Three-Dimensional Object Detecting Device
First Claim
1. An object detecting device comprising:
- a pair of imaging means for taking an image of a three-dimensional object;
disparity data computing means for computing disparity data for each region based on the images obtained by the pair of imaging means, each region being obtained by dividing the image;
gray-scale image generating means for computing a gray-scale value indicating a distance to the imaging means based on the disparity data computed for each region and generating a gray-scale image having the gray-scale value corresponding to each region;
model storage means in which a model modeling the three-dimensional object is stored;
correlation value computing means for computing a correlation value indicating a similarity between the model and an image region in the gray-scale image, the model being a two-dimensional image having a geometric feature when the three-dimensional object is viewed from a direction in which the imaging means are located, each region obtained by dividing the two-dimensional image having a gray-scale value indicating a distance to the imaging means, of a corresponding portion of the three-dimensional object, the correlation value being computed based on gray-scale values of the model and gray-scale values of the image region in the gray-scale image; and
object detecting means for detecting the three-dimensional object by detecting an image region in the gray-scale image, having a highest correlation value with the model.
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Abstract
A three-dimensional-object can be effectively detected. A pair of image capture devices capture a three-dimensional-object and calculate disparity component data of subdivided-image regions, respectively. On a basis of the disparity component data, gray scale values indicative of distances from the image capture device are calculated and a gray scale image in which each region has its corresponding gray scale value is generated. A model of the three-dimensional-object is defined and correlation values is calculated to show the degree of a similarity between the model and the image subdivided regions in the gray scale image. The model is a two-dimensional image with a shaping characteristic when the three-dimensional object is viewed from positions of the image capture devices while each subdivided region of the two-dimensional image has a gray scale value indicative of a distance from the image capture device at a portion corresponding to the three-dimensional object. The correlation values are calculated on a basis of gray scale values of the model and those of the image region in the gray scale image. The model and an image region with the highest correlation value are detected in the gray scale image, so that a three-dimensional image is detected.
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16 Claims
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1. An object detecting device comprising:
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a pair of imaging means for taking an image of a three-dimensional object; disparity data computing means for computing disparity data for each region based on the images obtained by the pair of imaging means, each region being obtained by dividing the image; gray-scale image generating means for computing a gray-scale value indicating a distance to the imaging means based on the disparity data computed for each region and generating a gray-scale image having the gray-scale value corresponding to each region; model storage means in which a model modeling the three-dimensional object is stored; correlation value computing means for computing a correlation value indicating a similarity between the model and an image region in the gray-scale image, the model being a two-dimensional image having a geometric feature when the three-dimensional object is viewed from a direction in which the imaging means are located, each region obtained by dividing the two-dimensional image having a gray-scale value indicating a distance to the imaging means, of a corresponding portion of the three-dimensional object, the correlation value being computed based on gray-scale values of the model and gray-scale values of the image region in the gray-scale image; and object detecting means for detecting the three-dimensional object by detecting an image region in the gray-scale image, having a highest correlation value with the model. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
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2. An object detecting device comprising:
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distance measuring means for measuring a distance to each region, each region being obtained by dividing a predetermined range including a three-dimensional object; gray-scale image generating means for computing a gray-scale value indicating a distance measured by the distance measuring means and generating a gray-scale image having the gray-scale value corresponding to each region; model storage means in which a model is stored, the model being formed by modeling the three-dimensional object; correlation value computing means for computing a correlation value indicating a similarity between the model and an image region in the gray-scale image, the model being a two-dimensional image having a geometric feature when the three-dimensional object is viewed from a direction in which the distance measuring means is located, each region obtained by dividing the two-dimensional image having a gray-scale value indicating a distance to the distance measuring means, of a corresponding portion of the three-dimensional object, the correlation value being computed based on gray-scale values of the model and gray-scale values of the image region in the gray-scale image; and object detecting means for detecting the three-dimensional object by detecting an image region in the gray-scale image, having a highest correlation value with the model. - View Dependent Claims (7, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An object detecting device comprising:
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a pair of imaging capturing devices which capture an image of a three-dimensional object; a disparity data computing device which computes disparity data for each region based on the images obtained by the pair of imaging capturing devices, each region being obtained by dividing the image; a gray-scale image generating device which calculates a gray-scale value indicating a distance to the imaging capturing devices based on the disparity data computed for each region and generates a gray-scale image having the gray-scale value corresponding to each region; a model storage device in which a model modeling the three-dimensional object is stored; a correlation value computing device which computes a correlation value indicating a similarity between the model and an image region in the gray-scale image, the model being a two-dimensional image having a geometric feature when the three-dimensional object is viewed from a direction in which the imaging capturing devices are located, each region obtained by dividing the two-dimensional image having a gray-scale value indicating a distance to the imaging capturing devices, of a corresponding portion of the three-dimensional object, the correlation value being computed based on gray-scale values of the model and gray-scale values of the image region in the gray-scale image; and an object detector which detects the three-dimensional object by detecting an image region in the gray-scale image, having a highest correlation value with the model. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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