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Adhered substance detection apparatus

US10991086B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2019
Grant dateApr 27, 2021
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adhered substance detection apparatus includes an obtaining portion configured to obtain captured image data outputted from an imaging portion, a detection portion configured to detect presence or absence of an adhered substance of each of plural regions of an imaging surface of the imaging portion on the basis of the captured image data, and a judgement portion configured to distinguish a reliable region and an unreliable region from each other, a reliability property of predetermined arithmetic processing performed by a processing apparatus with the use of the captured image data is kept to be equal to or greater than a predetermined value in the reliable region, and the reliability property is less than the predetermined value in the unreliable region.

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