Moving body detecting device and image processing system

• US 10,157,329 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2015
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Oki, Yutaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Jonathan S
• Application Number:
  US14/847,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20160267350A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/6811 based on the image signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/73 by influencing the exposure time

Abstract

A moving body detecting device in accordance with embodiments includes a motion information acquirer, approximate image generator, and moving body detector. The motion information acquirer generates motion information on an imaging device capable of performing imaging with a first exposure time and a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time. The approximate image generator generates an approximate image generated by approximating one of a first photographic image imaged with the first exposure time and a second photographic image imaged with the second exposure time to another photographic image, on the basis of the motion information. The moving body detecting device detects a moving body captured in the first and second photographic images, on the basis of the approximate image and the other photographic image.

Claims

1. A moving body detecting device comprising a processing circuitry:

the processing circuitry is configured to;

acquire motion information on an imaging sensor capable of performing imaging with a first exposure time and a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time, the motion information comprising a posture of the imaging sensor;

generate an approximate image generated by approximating one of a first photographic image imaged with the first exposure time and a second photographic image imaged with the second exposure time to another photographic image, on the basis of the motion information;

generate a blurry image by performing image processing on the first photographic image on the basis of the motion information; and

detect a moving body captured in the first and second photographic images, on the basis of the approximate image and the another photographic image, wherein the moving body is detected as a difference between the blurry image and the second photographic image.

2. The moving body detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry acquires the motion information on the basis of a plurality of first photographic images generated at different imaging times.

3. The moving body detecting device according to claim 1, wherein:

the processing circuitry generates a new blurry image when the difference is equal to or larger than a threshold and detects the difference between the new blurry image and the second photographic image, as the moving body.

4. The moving body detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry acquires the motion information from a detecting sensor that detects the motion information.

5. The moving body detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the motion information contains a moving quantity and moving direction of the imaging sensor.

6. The moving body detecting device according to claim 1, wherein:

the processing circuitry generates a deblurred image by performing image processing on the second photographic image on the basis of the motion information and detects as the moving body a difference between the deblurred image and the first photographic image.

7. The moving body detecting device according to claim 6, wherein:

the processing circuitry generates a new deblurred image when the difference is equal to or larger than a threshold, and detects the difference between the new deblurred image and the first photographic image, as the moving body.

8. The moving body detecting device according to claim 1, further comprising a switcher that feeds the another photographic image to the processing circuitry, and feeds one of the photographic images to the processing circuitry.

9. The moving body detecting device according to claim 8, wherein the switcher performs a switching action synchronously with an exposure time with which the imaging sensor performs imaging.

10. An image processing system comprising:

an imaging sensor capable of performing imaging with a first exposure time and a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time;

a processing circuitry that is configured to;

generate an approximate image generated by approximating one of a first photographic image imaged with the first exposure time and a second photographic image imaged with the second exposure time to another photographic image, on the basis of a motion information on the imaging sensor, the motion information comprising a posture of the imaging sensor,

generate a blurry image by performing image processing on the first photographic image on the basis of the motion information, and

detect a moving body captured in the first and second photographic images, on the basis of the approximate image and the other photographic image, wherein the moving body is detected as a difference between the blurry image and the second photographic image.

11. The image processing system according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry acquires the motion information on the basis of a plurality of first photographic images produced at different imaging times.

12. The image processing system according to claim 10, wherein:

the processing circuitry generates a new blurry image when the difference is equal to or larger than a threshold and detects as the moving body the difference between the new blurry image and the second photographic image.

13. The image processing system according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry acquires the motion information from a detecting sensor that detects the motion information.

14. The image processing system according to claim 10, wherein the motion information contains a moving quantity and moving direction of the imaging sensor.

15. The image processing system according to claim 10, wherein:

the processing circuitry generates a deblurred image by performing image processing on the second photographic image on the basis of the motion information, and detects as the moving body the difference between the deblurred image and the first photographic image.

16. The image processing system according to claim 15, wherein:

the processing circuitry generates a new deblurred image when the difference is equal to or larger than a threshold and detects as the moving body the difference between the new deblurred image and the first photographic image.