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US 2024/0179407 A1Published application
Focus-of-expansion locating device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuma SUZUKI
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Abstract
The focus-of-expansion locating device includes a loaded state determination unit and a focus-of-expansion locating unit. The loaded state determination unit determines whether the loaded state of the vehicle has changed based on the detection result from the in-vehicle sensor that detects the loaded state of the vehicle. The focus-of-expansion locating unit locates a focus of expansion on the captured image based on the captured image of the camera of the vehicle. The focus-of-expansion locating unit re-locates the focus of expansion when the loaded state has changed.
Claims3
A focus-of-expansion locating device comprising:
- a loaded state determination unit configured to determine whether a loaded state of a vehicle has changed based on a detection result from an in-vehicle sensor configured to detect the loaded state of the vehicle;
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- a focus-of-expansion locating unit configured to locate, based on an image captured by a camera of the vehicle, a focus of expansion in the captured image, wherein the focus-of-expansion locating unit re-locates the focus of expansion when the loaded state has changed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.