Image recognition apparatus
First Claim
1. An image recognition apparatus which measures the parallax of a target object based on images respectively obtained by two imaging devices and calculates the distance to the target object based on the parallax, the image recognition apparatus comprising:
- said two imaging devices;
an image determination device which sets determination regions which have sufficient height to include the target object and independently contain left and right edges of the target object respectively, and determines whether different objects are overlapping by measuring and comparing the parallax of a determination region containing the left edge with the parallax of a determination region containing the right edge; and
an image prediction device which predicts the overlap of different objects if a region surrounding the target object is larger than a predetermined size, or a ratio of a length in the vertical direction to a length in the horizontal direction of the region surrounding the target object is less than a predetermined value.
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Abstract
An image processing unit determines the size of a circumscribed quadrangle of the target object, and predicts the overlap of the two different objects. If overlap is predicted, the target object is divided into two divided regions L_b and R_b containing the left and right edges of the target object respectively, and by performing a correlation calculation between the left image and the right image captured by a stereo camera for each of the divided regions, the parallaxes of the respective divided regions L_b and R_b can be determined. Then, if the absolute value of the difference between the parallaxes of the respective divided regions L_b and R_b is greater than a predetermined value, a determination is made that different objects are overlapping within the target object, and the target object is divided for recognition, and the distance to the respective objects is calculated independently.
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5 Claims
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1. An image recognition apparatus which measures the parallax of a target object based on images respectively obtained by two imaging devices and calculates the distance to the target object based on the parallax, the image recognition apparatus comprising:
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said two imaging devices; an image determination device which sets determination regions which have sufficient height to include the target object and independently contain left and right edges of the target object respectively, and determines whether different objects are overlapping by measuring and comparing the parallax of a determination region containing the left edge with the parallax of a determination region containing the right edge; and an image prediction device which predicts the overlap of different objects if a region surrounding the target object is larger than a predetermined size, or a ratio of a length in the vertical direction to a length in the horizontal direction of the region surrounding the target object is less than a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An image recognition apparatus which measures the parallax of a target object based on images respectively obtained by two imaging devices and calculates the distance to the target object based on the parallax, the image recognition apparatus comprising:
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said two imaging devices; an image determination device which sets determination regions which have sufficient height to include the target object and independently contain left and right edges of the target object respectively, and determines whether different objects are overlapping by measuring and comparing the parallax of a determination region containing the left edge with the parallax of a determination region containing the right edge; and an image prediction device which predicts the overlap of different objects if a region surrounding the target object is larger than a predetermined size, or a ratio of a length in the vertical direction to a length in the horizontal direction of the region surrounding the target object is less than a predetermined value; wherein the image determination device includes an image separation device which, when the overlapping of different objects is recognized, sets distance determination points in the determination regions upon the edges of the determination regions, and independently calculates the distance to each of the respective objects.
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