Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Shinmei Industry Co., Ltd.

Hiroharu Kato

Atsushi Kanazawa

Wadim Kehl

An apparatus for estimating distance according to the present disclosure extracts feature maps from respective images including a reference image and a source image; projects a source feature map extracted from the source image onto hypothetical planes to generate a cost volume; sets sampling points on a ray extending from the viewpoint of the reference image in a direction corresponding to a target pixel in the reference image; interpolates features of the respective sampling points, using features associated with nearby coordinates; inputs the features corresponding to the respective sampling points into a classifier to calculate occupancy probabilities corresponding to the respective sampling points; and adds up products of the occupancy probabilities of the respective sampling points and the distances from the viewpoint of the reference image to the corresponding sampling points to estimate the distance from the viewpoint of the reference image to a surface of the object.

Apparatus and method for estimating distance and non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program for estimating distance

A clamping mechanism includes a pair of contact portions facing each other which is capable of directly contacting a tie rod hexagonal portion, and an open-close drive mechanism that causes the both contact portions to move away from and approach the tie rod hexagonal portion. By appropriately changing the distance between surfaces of the mutually facing pair of contact portions, the tie rod hexagonal portion will be securely clamped by the pair of contact portions, regardless of the size of the diameter of the tie rod. Then, the tie rod hexagonal portion is rotated to adjust the toe angle, by rotating the clamping mechanism via the rotation drive mechanism.

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Hiroharu Kato