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Object detection method, information processing device, and storage medium

US9734416B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 2016
Grant dateAug 15, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An object detection method includes extracting an object candidate by grouping a plurality of characteristic points from two images acquired at different times by a camera; calculating, for each of characteristic points included in the object candidate, an observation flow amount indicating an amount of positional shift on the two images and a virtual road surface flow amount indicating an amount of positional shift on the two images while assuming that the characteristic point is located on a road surface; generating, for each of the characteristic points, a flow difference distribution of the object candidate by calculating a difference between the observation flow amount and the virtual road surface flow amount; and determining whether the object candidate is an object existing on and protruding from the road surface by comparing the flow difference distribution with a plurality of flow difference distribution models generated for predicted inclined states of the surface.

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