摘要:
In an environment monitoring system using an optical flow, a monitoring region is set in one's own vehicle lane or an adjacent lane on the basis of the white lines. In this case, an early image is divided into a plurality of small regions. An edge is extracted which is an candidate of each the white lines for each the small regions using a virtual FOE for each the small regions acquired previously of the early image. A white line is determined is determined on the basis of the edge extracted. Finally, white line segments are extended for each small region determined to acquire a coordinate of a crossing point thereof and that of the virtual FOE is stored for each the small regions. The virtual FOE is used to extract the edge for each of the small regions of an image newly picked-up in order to detect the optical flow.
摘要:
The vehicle surroundings monitor detects the sizes and positions of obstacles, ditches and humans as well as the depths of the ditches to provide the driver with sufficient information to secure safety during driving. The pattern light projector receives an incoming laser beam and projects a light spot matrix in the form of a regular grating onto the monitored area. The camera photographs the light spot pattern on the monitored area and sends image signals to the data processor which processes the image signals to detect the presence of any obstacle, ditch or human. Based on the steering angle detected by the steering angle sensor, the path the car will take is predicted and a possible contact or collision of the car with the obstacle is detected beforehand. The buzzer, voice synthesizer and display device are used to alert the driver and indicate the presence of the obstacles, the possible contact with them and the location where the possible contact will occur.
摘要:
In an environment monitoring system using an optical flow, an optical-flow detecting device detects the optical flow in the steps of reverse-projection converting the early image of two early and later images picked up by an image picked up, on the basis of a predetermined optical arrangement of the image pick-up means onto an x-z plane in parallel to a road surface in a real space to acquire a road surface image; computing a moving distance of one's own vehicle in two timings on the basis of a time interval between two timings and speed information of one's own vehicle; parallel-shifting the road surface image by the moving distance thus computed; projection-converting the road surface image after parallel-shifted to acquire an estimated image of the later image in timing; acquiring a differential image between the later image and its estimated image to extract a feature point; and searching a corresponding point of the feature point extracted. In this configuration, it is possible to prevent an object such as a paint which should not be detected on a road surface from being erroneously detected as another surrounding vehicle.
摘要:
In a driver monitoring system, a pattern projecting device consisting of two fiber gratings stacked orthogonally which receive light from a light source projects a pattern of bright spots on a face of a driver. A image pick-up device picks up the pattern of bright spots to provide an image of the face. A data processing device processes the image, samples the driver's face to acquire three-dimensional position data at sampling points and processing the data thus acquired to provide inclinations of the face of the driver in vertical, horizontal and oblique directions. A decision device decides whether or not the driver is in a dangerous state in accordance with the inclinations of the face obtained. A warning device warns the driver against his dangerous state. The pattern light projecting device and pick-up device are integrated to each other and installed on a steering column on a vehicle. Thus, the driver monitoring system can assure performance, reliability and safety without hindering the driver in view of its installation on the vehicle.
摘要:
A collision alarm method and apparatus for vehicles in which, in order to detect and alarm of danger of collision, the time of possible collision is calculated by a danger judgement means from optical flow. In order for an image processing means to detect the optical flow, a horizontal or vertical noticeable edge is used, which edge is extracted from two images obtained at different times with an image photographing means. The collision alarm method and apparatus for vehicles detect danger of collision at high speed and gives a timely alarm so as to enable collision avoiding action to be securely taken.
摘要:
A vehicle-applied rear-and-side monitory system including an image taking means for taking an image of a rear-and-side view of the subject vehicle traveling in a lane; a characteristic point extracting device for extracting at least one point as a characteristic point from an image of a following vehicle contained in a first image, taken at a first time-point, of the rear-and-side view, the following vehicle traveling at the rear of the subject vehicle in the lane of the subject vehicle or in a neighboring lane; a corresponding point detecting device for detecting a corresponding point, corresponding to the characteristic point, in a second image taken at a second time-point following the first time-point; an optical flow forming device for forming an optical flow of the characteristic point of the following vehicle from a vector connecting the characteristic point and the corresponding point; and a dead angle area located vehicles-distance calculating device for calculating at least any one of a vehicles-distance between the subject vehicle and the following vehicle and a relative position therebetween after a time-point of disappearance of the optical flow outside an image plane of the image taking device on the basis of the optical flow formed just before the disappearance. Thus, a vehicle-applied rear-and-side monitoring system capable of monitoring an approaching degree of a following vehicle approaching from the rear of the subject vehicle in the lane of the subject vehicle in the neighboring lane can be realized.
摘要:
A monitoring apparatus for monitoring the periphery of a motor vehicle in which patterns painted on the surface of a road are eliminated to shorten a time required for calculation to determine a position of a subject by processing image data generated by two cameras, whereby image data of the object having a height is derived by subtracting image data generated one camera from image data generating by the other camera after transferring either of image data to the other image coordinate by assuming that the transferring image data have a height of zero (0) for canceling road surface images and sounding an alarm whenever it is determined that the position of the object causes an obstacle of the moving vehicle.
摘要:
To eliminate an ambient temperature correcting sensor and further to improve the sensor response speed in a heat radiating type liquid level sensing system, a constant current pulse is periodically passed through a level sensor to heat it; level sensor voltages sampled at predetermined time intervals when the level sensor is being heated are divided by each initial sensor voltage to obtain sensor voltage ratios with respect to time; an approximate voltage is calculated on the basis of the the obtained ratios in accordance with an approximation equation; a liquid level is calculated and displayed on the basis of the calculated approximate sensor voltage. Further, it is preferable that the system is provided with an additional inclination correcting sensor or an acceleration sensor, in order to correct the inclined liquid level.
摘要:
A rear-view monitor for use in vehicles is provided, in which contained are vehicle-mounted image pickup means for picking up images of road in the rear of one's own vehicle at every fixed time; and detection means for detecting an overtaking vehicle by processing road images obtained by the image pickup means. The monitor keeps monitoring of relative movement between one's own vehicle and the overtaking vehicle detected by the detection means. The monitor is characterized in that the image pickup means contain a wide-angle high resolution camera, and the detection means include: first image processing means for processing the whole road images obtained by the image pickup means by sampling image data; second image processing means for processing a part of road images obtained by the image pickup means without sampling image data; and selection means for selecting either the first image processing means or the second image processing means in response to a situation of traffic. Thus, a rear-view monitor for use in vehicles according to the present invention enables monitoring over a wide range, i.e. the far and near distances, under preferable conditions.
摘要:
A motor vehicle peripheral monitoring apparatus uses a monitor region extension member as optical image forming means. The monitor region extension member comprises an upper image passage part and an upper image compression part. The upper image passage part includes a prism structural element of substantially a semi-conical shape whose prism apical angles become the maximum angle at the center of the member and are decreased toward the extremity from the center of the member. The upper image compression part includes a cylindrical structural element having a curved surface whose angles are set to be smaller continuously from the prism apical angles of the upper image passage part.