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US 11,778,316 B2Granted
Imaging apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkira Kanehara, Yuji Yasui
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus provided inside a vehicle is provided. The imaging apparatus is capable of capturing images with different degrees of sensitivity, and the imaging apparatus captures an image for recognizing an inside of the vehicle with high sensitivity, and captures an image for recognizing an outside of the vehicle with low sensitivity.
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An imaging apparatus provided inside a vehicle, comprising:
- an image capturing unit that is capable of capturing images with different degrees of sensitivity and capable of switching color setting between color imaging for capturing color images and monochrome imaging for capturing monochrome images;
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- a controller having at least one processor and at least one memory in which at least one program is stored,
- wherein the at least one program causes the imaging apparatus when executed by the at least one processor to capture an image for recognizing an inside of the vehicle with high sensitivity, and captures an image for recognizing an outside of the vehicle with low sensitivity,
- wherein the color setting is set to color imaging when low-sensitivity imaging is performed for recognition of an image outside the vehicle, and the color setting is set to monochrome imaging when high-sensitivity imaging is performed for recognition of an image inside the vehicle, and
- wherein, at the time of high-sensitivity imaging, imaging is performed with sensitivity that prevents black crushing in an image of the inside of the vehicle, and at the time of low-sensitivity imaging, imaging is performed with sensitivity that prevents blown-out highlights of an image of the outside the vehicle.
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An imaging apparatus provided inside a vehicle, comprising:
- an image capturing unit that is capable of capturing images with different degrees of sensitivity and capable of switching color setting between color imaging for capturing color images and monochrome imaging for capturing monochrome images, and
- a controller having at least one processor and at least one memory in which at least one program is stored,
- wherein the at least one program causes the imaging apparatus when executed by the at least one processor to capture an image for recognizing an inside of the vehicle with high sensitivity, and captures an image for recognizing an outside of the vehicle with low sensitivity,
- wherein the imaging apparatus performs image recognition by masking the inside of the vehicle except for the window portion provided in the vehicle when performing low-sensitivity imaging, and performs image recognition by masking the window portion when performing high-sensitivity imaging, and
- wherein the imaging apparatus performs masking the image imaged by the high sensitivity imaging with a mask obtained by binarizing an image imaged by the high sensitivity imaging and inverting the binarized image when recognizing the image imaged by the high sensitivity imaging, and
- the imaging apparatus performs masking the image imaged by the low sensitivity imaging with a mask obtained by binarizing an image imaged by the high sensitivity imaging when recognizing the image imaged by the low sensitivity imaging, and
- wherein, at the time of high-sensitivity imaging, imaging is performed with sensitivity that prevents black crushing in an image of the inside of the vehicle, and at the time of low-sensitivity imaging, imaging is performed with sensitivity that prevents blown-out highlights of an image of the outside the vehicle.
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