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Road Image Analyzing Apparatus and Road Image Analyzing Method

  • US 20090274362A1
  • Filed: 03/23/2007
  • Published: 11/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A road image analyzing apparatus comprising:

  • two image pickup units that photograph the same position from different directions;

    a continuous component extracting unit that extracts a continuous component from image data obtained by one of the image pickup units;

    a three-dimensional position calculating unit that combines the continuous component with image data obtained by the other image pickup unit to calculate three-dimensional position information of the continuous component; and

    an identifying unit that identifies the continuous component on the basis of the three-dimensional position information calculated by the three-dimensional position calculating unit.

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