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7123747 |
Enhancement of vehicle interior digital images
A method for helping to control a vehicle occupant protection device ( 22 ) includes taking an image of the vehicle interior with a digital imager ( 50 ) having an array of pixels ( 53 ). A...
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7123748 |
Image synthesizing device and method
An image synthesizing device is operatively coupled to a plurality of cameras to accurately express the color and brightness of a synthesized image photographed. The image synthesizing device is...
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7113202 |
Autotiller control system for aircraft utilizing camera sensing
An automatic control system for directional control of an aircraft moving on the ground utilizing computer vision methods and camera sensing methods (visible, infrared or microwave) to optically...
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7110571 |
Smart optical sensor for airbag systems
A sensor having an array of photo sensitive elements for acquiring images of the passenger compartment in a motor vehicle and a circuit for processing the signals corresponding to the images...
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7110570 |
Application of human facial features recognition to automobile security and convenience
An imaging system ( 50 ) for providing vehicle security and convenience features that employs face recognition software to identify and track a person. The system ( 50 ) employs infrared emitters (...
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7106886 |
Road white line recognition apparatus and method
In road white line recognition apparatus and method, a road extended in a forward direction of a vehicle is photographed through a photographing device, a deflection luminance information when a...
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7106219 |
Decentralized vehicular traffic status system
A decentralized, mobile system for reporting and monitoring vehicular traffic status. A vehicle has a position determining device, a transceiver, and a local display and controller connected to a...
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7106883 |
Container position measuring method and device for cargo crane and container landing/stacking method
When image data of a target container obtained by an image pickup unit such as a CCD installed on a hoisting accessory is processed, and a line approximating the arrangement of a pixel group which...
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7102665 |
Vehicle underbody imaging system
A system and method for imaging underbodies of moving vehicles have a stationary source of radiation to radiate energy upwardly on underbodies of moving vehicles. A stationary video camera adjacent...
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7098812 |
Operator identifying device
An operator identifying device for a vehicle with an operating section located between driver's and non-driver's seats includes a photographing section and an image processing section. The...
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7092548 |
Method and apparatus for identifying objects depicted in a videostream
The present invention relates to an apparatus for rapidly analyzing frame(s) of digitized video data which may include objects of interest randomly distributed throughout the video data and wherein...
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7079668 |
Vehicle front-view monitoring system
A vehicle front-view monitoring system takes fail-safe measures when a fail-safe measure-interruption requirement using first parameter are met on a monitored image for a predetermined first...
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7068154 |
Stop marker recognition apparatus of vehicle drive assist system
A particular area extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle is established in a lower part of a picture image taken by CCD cameras and the area is divided into six small areas. It is judged...
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7065230 |
Image processing system and driving support system
An image input unit inputs an image including a user's face area to specify the user's gaze or face direction. A pattern generation unit generates an input pattern that can be compared with each...
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7062071 |
Apparatus, program and method for detecting both stationary objects and moving objects in an image using optical flow
An object detection apparatus is provided for detecting both stationary objects and moving objects accurately from an image captured from a moving mobile unit. The object detection apparatus of...
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7061401 |
Method and apparatus for detecting a flight obstacle
An apparatus for and a method of detecting a flight obstacle ( 28, 30, 32, 34 ) in the surroundings ( 50 ) of an aircraft ( 4 ), in particular for collision warning purposes, wherein images of the...
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7058207 |
Picture synthesizing apparatus
There is disclosed a picture synthesizing apparatus for superimposing an auxiliary image upon an image converted as if the image were photographed with a virtual viewpoint, displaying the image in...
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7058206 |
Method for increasing the power of a traffic sign recognition system
A method and device that increase the performance of prior art systems that recognize and display the contents of traffic signs. The amount of computer capacity required for real time operation is...
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7054467 |
Information processing apparatus, information capturing apparatus, information integration apparatus, controller, object detector, and information processing method
In an information processing apparatus 1 to be installed in a vehicle, there are set a plurality of pixels by means of dividing a detection space around a vehicle into sub-divisions. One or more...
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7050606 |
Tracking and gesture recognition system particularly suited to vehicular control applications
A system and method tracks the movements of a driver or passenger in a vehicle (ground, water, air, or other) and controls devices in accordance with position, motion, and/or body or hand gestures...
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7050908 |
Lane marker projection method for a motor vehicle vision system
Lane marker coordinate data obtained from a previous frame of a vehicle vision system is projected into the current video frame based on measured translation and rotation of the host vehicle. The...
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7042389 |
Device for detecting object in front of vehicle
A device including a radar and a camera for detecting an object located in front of an automobile is mounted on the automobile. The radar detects a distance from the automobile to the front object,...
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7031496 |
Method and apparatus for object recognition using a plurality of cameras and databases
Based on image data taken and acquired by any one of a plurality of cameras, a predetermined object included in the image is recognized by pattern matching. A plurality of databases associated with...
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7027653 |
Variation detecting apparatus, variation detecting method, and storage medium and system for storing program involved in the method
In the case where variations in ground objects in one and the same area are detected between a line drawing map describing profile lines of the ground objects or a reference line drawing/image...
