ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,777, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Image processing apparatus" was invented by Naoki Mori (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus is configured to detect an external situation of a vehicle based on image information acquired by a detection unit mounted on the vehicle. The image processing apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: extracting feature points of an object included in the image information, selecting feature points to be used for processing from a plurality of feature points, dividing the image information into a plurality of regions, and adj...