- Patent Title: Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and vehicle control system to determine the presence of an object from an image of a peripheral area of a moving body
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Application No.: US15761878Application Date: 2016-08-30
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Publication No.: US10769951B2Publication Date: 2020-09-08
- Inventor: Yasutaka Hirasawa , Hideki Oyaizu , Yuhi Kondo , Suguru Aoki , Taketo Akama
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@53dbe88c
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/075295 WO 20160830
- International Announcement: WO2017/056822 WO 20170406
- Main IPC: G08G1/16
- IPC: G08G1/16 ; H04N7/18 ; G06K9/20 ; G06K9/00 ; G06T7/11 ; G06T7/174 ; G06K9/32

Abstract:
An image acquisition unit 341-1 acquires a polarization image and a non-polarization image indicating a peripheral area of a moving body, such as the peripheral area of a vehicle. A discrimination information generation unit 342-1 uses the polarization image acquired by the image acquisition unit 341-1 and generates analysis object discrimination information indicating a road surface or the like. An image analysis unit 344-1 uses an image of an image analysis area set on the basis of the analysis object discrimination information generated by the discrimination information generation unit 342-1 with respect to the non-polarization image acquired by the image acquisition unit 341-1, and performs a discrimination of an object, such as an obstacle on the road surface. It is possible to efficiently perform a determination of the presence of the object from the non-polarization image of the peripheral area of the moving body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180301032A1 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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