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7027616 |
Monitoring system
In transmitting image data from multiple cameras to an image processing section to produce a synthesized image from respective camera images, the amount of data transmitted through a transmission...
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7006667 |
Apparatus and method for detecting road white line for automotive vehicle
In road white line detecting apparatus and method, a CCD camera is installed to photograph a road surface, an edge image is generated from a road surface image photographed and outputted by the CCD...
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7004606 |
Automatic headlamp control
An automatic headlamp control system includes an image sensor, such as an imaging array sensor, and a control. The image sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene forwardly of the vehicle...
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7003137 |
Target recognition apparatus
A target recognition apparatus that improves a recognition rate of a target by emphasizing vertical components of picked-up images, even if the target has a round shape of which the edges are is...
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6999602 |
Image generation for assistance of drivers of vehicles
In a rendering device Urnd 1, a CPU 7 receives a captured image each from two image capture devices 1 and 2. The CPU 7 then receives a steering angle of a steering wheel of a vehicle from...
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6996253 |
Process and device for improving the visibility in vehicles
The invention concerns a device for improving the view in vehicles, in particular at night, bad weather and fog. In the process images of actual traffic scenes are recorded by a camera ( 2 ), which...
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6993159 |
Driving support system
A driving support system for enabling a driver to appropriately confirm environmental conditions of a moving body is provided. A plurality of imaging means for taking an image of the rear of the...
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6990216 |
Method and apparatus for estimating inter-vehicle distance using radar and camera
In method and apparatus for estimating an inter-vehicle distance of an automotive vehicle to a preceding vehicle which is running ahead of the vehicle, the inter-vehicle distance is detected using...
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6990397 |
System for controlling the in situ orientation of a vehicle headlamp, and method of use
A system and method for controlling the in situ orientation of the headlamps of a vehicle, from a camera that is mounted in the headlamp, as a function of the attitude of the vehicle. A camera is...
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6990214 |
Traffic density analysis method based on encoded video
A traffic density analysis method includes decoding encoded video data corresponding to an analysis region to obtain a decoded video signal and code information, determining a moving object in...
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6987885 |
Systems and methods for using visual hulls to determine the number of people in a crowd
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are presented that determine the number of people in a crowd using visual hull information. In one embodiment, an image sensor generates a conventional image of a...
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6987864 |
Object detection system
An object detection system comprises a physical object recognition unit which recognizes physical objects outside the vehicle, and a physical object memory which stores information concerning the...
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6985639 |
Method for quantifying relative accuracy of database segments
A method for determining how closely two geometric shapes match is disclosed. After scaling the geometric shapes to equal length, corresponding pairs of measurement locations are determined along...
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RE38911 |
Modular digital image processing via an image processing chain with modifiable parameter controls
Aspects for allowing variably controlled alteration of image processing of digital image data in a digital image capture device include forming an image processing chain with two or more image...
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6970102 |
Traffic violation detection, recording and evidence processing system
A traffic violation or event detection recording and processing system includes both wide angle and narrow angle cameras. The cameras capture images of traffic in a monitoring region. The narrow...
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6963657 |
Object recognition system
An object recognition system mounted on a vehicle comprises a camera and a controller. The camera captures an image in front of the vehicle. The controller divides the image into a plurality of...
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6961443 |
Occupant sensor
An occupant sensor incorporates a 3-D imaging system that acquires a 3-D image of an object. The image is segmented to remove unwanted portions and to identify a region-of-interest, and the content...
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6956959 |
Apparatus for recognizing environment
An apparatus for recognizing an environment includes imaging unit ( 10 ) for picking up surroundings of a vehicle equipped with the apparatus so as to obtain a surrounding image, filter processing...
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6956469 |
Method and apparatus for pedestrian detection
A vehicle vision system that identifies pedestrians located proximate a vehicle. The system comprises a sensor array that produces imagery that is processed to generate disparity images. A depth...
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6952488 |
System and method for object localization
A computer-assisted method for localizing a rack, including sensing an image of the rack, detecting line segments in the sensed image, recognizing a candidate arrangement of line segments in the...
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6947577 |
Vehicle lamp control
A system and method of automatically controlling vehicle headlamps including an image sensor and a controller to generate headlamp control signals.
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6947575 |
Apparatus and method for determining vehicle occupant characteristic utilizing imaging with provided light
An apparatus ( 30 ) and associated method determine a vehicle occupant characteristic. An imager ( 32 ) collects a first image of an occupant location while the occupant location is subject to a...
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6947576 |
System for controlling exterior vehicle lights
A system and method of automatically controlling exterior vehicle lights includes an image sensor and a controller to generate control signals. The control signals are derived based on information...
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6917693 |
Vehicle data acquisition and display assembly
A vehicle data acquisition and display assembly 10 which includes several cameras 75 which selectively and cooperatively receive images 77 from the environment or the ambient environment 83 ...
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6906620 |
Obstacle detection device and method therefor
Provided is a technology for helping safe driving and realizing automatic driving of vehicles, or for counting the number of passing vehicles on the road or monitoring those passing vehicles for...
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6898495 |
Parking assist system
A parking assist system for a driver to confirm a relationship between relative positions to obstacles and one's own vehicle. A top plane creating image 7 B in which a circumstance situation of...
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