US 12,380,705 B2
Image capture device and vehicle
Akiko Shiga, Tokyo (JP); Toru Miyakoshi, Kawasaki (JP); Satoshi Yamaguchi, Sagamihara (JP); Akira Kinoshita, Yokohama (JP); Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo (JP); Hitomi Naganuma, Kawasaki (JP); Takashi Kuriyama, Yokohama (JP); Koichi Fukuda, Yokohama (JP); Yuki Kita, Kawasaki (JP); Koji Nagaoka, Yokohama (JP); Tomoya Nakagawa, Ichikawa (JP); Masakazu Sekiguchi, Kawasaki (JP); and Takashi Shionoya, Koganei (JP)
Assigned to NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/149,720.
Application 16/282,775 is a division of application No. 15/314,285, granted, now 10,279,742, issued on May 7, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2015/065593, filed on May 29, 2015.
Application 18/149,720 is a continuation of application No. 17/546,550, filed on Dec. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,572,016.
Application 17/546,550 is a continuation of application No. 17/114,761, filed on Dec. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,220,215, issued on Jan. 11, 2022.
Application 17/114,761 is a continuation of application No. 16/928,075, filed on Jul. 14, 2020, abandoned.
Application 16/928,075 is a continuation of application No. 16/282,775, filed on Feb. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,807,532, issued on Oct. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2014-111375 (JP), filed on May 29, 2014; application No. 2014-173833 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2014; and application No. 2014-005171 (JP), filed on Jan. 14, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158952 A1, May 25, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/44 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); H04N 25/535 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01); H10F 39/12 (2025.01); H10F 39/18 (2025.01)
CPC G06V 20/58 (2022.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/44 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H10F 39/182 (2025.01); H10F 39/199 (2025.01); H10F 39/8053 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01); H10F 39/811 (2025.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/81 (2024.01); B60K 2360/18 (2024.01); B60K 2360/21 (2024.01); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); H04N 25/535 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A vehicle equipped with a driving support device, the driving support device comprising:
an image capture unit that captures an image of an exterior of a vehicle;
a distance measuring unit that measures a distance to an object at the exterior of the vehicle;
a position measuring unit that measures a current position of the vehicle;
a control unit comprising a processor programmed to generate driving support data for the vehicle based on information from the image capture unit, the distance measuring unit and the position measuring unit; and
a sound detection unit that detects sounds from outside the vehicle and a direction of a sound source, wherein:
the control unit generates the driving support data using the information from the image capture unit from an imaging target in the direction of the sound source.