IP Library Granted Patent US 8,461,976
Granted Patent B2
US 8,461,976 · App. 12/945,096 · Granted Jun 11, 2013

On-vehicle device and recognition support system

Inventors: Tetsuo Yamamoto (Kobe, JP); Kimitaka Murashita (Kobe, JP); Yasuyoshi Sawada (Kobe, JP); Takechika Kiriya (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,461,976
App. No.
12/945,096
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a wide angle range through a curved light receiver, a moving-object detector that detects a moving object approaching an own vehicle from a mounting direction of the imaging unit and from any direction other than the mounting direction, based on the image captured by the imaging unit, a collision-risk determination unit that determines a degree of collision risk indicating a possibility of collision between the moving object detected by the moving-object detector and the own vehicle, and a moving-object warning unit that warns presence of the moving object included in an image portion in which a distortion of the image is a predetermined value or more, and warns the presence of the moving object according to the degree of collision risk determined by the collision-risk determination unit.

Claims (23)

1. An on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle, comprising:

an imaging unit that captures an image of a wide angle range through a curved light receiver;

a moving-object detector that detects a moving object approaching an own vehicle from a mounting direction of the imaging unit and from any direction other than the mounting direction, based on the image captured by the imaging unit;

a collision-risk determination unit that determines a degree of collision risk indicating a possibility of collision between the moving object detected by the moving-object detector and the own vehicle; and

a moving-object warning unit that warns presence of the moving object included in an image portion in which a distortion of the image is a predetermined value or more, and warns the presence of the moving object according to the degree of collision risk determined by the collision-risk determination unit, wherein

when the moving object detected by the moving-object detector is included in the image captured by the imaging unit, the moving-object warning unit displays information highlighting the presence of the moving object by superimposing the information on a portion of the image where the moving object appears in the image including the moving object.

2. The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a moving-object information acquisition unit that acquires, as moving-object information, a distance between the moving object detected by the moving-object detector and the own vehicle, an approaching direction of the moving object with respect to the own vehicle, and a moving speed of the moving object, wherein

the collision-risk determination unit determines the degree of collision risk based on own-vehicle information including a running speed and a running direction of the own vehicle and the moving-object information acquired by the moving-object information acquisition unit.

3. The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging unit is mounted on any one or two or more locations of a front side, a rear side, a right side, and a left side of the own vehicle.

4. The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , further comprising an image correction unit that corrects a distortion of the image captured by the imaging unit, wherein

the moving-object detector detects the moving object approaching the own vehicle based on the image corrected by the image correction unit.

5. The on-vehicle device according to claim 1 , wherein the moving-object warning unit displays information highlighting the presence of the moving object based on the degree of collision risk determined by the collision-risk determination unit, by superimposing the information on the image including the moving object detected by the moving-object detector.

6. A recognition support system comprising:

an on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle; and

a ground server device that performs wireless communication with the on-vehicle device, wherein

the on-vehicle device or the ground server device includes

a moving-object detector that detects a moving object approaching a vehicle mounting thereon the on-vehicle device based on an image received from the on-vehicle device, and

a collision-risk determination unit that determines a degree of collision risk indicating a possibility of collision between the moving object detected by the moving-object detector and the vehicle, and

the on-vehicle device includes

an imaging unit that captures an image of a wide angle range through a curved light receiver, and

a moving-object warning unit that warns presence of the moving object included in an image portion in which a distortion of the image is a predetermined value or more, and warns the presence of the moving object according to the degree of collision risk determined by the collision-risk determination unit, wherein

when the moving object detected by the moving-object detector is included in the image captured by the imaging unit, the moving-object warning unit displays information highlighting the presence of the moving object by superimposing the information on a portion of the image where the moving object appears in the image including the moving object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2010
From: YAMAMOTO, TETSUO; MURASHITA, KIMITAKA; SAWADA, YASUYOSHI; KIRIYA, TAKECHIKA
To: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-272859 · Nov 30, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110128138A1 · Jun 2, 2011