Patent ID: 11967158
Assignee: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. An image processing method comprising:
detecting a boundary line by using an image in accordance with an image signal acquired by an imaging device that captures a surrounding of a vehicle;
detecting a parking frame by using the detected boundary line;
acquiring a dividing point that divides, at a predetermined rate, a pair of facing sides of the boundary lines that define the parking frame and scanning the image through the acquired dividing point to detect an edge;
storing a state of an edge and an attribute of the parking frame by linking them; and
determining an attribute of the parking frame by using a state of the detected edge and the stored attribute of the parking frame that is linked to the state of the edge stored in the storage portion.