Object detection apparatus, object detection system, object detection method, and program

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve object detection performance.SOLUTION: An object detection apparatus includes: a flow derivation section that derives an optical flow, on the basis of a feature point in a captured image obtained periodically by a camera which captures an image around a vehicle; an object detection section that detects an object, on the basis of the optical flow; a signal receiving section that acquires a speed of the vehicle (step S11); and a parameter setting section that sets a feature point parameter relating to the number of feature points, according to the speed of the vehicle (Steps S13, S14). Object detection sensitivity can be appropriately adjusted in accordance with the speed of the vehicle, thereby improving object detection performance of the object detection apparatus.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11