Image recognition apparatus, image recognition method, and vehicle control apparatus
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Abstract
An extracting unit extracts a determination subject area from an input image shot by a camera. A recognition unit recognizes a presence of a specific object by comparing an image of the determination subject area with a reference image. An interval control unit controls an interval of an extracting position of the determination subject area to be extracted by the extracting unit based on a location of the determination subject area within the input image.
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26 Claims
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14. An apparatus for recognizing an image, comprising:
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an extracting unit that extracts a determination subject area from an input image shot by a camera;
a recognition unit that recognizes a presence of a specific object by comparing an image of the determination subject area with a reference image; and
an interval control unit that controls an interval of an extracting position of the determination subject area to be extracted by the extracting unit based on a location of the determination subject area within the input image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of recognizing an image, comprising:
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extracting a determination subject area from an input image shot by a camera;
recognizing a presence of a specific object by comparing an image of the determination subject area with a reference image; and
controlling an interval of an extracting position of the determination subject area to be extracted at the extracting based on a location of the determination subject area within the input image.
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23. A vehicle control apparatus comprising:
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an extracting unit that extracts a determination subject area from an input image shot by a camera;
a recognition unit that recognizes a presence of a specific object by comparing an image of the determination subject area with a reference image;
an interval control unit that controls an interval of an extracting position of the determination subject area to be extracted by the extracting unit based on a location of the determination subject area within the input image; and
a control unit that performs at least one of a notification control to a driver and a traveling control to control a traveling state of a vehicle, based on a result of recognition by the recognition unit.
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24. An apparatus for recognizing an image, comprising:
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a reduction unit that reduces a size of an image that is to be a determination subject area in an input image shot by a camera; and
a recognition unit that recognizes a presence of a specific object by comparing an image obtained by the reduction unit with a reference image, wherein a size of the reference image corresponds to a size of the specific object when the specific object is present at a maximum detection distance of the recognition unit. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A method of recognizing an image, comprising:
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reducing a size of an image that is to be a determination subject area in an input image shot by a camera; and
recognizing a presence of a specific object by comparing an image obtained at the reducing with a reference image, wherein a size of the reference image corresponds to a size of the specific object when the specific object is present at a maximum detection distance of the reducing.
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