Abstract: A driving lane recognizer 1 is arranged to detect a white line 30 on a driving road 20 on the basis of an image taken of the driving road 20. The driving lane recognizer 1 sets a near region 41 and a far region 42 adjacent to each other along a vehicle traveling direction in the image, detects a length of white line 30 in each of the near region 41 and the far region 42, and determines a type of white line 30 on the basis of the length of white line 30 in the near region 41 and the length of white line 30 in the far region 42. This permits the recognizer to determine the type of white line 30 on the basis of one image and to determine the type of white line 30 without use of past detection data or the like.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a lane detecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle including a camera for obtaining an image of a lane marking drawn on a road, a candidate line selecting part for selecting one or more candidate lines having edge information no less than an edge threshold from the image obtained by the camera, and a car pool lane determining part for determining whether the difference in the number of the candidate lines between the left side of the vehicle and the right side of the vehicle is no less than a predetermined value. When the difference is no less than the predetermined value, the lane detecting apparatus transfers to a car pool lane detection mode in which the candidate line selecting part detects the one or more candidate lines in accordance with a threshold that is less than the edge threshold.

Abstract: In a vehicle lane detector that detects a lane sign on a road surface, a condition for determining that the lane sign is detected is changed based on one of a frequency and a ratio of detection error of the lane sign.

Abstract: A boundary detector includes a candidate line detecting unit that detects a candidate line of a lane boundary position drawn on the road surface based on image information from a camera. The detector also includes a lane boundary position selecting unit that selects the lane boundary position based on the candidate line; an additional lane boundary position selecting unit that selects a lane boundary position of an additional lane that is added to a main lane based on the candidate line; and an additional processing unit that stops adopting the lane boundary position for a predetermined time period when the additional lane boundary position selecting unit selects a lane boundary position of the additional lane.

Abstract: A boundary detector includes a candidate line detecting unit that detects a candidate line of a lane boundary position drawn on the road surface based on image information from a camera. The detector also includes a lane boundary position selecting unit that selects the lane boundary position based on the candidate line; an additional lane boundary position selecting unit that selects a lane boundary position of an additional lane that is added to a main lane based on the candidate line; and an additional processing unit that stops adopting the lane boundary position for a predetermined time period when the additional lane boundary position selecting unit selects a lane boundary position of the additional lane.

Abstract: A boundary detector includes a candidate line detecting unit that detects a candidate line of a lane boundary position drawn on a road surface based on image data of a predetermined detection time period acquired from a camera. The detector also includes a lane boundary position selecting unit that selects a lane boundary position based on the candidate line; a branch lane boundary position selecting unit that selects a lane boundary position of a branch lane that diverts from a main lane based on the candidate line; and a branch processing unit that sets a branch process mode in which the detection time period is short without using the selected lane boundary position of the branch lane when the branch lane boundary position selecting unit selects the lane boundary position of the branch lane.

Abstract: In a vehicle lane detector that detects a lane sign on a road surface, a condition for determining that the lane sign is detected is changed based on one of a frequency and a ratio of detection error of the lane sign.

Abstract: A driving lane recognizer 1 is arranged to detect a white line 30 on a driving road 20 on the basis of an image taken of the driving road 20. The driving lane recognizer 1 sets a near region 41 and a far region 42 adjacent to each other along a vehicle traveling direction in the image, detects a length of white line 30 in each of the near region 41 and the far region 42, and determines a type of white line 30 on the basis of the length of white line 30 in the near region 41 and the length of white line 30 in the far region 42. This permits the recognizer to determine the type of white line 30 on the basis of one image and to determine the type of white line 30 without use of past detection data or the like.

Abstract: A lane boundary detector includes an edge point extracting unit that extracts a plurality of edge points of a lane sign from the input image, and an edge line extracting unit that extracts a plurality of edge lines of the lane sign from the edge points to formulate a position and a direction of each of the edge lines as a straight line on the road surface, using a parameter set consisting of at least two variables. The detector further includes a branch point detecting unit that determines whether a crossing point of two of the edge lines can be a branch point of the lane, based on whether a characteristic difference vector defined with the variables with respect to the two edge lines falls within a predetermined appropriate range, and a lane boundary determining unit that determines the left and the right boundary positions of the lane.

Abstract: A semiconductor packaging part and a method of forming the part by applying a minute plating with a high positional accuracy to a semiconductor chip to be packaged. A pair of alignment holes 2, 3 are formed at a pitch equal to n-times (n=1, 2 . . .

Abstract: Objects of the present invention are to provide a semiconductor packaging part capable of applying a minute plating with a high positional accuracy to a semiconductor chip to be packaged and to provide a method of producing the same.

Abstract: Cells of a novel strain of Drechslera monoceras having practical weed controlling activity against barnyard grass (Echinochloa spp.) at temperatures ranging from 26° C. to 35° C., and exhibiting no pathogenicity to major crops, including rice, are used as a herbicidal component.

Abstract: A continuous production method of polyorganosiloxane particles by press-introducing an organoalkoxysilane into an aqueous phase such as water through a porous membrane to form a monodisperse O/W type emulsion and adding a catalyst to the emulsion to condensation polymerize the organoalkoxysilane. Non-porous polyorganosiloxane particles having a uniform particle size can be stably and continuously produced with a high efficiency.