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Vehicle detection apparatus and vehicle detection method

  • US 9,196,160 B2
  • Filed: 01/31/2014
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle detection apparatus comprising:

  • a processor, the processor being configured to;

    detect a vehicle from an image obtained by photographing the vehicle, the image including a left image and a right image that are photographed from left and right directions with respect to the vehicle;

    extract a plurality of line-segment components indicating a boundary between a specific region of the vehicle and a vehicle body and included in the image for each of the left and right images; and

    align at least one line-segment component between the left and right images among the line-segment components forming a closed loop for each of the left and right images, and measure a position of the closed loop as the position of the vehicle based on coordinate information between the aligned line-segment components and photographing position information where the left and right images have been photographed.

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