Ranging device utilizing image processing

Details Ranging device utilizing image processing Ranging device utilizing image processing

2007-08-16

2010-06-01

Bella, Matthew C (Department: 2624)

Image analysis

Applications

Range or distance measuring

C382S103000, C382S104000, C382S154000, C382S199000, C382S298000, C348S047000, C348S139000, C348S148000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07729516

ABSTRACT:
An image size changing section obtains a size changed image by changing the size of one of two original images captured by a pair of cameras. If an edge of an object has many oblique components, the edge is difficult to detect as a vertical edge but, when the image is horizontally reduced, an oblique edge becomes close to a vertical edge. For this reason, feature end points are extracted with reliability by a feature extracting section and, thereby, an object is recognized and the distance to the object is determined reliably.

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