External-Environment-Recognizing Apparatus

摘要

The objective of the present invention is to obtain an external environment-recognizing apparatus with which it is possible to obtain detection results having a necessary accuracy when a plurality of target objects from a captured image are detected. This external-environment-recognizing apparatus has: a plurality of processing units for processing an image; a recognition application-storing unit for storing, by object type, a plurality of recognition applications for recognizing an object by processing using at least one processing unit among the plurality of processing units; an external-information-acquiring unit for acquiring external information that includes at least external environmental information or vehicle behavior information; and a selecting unit for selecting at least one recognition application from the recognition-application-storing unit, and for selecting, on the basis of the external information, a processing unit among the plurality of processing units for processing the selected recognition application.

主权项

1. An external-environment-recognizing apparatus configured to recognize an external environment with an image including an outside imaged from a vehicle, the external-environment-recognizing apparatus comprising:
a plurality of processing units configured to perform image processing to the image; a recognition-application-storing unit configured to store a plurality of recognition applications that recognizes objects by processing of at least one processing unit of the plurality of processing units, based on classifications of the objects; an external-information-acquiring unit configured to acquire external information including at least one of pieces of external environmental information and own vehicle behavior information; and a selecting unit configured to select at least one recognition application from the recognition-application-storing unit based on the external information, the selecting unit configured to select a processing unit for processing the selected recognition application, from the plurality of processing units.