Detecting device, detecting method, and program
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1. A detecting device comprising:
- an acquisition section for acquiring a plurality of images captured in a plurality of imaging devices provided at different heights; and
a detection section for detecting a rising portion of an identical object toward the imaging devices based on a difference between lengths of the identical object in a height direction in the plurality of images;
wherein the plurality of imaging devices are provided in a moving vehicle to capture images in a moving direction of the moving vehicle, andthe detecting device further comprises a determination section for determining whether the identical object is an obstacle based on a determination result as to whether the identical object has a rising portion, wherein the determination section estimates a height of the identical object based on distance to the identical object; and
an extraction section for extracting, from the plurality of images, an obstacle candidate as an candidate for the obstacle,wherein the determination section determines the identical object having a rising portion higher than or equal to a predetermined height among the obstacle candidates to be the obstacle.
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Abstract
To detect a distant object that may become an obstacle to a traveling destination of a moving vehicle or the like more accurately than the conventional, there is provided a detecting device, a program used in the detecting device, and a detecting method using the detecting device, where the detecting device includes: an acquisition section for acquiring two or more images captured in two or more imaging devices provided at different heights; and a detection section for detecting a rising portion of an identical object toward the imaging devices based on a difference between the lengths of the identical object in the height direction in the two or more images.
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1. A detecting device comprising:
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an acquisition section for acquiring a plurality of images captured in a plurality of imaging devices provided at different heights; and a detection section for detecting a rising portion of an identical object toward the imaging devices based on a difference between lengths of the identical object in a height direction in the plurality of images; wherein the plurality of imaging devices are provided in a moving vehicle to capture images in a moving direction of the moving vehicle, and the detecting device further comprises a determination section for determining whether the identical object is an obstacle based on a determination result as to whether the identical object has a rising portion, wherein the determination section estimates a height of the identical object based on distance to the identical object; and an extraction section for extracting, from the plurality of images, an obstacle candidate as an candidate for the obstacle, wherein the determination section determines the identical object having a rising portion higher than or equal to a predetermined height among the obstacle candidates to be the obstacle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A detecting device comprising:
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an acquisition section for acquiring a plurality of images captured in a plurality of imaging devices provided at different heights; and a detection section for detecting a rising portion of an identical object toward the imaging devices based on a difference between lengths of the identical object in a height direction in the plurality of images; wherein the plurality of imaging devices are provided in a moving vehicle to capture images in a moving direction of the moving vehicle, and the detecting device further comprises; an extraction section for extracting, from the plurality of images, an obstacle candidate as an candidate for an obstacle; a distance calculation section for calculating distance to an identical object corresponding to the obstacle candidate based on amounts of parallax of the plurality of images; and a determination section for determining whether the identical object is an obstacle; wherein; the detection section generates a plurality of template images obtained by reducing an image of the obstacle candidate included in one image of the plurality of images at each of a plurality of magnification candidates, performs template matching using each of the plurality of template images on another image of the plurality of images, calculates a matching score at a best matching position in the other image, and calculates a magnification giving a maximum matching score from among the plurality of magnification candidates; and on condition that the magnification giving the maximum matching score is larger than a threshold value based on distance to the identical object, the determination section determines the identical object to be an obstacle.
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