Apparatus, method, and computer product for vehicle-type determination
First Claim
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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Abstract
A vehicle-type determination apparatus includes a vehicle-portion extracting unit, a hood recognizing unit, and a vehicle-type determining unit. The vehicle-portion extracting unit extracts a vehicle portion from an image of a recognition object. The hood recognizing unit recognizes an area corresponding to a hood in the vehicle portion extracted by the vehicle-portion extracting unit. The vehicle-type determining unit determines the vehicle type based on the degree of inclination of a side of the hood area recognized by the hood recognizing unit.
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9 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a computer program for determining a type of a vehicle based on an image of the vehicle captured, the computer program causing a computer to execute:
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extracting, from the image, a horizontal straight line and a side straight line forming a contour of a vehicle-type determination area of the vehicle; obtaining an angle between the horizontal straight line and the side straight line; and determining the type of the vehicle based on the angle.
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9. A vehicle-type determination method for determining a type of a vehicle based on an image of the vehicle captured, the vehicle-type determination method comprising:
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extracting, from the image, a horizontal straight line and a side straight line forming a contour of a vehicle-type determination area of the vehicle; obtaining an angle between the horizontal straight line and the side straight line; and determining the type of the vehicle based on the angle.
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