EP1530186A3

Method and apparatus for discriminating the colour of road markings

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A method of discriminating between road markings of at least two colours, comprises: capturing an image of a road and at least one road marking with a monochrome camera having a first colour response in a first area of a field of view of the camera and a second colour response in the second area of the field of view; and determining the change in intensity of the captured image of the road marking between the first and second areas. Apparatus for discriminating between road markings is also disclosed.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0409642A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	Y	Search report	1,3,7,8,11,18,20,21
EP0697641A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	YA	Search report	1-3,6-11,18-21
US6038496A	Cites	United States of America	YA	Search report	1-3,6,7,9-11,19-21
US6493614B1	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	1,3,6-8,10,11,18-21
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 009, no. 334 (P - 417) 27 December 1985 (1985-12-27)	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

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0325990	United Kingdom	A	2003-11-07
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EP1530186A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-05-11
US2005129279A1	United States of America	A1	2005-06-16
EP1530186A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2005-09-07
EP1530186B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2006-12-20
DE602004003771D1	Germany	D1	2007-02-01
ES2279302T3	Spain	T3	2007-08-16
DE602004003771T2	Germany	T2	2007-10-11
US7613326B2	United States of America	B2	2009-11-03

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Method and apparatus for discriminating the colour of road markings

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