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Image processing method, image processing system, image processing device, and computer program

US7991202B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 2007
Grant dateAug 2, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30201
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There are provided an image processing method, and an image processing system, an image processing device, and a computer program product capable of detecting a position of a fringe portion of a detecting object such as an outline of a face of a driver with high precision, even when a variation of illuminance occurs locally in a system using, for example, an on-vehicle camera mounted on a vehicle for imaging the face of the driver. Luminance of pixels arranged in a first direction such as a horizontal direction of an image is subjected to quadric differential, and data based on a quadratic differentiation result is accumulated in a second direction such as a vertical direction, and based on an accumulated result, a position in the first direction of the detecting object in the image is detected.

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