Vehicle zone monitoring apparatus

摘要

The present invention provides a vehicle zone monitoring apparatus that eliminates artificial structures based on shape identification using a reference image from an infrared image photographed by a photographing device provided in the vehicle, and detects remaining objects as physical bodies that move, such as pedestrians and animals. The vehicle zone monitoring apparatus that detects the physical bodies present in the vicinity of the vehicle from infrared images photographed by infrared cameras 2R and 2L provided on the vehicle comprises an object extracting device that extracts object images that emit infrared radiation from the infrared image and an artificial structure identifying device that identifies whether or not an object is an artificial structure by comparing the object image extracted by the object image extracting device to a reference image that comprises a straight line pattern or a right angle pattern.