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Image object detection using separate ranges from both image detections

US8457351B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 23, 2007
Grant dateJun 4, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2030

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

Abstract

Provided are an image processing method, an image processing system, an image processing device and a computer program for detecting a detection object such as nares of the driver with a high degree of accuracy in, for example, a system using an in-vehicle camera which is mounted on a vehicle and takes an image of the face of the driver. A detection object is diversified by a variety of detection methods such as a method for detecting a plurality of locations in the vertical direction as candidates during image pickup of an image, detecting a range to be a candidate of a detection object on the basis of the brightness of a pixel for each of rows of pixels lined up in the horizontal direction corresponding to each detected location and specifying a detection object from candidates of a detection object on the basis of the length of the detected range.

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