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US 10,668,855 · App. 15/747,196 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Detection apparatus, imaging apparatus, vehicle, and detection method

Inventor: Kenta Kinoshita (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,668,855
App. No.
15/747,196
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detection apparatus includes an image acquisition interface and a controller. The image acquisition interface acquires captured images from an imaging apparatus that is installed in a vehicle and captures images of an area surrounding the vehicle. The controller calculates, on the basis of the captured images, the distance from the imaging apparatus to a road edge in the width direction of the road on which the vehicle is traveling or to an obstacle on the road and determines, on the basis of the calculated distance and information on an outer dimension of the vehicle, whether travel on the road by other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road.

Claims (26)

1. A detection apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to calculate, on a basis of captured images captured by an imaging apparatus that is installed in a vehicle and captures images of an area surrounding the vehicle, a distance from the imaging apparatus to a road edge in a width direction of a road on which the vehicle is traveling or to an obstacle on the road and to determine whether travel on the road by other vehicles, which is possible before the vehicle has parked on the road, will still be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road, on a basis of a road width in which the other vehicles can travel, the road width being determined by a calculated distance and information on an outer dimension of the vehicle which represents a boundary of the road width,

wherein

the controller determines whether travel on the road by the other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has performed parking in a first parking mode or parking in a second parking mode respectively on a basis of a vehicle width or a total length in a travel direction as the outer dimension of the vehicle, and

parking in the first parking mode includes parking in front of or behind the obstacle on the road, and parking in the second parking mode includes parking to a left or a right of the obstacle on the road.

2. The detection apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller determines whether travel on the road by the other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road using a direction component that is perpendicular to the road edge of the distance from the imaging apparatus to the road edge or the obstacle.

3. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to calculate, on a basis of captured images captured by an imaging device that is installed in a vehicle and captures images of an area surrounding the vehicle, a distance from the imaging apparatus to a road edge in a width direction of a road on which the vehicle is traveling or to an obstacle on the road and to determine whether travel on the road by other vehicles, which is possible before the vehicle has parked on the road, will still be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road, on a basis of a road width in which the other vehicles can travel, the road width being determined by a calculated distance and information on an outer dimension of the vehicle which represents a boundary of the road width,

wherein

the controller determines whether travel on the road by the other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has performed parking in a first parking mode or parking in a second parking mode respectively on a basis of a vehicle width or a total length in a travel direction as the outer dimension of the vehicle, and

parking in the first parking mode includes parking in front of or behind the obstacle on the road, and parking in the second parking mode includes parking to a left or a right of the obstacle on the road.

4. A vehicle in which an imaging apparatus is installed, wherein

the imaging apparatus comprises:

a controller configured to calculate, on a basis of captured images captured by an imaging device that is installed in a vehicle and captures images of an area surrounding the vehicle, a distance from the imaging apparatus to a road edge in a width direction of a road on which the vehicle is traveling or to an obstacle on the road and to determine whether travel on the road by other vehicles, which is possible before the vehicle has parked on the road, will still be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road, on a basis of a road width in which the other vehicles can travel, the road width being determined by a calculated distance and information on an outer dimension of the vehicle which represents a boundary of the road width,

wherein

the controller determines whether travel on the road by the other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has performed parking in a first parking mode or parking in a second parking mode respectively on a basis of a vehicle width or a total length in a travel direction as the outer dimension of the vehicle, and

parking in the first parking mode includes parking in front of or behind the obstacle on the road, and parking in the second parking mode includes parking to a left or a right of the obstacle on the road.

5. A detection method used in a detection apparatus, the detection method comprising:

calculating, on a basis of captured images captured by an imaging apparatus that is installed in a vehicle and captures images of an area surrounding the vehicle, a distance from the imaging apparatus to a road edge in a width direction of a road on which the vehicle is traveling or to an obstacle on the road; and

determining whether travel on the road by other vehicles, which is possible before the vehicle has parked on the road, will still be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road, on a basis of a road width in which the other vehicles can travel, the road width being determined by a calculated distance and information on an outer dimension of the vehicle which represents a boundary of the road width,

wherein

the determining determines whether travel on the road by the other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has performed parking in a first parking mode or parking in a second parking mode respectively on a basis of a vehicle width or a total length in a travel direction as the outer dimension of the vehicle, and

parking in the first parking mode includes parking in front of or behind the obstacle on the road, and parking in the second parking mode includes parking to a left or a right of the obstacle on the road.

6. The imaging apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the controller determines whether travel on the road by the other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road using a direction component that is perpendicular to the road edge of the distance from the imaging apparatus to the road edge or the obstacle.

7. The vehicle in which an imaging apparatus is installed of claim 4 , wherein the controller determines whether travel on the road by the other vehicles will be possible after the vehicle has parked on the road using a direction component that is perpendicular to the road edge of the distance from the imaging apparatus to the road edge or the obstacle.

8. The detection apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller recognizes a road marking drawn on the road on the basis of the captured images to determine whether parking of the vehicle is possible.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2018
From: KINOSHITA, KENTA
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044715/0026 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-149857 · Jul 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180208114A1 · Jul 26, 2018
Cited By (1)
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