Image analysis – Applications – 3-d or stereo imaging analysis
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-29
2007-05-29
Johns, Andrew W. (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
3-d or stereo imaging analysis
C382S168000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10858878
ABSTRACT:
The advantage of the present invention is to appropriately detect the object. The object detection apparatus in the present invention has a plurality of cameras to determine the distance to the objects, a distance determination unit to determine the distance therein, a histogram generation unit to specify the frequency of the pixels against the distances to the pixels, an object distance determination unit that determines the most likely distance, a probability mapping unit that provides the probabilities of the pixels based on the difference of the distance, a kernel detection unit that determines a kernel region as a group of the pixels, a periphery detection unit that determines a peripheral region as a group of the pixels, selected from the pixels being close to the kernel region and an object specifying unit that specifies the object region where the object is present with a predetermined probability.
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Lim Jongwoo
Ohashi Takahiro
Ross David
Yang Ming-Hsuan
Duell Mark
Fenwick & West LLP
Honda Motor Co.
Johns Andrew W.
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