Patent ID: 11881034
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A processing device comprising one or more memory devices having a program stored therein that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to process a pair of images acquired by a pair of cameras mounted on a vehicle, the one or more processors configured to
acquire features of the pair of images and generate a feature image;
extract a step candidate of a road on which the vehicle travels from the feature image;
extract a line segment candidate from the pair of images;
perform collation between the step candidate and the line segment candidate;
analyze validity of the step candidate based on a collation result and an inclination of the line segment candidate; and
detect a step present on the road based on an analysis result.