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Apparatus, method, and computer product for vehicle-type determination

  • US 20090074250A1
  • Filed: 11/12/2008
  • Published: 03/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle-type determination apparatus that determines a type of a vehicle based on an image of the vehicle captured, the vehicle-type determination apparatus comprising:

  • a unit that extracts, from the image, a horizontal straight line and a side straight line forming a contour of a vehicle-type determination area of the vehicle;

    a unit that obtains an angle between the horizontal straight line and the side straight line; and

    a vehicle-type determining unit that determines the type of the vehicle based on the angle.

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