POSITIONING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A scenery image database comprising a plurality of scenery image data and image acquisition locations at which the plurality of the scenery image data have been acquired are correlated with each other and stored,wherein each of the plurality of the scenery image data include a feature amount of a feature point corresponding to a thing other than a thing of which a location or a shape is unlikely to be kept as it is on the real world during a period larger than or equal to a predetermined period.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a positioning system which makes it possible to perform positioning processing in a positioning target mobile object with a smaller calculation amount.
A scenery image database according to an aspect of the present invention is characterized by comprising a plurality of scenery image data and image acquisition locations at which the scenery image data have been acquired are correlated with each other and stored, wherein each of the plurality of scenery image data include a feature amount of a feature point corresponding to a thing other than a thing of which a location or a shape is unlikely to be kept as it is on the real world during a period larger than or equal to a predetermined period.
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12 Claims
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1. A scenery image database comprising a plurality of scenery image data and image acquisition locations at which the plurality of the scenery image data have been acquired are correlated with each other and stored,
wherein each of the plurality of the scenery image data include a feature amount of a feature point corresponding to a thing other than a thing of which a location or a shape is unlikely to be kept as it is on the real world during a period larger than or equal to a predetermined period.
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10. A database building method comprising;
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taking a scenery image, acquiring current location information, extracting feature amounts of corresponding feature points from the scenery image, and extracting an area which corresponds to an object of which a location or a shape is likely to vary in future in the real world from the scenery image. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a scenery image database building program which can be executed on a computer comprising the steps of;
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a first imaging step of taking a scenery image, a location information acquisition step of acquiring current location information, a first feature point extraction step of extracting feature amounts of corresponding feature points from the scenery image acquired by the first imaging unit, and a future variable area extraction step of extracting an area corresponding to an object of which a location or a shape is likely to vary in the real world from the scenery image data acquired by the first imaging unit.
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