Patent ID: 7720375

Claim:
An object detecting system comprising: a first photographing mechanism for photographing an object in a first area, and a second photographing mechanism for photographing an object in a second area different from the first area, the first area being one of an area inside or outside the vehicle, and the second area being an area inside or outside the vehicle; a control mechanism to detect information about the objects based on images of the objects taken by the respective first and second photographing mechanisms; and an electrical power mechanism which is disposed between a vehicle battery and the respective photographing mechanisms to supply electrical power from the vehicle battery to each photographing mechanism, wherein at least one of the control mechanism and the electrical power mechanism is shared by the first photographing mechanism and the second photographing mechanism, wherein the control mechanism is shared by the first photographing mechanism and the second photographing mechanism, and the control mechanism varies the occupancy rates of object detecting capacity by the respective photographing mechanisms based on at least one of information about the detected object(s) and information about the vehicle.