Object detector
First Claim
1. An object detector comprising distance image generating means for measuring a distance from a reference position to an object to be detected present on a plane and generating a distance image of the plane and the object to be detected, and detecting means for detecting the object on the plane by using the distance image generated by the distance image generating means, wherein the object detector comprises:
- three-dimensional distribution generating means for calculating three-dimensional co-ordinate position data in a three-dimensional co-ordinates system, for each pixel of the distance image, on the basis of two-dimensional co-ordinate position data for each pixel of the distance image and distance data from the reference position for each of the pixels, dividing a two-dimensional distribution in a depth direction Y and a height direction Z at prescribed intervals and selecting bottom point data thereof, on the basis of the calculated three-dimensional co-ordinate position data for each pixel, determining the plane by planar approximation of the height indicated by the three-dimensional co-ordinate position data for the selected pixels, and generating a three-dimensional distribution of pixels corresponding to the object to be detected; and
wherein the detecting means detects groups of pixels having a prescribed height or more with reference to the determined plane as the object to be detected.
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Abstract
In the device according to the present invention, it is possible readily to distinguish between a road of travel and an obstacle in an image, simply using a distance image, even in cases where such a distinction is difficult to make, for instance, when a moving body is inclined during travel or the road forms a slope.
Three-dimensional co-ordinate position data in a three-dimensional co-ordinate system is calculated for each pixel of the distance image, on the basis of two-dimensional co-ordinate position data for each pixel in the distance image and distance data from a reference position for each of the pixels, in such a manner that a three-dimensional distribution of pixels corresponding to a plane and an object to be detected is generated. Therefore, the object to be detected corresponding to groups of pixels having a prescribed height or more with respect to this plane can be distinguished readily from groups of pixels corresponding to the plane, on the basis of this three-dimensional distribution of pixels.
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1. An object detector comprising distance image generating means for measuring a distance from a reference position to an object to be detected present on a plane and generating a distance image of the plane and the object to be detected, and detecting means for detecting the object on the plane by using the distance image generated by the distance image generating means, wherein the object detector comprises:
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three-dimensional distribution generating means for calculating three-dimensional co-ordinate position data in a three-dimensional co-ordinates system, for each pixel of the distance image, on the basis of two-dimensional co-ordinate position data for each pixel of the distance image and distance data from the reference position for each of the pixels, dividing a two-dimensional distribution in a depth direction Y and a height direction Z at prescribed intervals and selecting bottom point data thereof, on the basis of the calculated three-dimensional co-ordinate position data for each pixel, determining the plane by planar approximation of the height indicated by the three-dimensional co-ordinate position data for the selected pixels, and generating a three-dimensional distribution of pixels corresponding to the object to be detected; and
whereinthe detecting means detects groups of pixels having a prescribed height or more with reference to the determined plane as the object to be detected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An object detector comprising distance image generating means for measuring a distance from a reference position to an object to be detected present on a plane and generating a distance image of the plane and the object to be detected, and detecting means for detecting the object on the plane by using the distance image generated by the distance image generating means, wherein the object detector comprises:
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object detecting means for detecting groups of pixels separated by a prescribed height or more from the plane thus calculated as the object; and
three-dimensional distribution generating means for generating a three-dimensional distribution of pixels corresponding to the plane and the object to be detected by calculating three-dimensional co-ordinate position data in a three-dimensional co-ordinate system for groups of pixels, on the basis of two-dimensional co-ordinate position data for the groups of pixels corresponding to the object as detected by the object detecting means and the distance data from the reference position, dividing a two-dimensional distribution in a depth direction Y and a height direction Z at prescribed intervals and selecting bottom point data thereof, on the basis of the calculated three-dimensional co-ordinate position data for each pixel, and determining the plane by planar approximation of the height indicated by the three-dimensional co-ordinate position data for the selected pixels. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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