Apparatus for recognizing lane partition lines
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsNaoki Kawasaki, Tomohiko Tsuruta, Shunsuke Suzuki
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Abstract
An apparatus for recognizing lane partition lines on opposite sides of a traveling lane in a processing area of a forward image captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle. In the apparatus, a lane change determiner is configured to determine whether or not there is a lane change made by the vehicle. A processing area changer is configured to, while it is determined by the lane change determiner that there is a lane change, change the processing area from a predefined processing area to a processing area that can accommodate the lane change.
Claims14
An apparatus for recognizing lane partition lines on opposite sides of a traveling lane in a processing area of a forward image captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a lane change determiner configured to determine, using a processor, whether or not there is a lane change made by the vehicle;
- and
- a processing area changer configured to, while it is determined by the lane change determiner that there is a lane change, change, using the processor, the processing area from a predefined processing area to a processing area that can accommodate the lane change,
- wherein the processing area changer is configured to enlarge the processing area in a lane change direction so as to include in the enlarged processing area one of lane partition lines on opposite sides of the traveling lane after the lane change that is farther away from the traveling lane before the lane change than the other of the lane partition lines of the traveling lane after the lane change is.
An apparatus for recognizing lane partition lines on opposite sides of a traveling lane based on a forward image captured by a camera mounted in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a lane change determiner configured to determine, using a processor, whether or not there is a lane change made by the vehicle;
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- a relaxer configured to, while it is determined by the lane change determiner that there is a lane change, relax, using the processor, at least one condition for detecting the lane partition lines based on the forward image so as to facilitate detecting the lane partition lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.