Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Naoki Motohashi

Sadao Takahashi

Shinichi Sumiyoshi

Toshifumi Yamaai

Satoshi Nakamura

Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi

Otoichi Nakata

Soichiro Yokota

Kagehiro Nagao

Eita Watanabe

A three-dimensional shape processing apparatus includes circuitry to selectively execute one of first correction processing and second correction processing designated by an instruction operation on an instruction-receiving display component. In the first correction processing, correction of three-dimensional shape information is executed based on an input operation. In the second correction processing, the correction of the three-dimensional shape information is executed based on stored processing pre-stored in a memory.

Three-dimensional shape processing apparatus, three-dimensional shape processing system, method for correcting three-dimensional shape information, and non-transitory recording medium

A three-dimensional shape generation apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform one of a first processing or a second processing to generate three-dimensional shape information using point-group information indicating three-dimensional point groups as a generation processing based on an instruction operation received at an instruction reception screen, the instruction operation designating one of the first processing or the second processing. The circuitry performs all processes or a part of processes of the generation processing based on an operation input received at the instruction reception screen in response to the instruction operation designating the first processing. The circuitry performs all processes of the generation processing using a stored processing previously stored in a memory without using the operation input received at the instruction reception screen in response to the instruction operation designating the second processing.

Three-dimensional shape generation apparatus, three-dimensional shape generation system, three-dimensional shape generation method, and non-transitory recording medium

A three-dimensional shape generation apparatus includes circuitry configured to generate three-dimensional shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape corresponding to a three-dimensional point group based on multiple sets of model shape information set by a model setting operation and point-group information indicating the three-dimensional point group. The model setting operation received at a reception screen sets the multiple sets of model shape information each indicating a three-dimensional model shape.

An image processing apparatus includes one or more processors; and a memory, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate vertical direction distribution data indicating a frequency distribution of distance values with respect to a vertical direction of a range image, from the range image having distance values according to distance of a road surface in a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of imaging parts; set a search range corresponding to a predetermined reference point in the vertical direction distribution data and extract a plurality of pixels from the search range; and detect a road surface, based on the plurality of extracted pixels.

Image processing apparatus, imaging device, moving body device control system, image processing method, and program product

An image processing apparatus includes one or more processors; and a memory, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate vertical direction distribution data indicating a frequency distribution of distance values with respect to a vertical direction of a range image, from the range image having distance values according to distance of a road surface in a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of imaging parts; estimate a plurality of road surfaces, based on the vertical direction distribution data; and determine a desired road surface, based on the estimated plurality of road surfaces.

Image processing apparatus to estimate a plurality of road surfaces

An image processing apparatus includes: a distance histogram information generating means configured to generate distance histogram information representing a frequency distribution of distance values in each of a plurality of row regions obtained by division of a captured image in an up-down direction; and a movement surface information processing means configured to: extract a group of distance values matching a feature represented by distance values of the movement surface for each of a plurality of segments obtained by segmentation of the distance histogram information according to the distance values; execute, for a segment where a group of distance values extracted does not satisfy a predetermined error condition, processing of generating information on the movement surface using the group of distance values; and execute, for a segment where a group of distance values extracted satisfies the predetermined error condition, predetermined error processing without using the group of distance values.

Image processing apparatus, moving body device control system, computer-readable medium, and image processing method

An information processing device includes a disparity information input unit configured to acquire disparity image data indicating a disparity image including a disparity; a V map generating unit configured to generate a V map indicating a frequency of the disparity for each of coordinates of the disparity image by voting the disparity at a position corresponding to the coordinate of each of pixels of the disparity image based on the disparity image data; a shape estimating unit configured to estimate a road surface shape based on the V map; a height table generating unit configured to generate a height table indicating a relationship between the disparity and a height of a road surface based on the estimated road surface shape; and a correcting unit configured to correct, based on rolling information on rolling of a stereo camera that acquires the disparity, information used to generate information indicating the road surface shape so as to cancel out an influence of the rolling.

Information processing device, imaging device, apparatus control system, information processing method, and computer program product

An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to obtain a range image having pixel values corresponding to a distance of an object in a plurality of captured images obtained by capturing the object on a road surface so as to extract pixel values from the range image, generate vertical direction distribution data indicating a frequency distribution of distance values in a vertical direction of the range image based on the extracted pixel values, calculate a height of the road surface in the range image before generation of the vertical direction distribution data is completed, and generate horizontal direction distribution data indicating a frequency distribution of distance values in a horizontal direction of the range image based on the extracted pixel values and the calculated height of the road surface.

Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and device control system

An image processing device includes an input unit, a detecting unit, a calculating unit, and a determining unit. The input unit is configured to receive a recognized image representing an object. The detecting unit is configured to detect at least one surface of the object from a corresponding recognized image corresponding to the recognized image, the corresponding recognized image being on a frequency image indicating frequencies on a plane, the frequencies being of distance values corresponding to pixels of the recognized image. The calculating unit is configured to calculate an angle of the at least one surface with respect to a predetermined direction. The determining unit is configured to determine, based on the at least one surface detected by the detecting unit and the angle calculated by the calculating unit, whether or not the recognized image is to be rejected.

Device, method, system and computer-readable medium for determining collision target object rejection

An image processing apparatus includes a processor configured to generate vertical direction distribution data which is a distribution of distance values to a vertical direction of a distance image from the distance image having distance values according to distance of a road surface in captured images. There is an extraction of a pixel having the highest frequency value for each of the distance values from pixels in a search area. There is a detection of the road surface based on each pixel extracted.

Image processing apparatus, imaging device, moving object device control system, and image processing method

An image processing apparatus includes a pre-processing unit and a coding unit. The pre-processing unit acquires, from an image, a patch obtained by extracting a partial area of the image. The coding unit determines a value of a design parameter relating to processing of the patch according to the amount of information contained in the acquired patch and representing a state of distribution of pixel values and generates a high-frequency patch from the patch by using the determined value of the design parameter.

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Naoki Motohashi