Object detection method and apparatus
First Claim
1. An object detection apparatus comprising:
- a first acquisition section configured to acquire radar information that includes at least respective detection points of radar objects, the radar objects being objects detected by a radar sensor based on a detection range;
a second acquisition unit configured to;
perform a comparing task to compare, based on an image captured by a camera that has a capture range which overlaps at least a part of the detection range of the radar sensor, predetermined feature quantities extracted from the image with feature quantity templates;
detect, based on a result of the comparison task, at least one object as a camera object, the feature quantity templates having been prepared beforehand for each of respective types of object to be detected; and
acquire camera information that includes at least a detection point and type of the at least one camera object;
a first association unit configured to associate, based on the radar information and the camera information, at least one of the radar objects with the at least one camera object upon determination that the at least one of the radar objects is estimated to be identical to the at least one camera object;
a determination unit configured to, if a plurality of camera objects are detected so that the camera information includes at least the detection point and the type of each of the camera objects, determine whether the camera objects express a common object in accordance with the camera information; and
a second association unit configured to;
define, upon determination that the camera objects express the common object, the camera objects as a camera object group; and
associate, if one of the camera objects constituting the camera object group is associated with a target radar object that is one of the radar objects, all the camera objects constituting the camera object group with the target radar object.
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Abstract
In an object detection apparatus, a first association unit associates, based on radar information and camera information, radar objects with at least one camera object that are estimated to be the same as each other. If camera objects are detected so that the camera information includes at least the detection point and the type of each of the camera objects, a determination unit determines whether the camera objects express a common object in accordance with the camera information. A second association unit defines, upon determination that the camera objects express the common object, the camera objects as a camera object group, and associates, if one of the camera objects constituting the camera object group is associated with a target radar object that is one of the radar objects, all the camera objects constituting the camera object group with the target radar object.
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9 Claims
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1. An object detection apparatus comprising:
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a first acquisition section configured to acquire radar information that includes at least respective detection points of radar objects, the radar objects being objects detected by a radar sensor based on a detection range; a second acquisition unit configured to; perform a comparing task to compare, based on an image captured by a camera that has a capture range which overlaps at least a part of the detection range of the radar sensor, predetermined feature quantities extracted from the image with feature quantity templates; detect, based on a result of the comparison task, at least one object as a camera object, the feature quantity templates having been prepared beforehand for each of respective types of object to be detected; and acquire camera information that includes at least a detection point and type of the at least one camera object; a first association unit configured to associate, based on the radar information and the camera information, at least one of the radar objects with the at least one camera object upon determination that the at least one of the radar objects is estimated to be identical to the at least one camera object; a determination unit configured to, if a plurality of camera objects are detected so that the camera information includes at least the detection point and the type of each of the camera objects, determine whether the camera objects express a common object in accordance with the camera information; and a second association unit configured to; define, upon determination that the camera objects express the common object, the camera objects as a camera object group; and associate, if one of the camera objects constituting the camera object group is associated with a target radar object that is one of the radar objects, all the camera objects constituting the camera object group with the target radar object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An object detection apparatus comprising:
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a first acquisition section configured to acquire radar information that includes at least respective detection points of radar objects, the radar objects being objects detected by a radar sensor based on a detection range; a second acquisition unit configured to; perform a comparing task to compare, based on an image captured by a camera that has a capture range which overlaps at least a part of the detection range of the radar sensor, predetermined feature quantities extracted from the image with feature quantity templates; detect, based on a result of the comparison task, objects as camera objects, the feature quantity templates having been prepared beforehand for each of respective types of object to be detected; and acquire camera information that includes at least a detection point and type of each of the camera objects; a determination unit configured to determine whether the camera objects express a common object in accordance with the camera information; and an association unit configured to; define, upon determination that the camera objects express the common object, the camera objects as a camera object group; estimate, based on the radar information and the camera information, whether at least one of the radar objects and at least one of the camera objects are identical to each other; and associate, upon determination that the camera objects express the camera object group and that a candidate camera object that is one of the camera objects and a selected one of the radar objects have been estimated to be identical to each other, all the camera objects constituting the camera object group with the selected one of the radar objects. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An object detection method comprising:
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acquiring radar information that includes at least respective detection points of radar objects, the radar objects being objects detected by a radar sensor based on a detection range; performing a comparing task to compare, based on an image captured by a camera that has a capture range which overlaps at least a part of the detection range of the radar sensor, predetermined feature quantities extracted from the image with feature quantity templates; detecting, based on a result of the comparison task, at least one object as a camera object, the feature quantity templates having been prepared beforehand for each of respective types of object to be detected; acquiring camera information that includes at least a detection point and type of the at least one camera object; associating, based on the radar information and the camera information, the radar objects with the at least one camera object that are estimated to be the same as each other; determining, if a plurality of camera objects are detected so that the camera information including at least the detection point and the type of each of the camera objects, whether the camera objects express a common object in accordance with the camera information; defining, upon determination that the camera objects express the common object, the camera objects as a camera object group; and associating, if one of the camera objects constituting the camera object group is associated with a target radar object that is one of the radar objects, all the camera objects constituting the camera object group with the target radar object.
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