Patent Document ID: 8638990
Application ID: 12959884
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A stop line recognition device comprising: capturing means for capturing an image of a front environment outside an own vehicle including a carriageway of the own vehicle; stop line recognition means for recognizing a stop line on the carriageway of the own vehicle based on an image captured by the capturing means; traffic signal recognition means for recognizing one or more traffic signals in front of the own vehicle, along the carriageway of the own vehicle; and permission determining means for permitting the stop line recognition means to execute a stop line recognition operation based on a detection, by the traffic signal recognition means, that a traffic signal that is in front of the own vehicle, along the carriageway of the own vehicle, and closest to the own vehicle is displaying a red light, wherein the permission determining means is configured such that when the traffic signal that is in front of the own vehicle, along the carriageway of the own vehicle, and closest to the own vehicle changes to green after the permission determining means permits the stop line recognition means to execute a stop line recognition operation, the permission determining means cancels the permission to execute the stop line recognition operation.