Image recognition apparatus
First Claim
1. An image recognition apparatus that recognizes an object based on an image, the image recognition apparatus comprising:
- a recognition unit that recognizes the object based on a target area in an image obtained by a camera installed in a vehicle;
an identifying unit that, during normal operation of the vehicle, identifies an optical axis position of the camera relative to the vehicle based on the image; and
a changing unit that, during normal operation of the vehicle, changes a position of the target area in the image according to the optical axis position identified by the identifying unit.
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Abstract
An image recognition part of an image recognition apparatus recognizes an object based on a target area in an outside-vehicle image obtained by a camera installed in a vehicle. A position identifying part identifies an optical axis position of the camera relative to the vehicle based on the outside-vehicle image, and an area changing part changes a position of the target area in the outside-vehicle image according to the optical axis position of the camera. Therefore, it is possible to recognize an object properly based on the target area in the outside-vehicle image even though the optical axis position of the camera is displaced.
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20 Claims
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1. An image recognition apparatus that recognizes an object based on an image, the image recognition apparatus comprising:
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a recognition unit that recognizes the object based on a target area in an image obtained by a camera installed in a vehicle; an identifying unit that, during normal operation of the vehicle, identifies an optical axis position of the camera relative to the vehicle based on the image; and a changing unit that, during normal operation of the vehicle, changes a position of the target area in the image according to the optical axis position identified by the identifying unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image recognition method for recognizing an object based on an image, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) recognizing the object based on a target area in an image obtained by a camera installed in a vehicle; (b) during normal operation of the vehicle, identifying an optical axis position of the camera relative to the vehicle based on the image; and (c) during normal operation of the vehicle, changing a position of the target area in the image according to the optical axis position identified in step (b). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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