Patent ID: 6661449
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G01S,G05D,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A driving assist system for a vehicle having a pair of cameras mounted on said vehicle for taking a stereoscopic picture of an object in front of said vehicle, comprising:stereoscopic image processing means for deriving a distance information from said stereoscopic picture about said object being in a visual field of said pair of cameras; object recognizing means for recognizing said object and for calculating relative position of said object with respect to said vehicle; object position memory means for memorizing said relative position of said object when said object is in a predetermined area outside of said vehicle including out of said visual field of said pair of cameras; traveling amount calculating means for calculating said vehicle traveling amount; and object positional information calculating means for updating said relative position of said object based on said vehicle traveling amount so as to recognize a current relative position of said object being out of said visual field of said pair of cameras.