehicle candidate is the front vehicle in cases where the front vehicle candidate meets predetermined characteristics of a vehicle light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130083971A1 FRONT VEHICLE DETECTING METHOD AND FRONT VEHICLE DETECTING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-04-04
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