| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a device for detecting an inter-vehicle distance and obtains easily obtains inter-vehicle distance information required for smart cruise control and head lamp control using a camera mounted in a vehicle. The device for detecting an inter-vehicle distance includes a camera unit for obtaining the external image of a vehicle, a reference pixel recognition unit which recognizes a first reference pixel among pixels showing the left lamp image of a oncoming vehicle and a second reference pixel among pixels which show the right lamp image of the oncoming vehicle and are located in the horizontal direction of the first reference pixel, and inter-vehicle distance detection unit which detects a distance between user′s vehicle and the oncoming vehicle based on the pixel number between the first reference pixel and the second reference pixel. [Reference numerals] (110) Camera unit; (120) Reference pixel recognition unit; (130) Inter-vehicle distance detection unit |
