Object detector
AssigneeFujitsu Ten Limited
InventorTetsuo YAMAMOTO
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Abstract
An object detection circuit detects an object moving in a periphery of a vehicle by use of a shot image. A state judgment part changes a parameter relevant to a detection function so as to change whether the detection function of the object detection circuit is to be enabled or disabled while the object detection circuit is kept activated. Thus, even when the detection function of the object detection circuit is disabled, the object detection circuit is kept activated. Therefore, since there is no need to restart the object detection circuit in order to enable the detection function of the object detection circuit, a detection result by the object detection circuit is promptly obtained.
Claims12
An object detector comprising:
- a detector that detects, by use of a shot image of a periphery of a vehicle captured by a camera, an object moving in the periphery of the vehicle;
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- a controller that (i) acquires information about a vehicle state of the vehicle, and (ii) changes whether a detection function of the detector is to be enabled or disabled in accordance with the vehicle state by changing a parameter relevant to the detection function so as to change whether the detection function is to be enabled or disabled while keeping the detector activated.
An object detection method comprising the steps of:
- (a) a detector detecting, by use of a shot image of a periphery of a vehicle captured by a camera, an object moving in the periphery of the vehicle;
- (b) a controller acquiring a vehicle state of the vehicle;
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- (c) the controller changing whether a detection function of the detector is to be enabled or disabled in accordance with the vehicle state, wherein
- the controller, in the step (c), changes a parameter relevant to the detection function so as to change whether the detection function is to be enabled or disabled while keeping the detector activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.