TRAVELING DIRECTION DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the traveling direction detection device of a vehicle capable of detecting the traveling direction of the vehicle on the basis of a photographic image photographed by an in-vehicle camera.SOLUTION: The traveling direction detection device of a vehicle includes: a camera 10 installed on at least one of the front face and rear face of a vehicle for photographing the front face from a position on which the camera is installed; line setting means for setting a detection line Ln in right and left directions in a photographic image photographed by the camera 10; reference point setting means for setting a point having specific luminance on the detection line Ln set by the line setting means as a right reference point Rs in a right region from the center of the photographic image, and for setting a point having specific luminance on the detection line Ln set by the line setting means as a left reference point Ls in a left region from the center of the photographic image; and detection means for detecting the traveling direction of the vehicle on the basis of a change in the positions of the right reference point Rs and the left reference point Ls set by the reference point setting means on the detection line Ln.