Patent Document ID: 8310545
Application ID: 10594946
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A road view analyzing apparatus having a camera mounted on a vehicle to photograph a view in front of the vehicle, for analyzing a road view indicated by an image of the view in front of the vehicle photographed by the camera, the road view analyzing apparatus comprising: an image dividing portion which divides the image of the view in front of the vehicle photographed by the camera into a plurality of areas with diagonal lines; and an analyzing portion which applies road analysis processing to an image in a lower area of the plurality of areas, scene analysis processing to an image in each of left and right areas of the plurality of areas, and background analysis processing to an image in an upper area of the plurality of areas, wherein for the road analysis processing, said analyzing portion includes: a portion which recognizes a white line on a road in accordance with the image in the lower area to calculate an approximate straight line of the white line; a portion which measures a linear distance of the approximate straight line; a portion which measures a lane width in accordance with the approximate straight line; and a portion which recognizes a road surface state in accordance with the image in the lower area.