ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,784, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vanishing point calculator" was invented by Kohtaroh Nagaoka (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vanishing point calculator includes a controller connected to an imaging device configured to image in a vehicle traveling direction; and a storage device connected to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to: input an image imaged by the imaging device; extract positions of feature points from the image; store the positions of feature points related to a stationary object including a line segment parallel to road among the extracted f...