Obstacle recognition system and method for a vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinji Igarashi, Tomonori Akiyama, Yuki Yoshihama
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Abstract
An object recognition system of a vehicle includes detecting means for detecting an object that is present around the vehicle, and enlarging means for enlarging the size of the object detected by the detecting means and recognizing the enlarged object, wherein a direction of enlargement of the object is determined according to a basis other than the object. When an object that is present around the vehicle is detected, the enlarging means enlarges the size of the object in a direction parallel to an indicator indicative of a lane boundary.
Claims14
An object recognition system of a vehicle, comprising:
- a detecting unit that detects an object that is present around the vehicle;
- and
- an enlarging unit that enlarges the size of the object detected by the detecting unit and recognizes the enlarged object, and determines a direction of enlargement of the object according to at least one indicator comprising at least one of a road marker indicative of a lane boundary and at least one three-dimensional object that extends on the side of a road or a plurality of three-dimensional objects located at intervals on the side of the road,
- wherein,
- the enlarging unit enlarges the size of the object in a direction parallel to the indicator.
An object recognition method of a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting an object that is present around the vehicle;
- and
- enlarging the size of the detected object in a direction that is determined according to at least one indicator comprising at least one of a road marker indicative of a lane boundary and at least one three-dimensional object that extends on the side of a road or a plurality of three-dimensional objects located at intervals on the side of the road,
- wherein,
- the size of the object is enlarged in a direction parallel to the indicator.
An object recognition system of a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting means for detecting an object that is present around the vehicle;
- and
- enlarging means for enlarging the size of the object detected by the detecting means, recognizing the enlarged object, and determining a direction of enlargement of the object according to at least one indicator comprising at least one of a road marked indicative of a lane boundary and at least one three-dimensional object that extends on the side of a road or a plurality of three-dimensional objects located at intervals on the side of the road,
- wherein,
- the enlarging means enlarges the size of the object in a direction parallel to the indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.