Plane detector and detecting method
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1. A plane detecting apparatus for detecting a plane from a captured image with capturing units, comprising:
- a pair of image capturing units located in a predetermined positional relationship, for capturing images of a mutually overlapping area containing a plane;
a parameter storing unit for storing, as parameters, a rotation matrix and a translation vector for transforming one of coordinate systems of said pair of said image capturing units into another coordinate system, internal parameters of said pair of said image capturing units, an initial value of a normal vector of said plane and an initial value of a distance from one image capturing unit of said image capturing units, as a base, to said plane; and
a projection transformation matrix estimating unit for changing said initial value of said normal vector and said initial value of said distance based on a density gradient method by use of said rotation matrix, said translation vector and said internal parameters to estimate a projection transformation matrix for overlapping planes contained in a stereo image captured by said pair of said image capturing units, onto each other; and
a projection transformation matrix calculating unit for calculating the projection transformation matrix, said projection transformation matrix transforming one of said images captured by one image capturing unit to overlap said plane contained in said one image onto a plane contained in another of said images captured by another image capturing unit, by use of said rotation matrix and said translation vector;
wherein said plane is detected using said projection transformation matrix.
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Abstract
A rotation matrix and a translation vector between a basic camera and a reference camera are read out from a parameter storage section. At a projection conversion matrix calculating section, a projection conversion matrix capable of overlapping the road plane area included in images picked up by the basic camera and the reference camera is calculated by using the rotation matrix and the translation vector.
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1. A plane detecting apparatus for detecting a plane from a captured image with capturing units, comprising:
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a pair of image capturing units located in a predetermined positional relationship, for capturing images of a mutually overlapping area containing a plane; a parameter storing unit for storing, as parameters, a rotation matrix and a translation vector for transforming one of coordinate systems of said pair of said image capturing units into another coordinate system, internal parameters of said pair of said image capturing units, an initial value of a normal vector of said plane and an initial value of a distance from one image capturing unit of said image capturing units, as a base, to said plane; and a projection transformation matrix estimating unit for changing said initial value of said normal vector and said initial value of said distance based on a density gradient method by use of said rotation matrix, said translation vector and said internal parameters to estimate a projection transformation matrix for overlapping planes contained in a stereo image captured by said pair of said image capturing units, onto each other; and a projection transformation matrix calculating unit for calculating the projection transformation matrix, said projection transformation matrix transforming one of said images captured by one image capturing unit to overlap said plane contained in said one image onto a plane contained in another of said images captured by another image capturing unit, by use of said rotation matrix and said translation vector; wherein said plane is detected using said projection transformation matrix. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A plane detecting apparatus for detecting a plane from a captured image with image capturing units, comprising:
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a pair of image capturing units located in a predetermined positional relationship, for capturing images of a mutually overlapping area containing a plane; a parameter storing unit for storing, as parameters, a rotation matrix and a translation vector for transforming one of coordinate systems of said pair of said image capturing units into another coordinate system, internal parameters of said pair of said image capturing units, an initial value of a normal vector of said plane and an initial value of a distance from one image capturing unit of said image capturing units, as a base, to said plane; and a projection transformation matrix estimating unit for changing said initial value of said normal vector and said initial value of said distance based on a density gradient method by use of said rotation matrix, said translation vector and said internal parameters to estimate a projection transformation matrix for overlapping planes contained in a stereo image captured by said pair of said image capturing units, onto each other, wherein said plane is detected using said projection transformation matrix. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A plane detecting method for detecting a plane from a captured image with image capturing units, comprising:
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capturing images of a mutually overlapping area containing a plane by use of a pair of image capturing units located in a predetermined positional relationship; storing, as parameters, a rotation matrix and a translation vector for transforming one of coordinate systems of said pair of said image capturing units into another coordinate system, internal parameters of said pair of said image capturing units, an initial value of a normal vector of said plane and an initial value of a distance from one image capturing unit of said image capturing units, as a base, to said plane; changing said initial value of said normal vector and said initial value of said distance based on a density gradient method by use of said rotation matrix, said translation vector and said internal parameters to estimate a projection transformation matrix for overlapping planes contained in a stereo image captured by said pair of said image capturing units, onto each other; and calculating the projection transformation matrix for transforming one of said images captured by one image capturing unit of said pair of said image capturing units to overlap said plane contained in the one image onto a plane contained in another image captured by another image capturing unit, by use of the rotation matrix and translation vector for transforming one coordinate system of one image capturing unit into another coordinate system of another image capturing unit, wherein said plane is detected using said projection transformation matrix. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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