IP Library Granted Patent US 12682658
Granted Patent B2
US 12682658 · App. 18/125,164 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

White line recognition device, mobile object control system, and white line recognition method

Inventors: Ryoji Wakayama (Wako, JP); Takashi Matsumoto (Wako, JP); Hideki Matsunaga (Wako, JP); Koki Aizawa (Wako, JP); Kento Shirakata (Wako, JP); Yunosuke Kuramitsu (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
G06V20/588B60W10/20G01B11/026G06T2207/30256
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12682658
App. No.
18/125,164
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A white line recognition device includes a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions and a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable instructions to recognize a linear feature located in an image captured by a monocular camera as a contour of a white line drawn on a road surface, and detect a linear object located at a distance from the road surface based on an output of a distance measurement sensor provided to have at least a detection range in the same direction as the monocular camera. Recognizing the linear feature includes preventing the linear feature from being recognized as the contour of the white line.

Claims (25)

1 . A white line recognition device comprising:

a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions; and

a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable instructions to:

recognize a linear feature located in an image captured by a monocular camera as a contour candidate of a white line drawn on a road surface,

detect a three-dimensional linear object positioned at a boundary between a sidewalk and a roadway and located at a distance from the road surface based on an output of a distance measurement sensor provided to have at least a detection range in the same direction as the monocular camera,

derive a linear area by projecting a position of the three-dimensional linear object onto an image plane of the image,

recognize a contour of the white line by excluding a linear feature matching the linear area from the contour candidate off the white line, and

control a mobile object to travel between the roadway and the side walk via the boundary based on the contour of the white line.

2 . The white line recognition device according to claim 1 ,

wherein an output of the distance measurement sensor is information for enabling a color to be recognized, and

wherein the processor recognizes the contour of the white line by excluding a linear feature matching the linear area based on the three-dimensional linear object of a white color from the contour candidate of the white line.

3 . A white line recognition method executed using a white line recognition device, the white line recognition method comprising:

recognizing a linear feature located in an image captured by a monocular camera as a contour candidate of a white line drawn on a road surface;

detecting a three-dimensional linear object positioned at a boundary between a sidewalk and a roadway and located at a distance from the road surface based on an output of a distance measurement sensor provided to have at least a detection range in the same direction as the monocular camera;

deriving a linear area by projecting a position of the three-dimensional linear object onto an image plane of the image;

recognizing a contour of the white line by excluding a linear feature matching the linear area from the contour candidate of the white line; and

controlling a mobile object to travel between the roadway and the sidewalk via the boundary based on the contour of the white line.

4 . A white line recognition device comprising:

a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions; and

a processor connected to the storage medium, the processor executing the computer-readable instructions to:

recognize a linear feature located in an image captured by a monocular camera as a contour candidate of a white line drawn on a road surface,

detect a three-dimensional linear object positioned at a boundary between a sidewalk and a roadway and located at a distance from the road surface based on an output of a distance measurement sensor provided to have at least a detection range in the same direction as the monocular camera,

inversely projecting a position of the linear feature in a space area,

search for the three-dimensional linear object in the space area, when there is the three-dimensional linear object in the space area, recognize a contour of the white line by excluding the linear feature from the contour candidate of the white line, and

control a mobile object to travel between the roadway and the sidewalk via the boundary based on the contour of the white line.