Patent ID: 8392115
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A lane departure prevention apparatus that prevents a vehicle from departing from a traveling lane, comprising: a vehicle-mounted camera that takes an image of a road surface; an image processing portion that recognizes a road surface division mark that defines the traveling lane based on the image of the road surface taken by the vehicle-mounted camera; a temperature measurement portion that measures temperature of the vehicle-mounted camera; a restriction portion that restricts action of the vehicle-mounted camera if the temperature measured by the temperature measurement portion is higher than or equal to a threshold value; a determination portion that makes a determination regarding possibility of the vehicle departing from the traveling lane based on a result of recognition by the image processing portion; and a warning output portion that outputs a warning that indicates possibility of departure before the departure, based on a result of determination by the determination portion, wherein the threshold value is set according to a warning timing that is set in the warning output portion.