Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.

San-ei Gen F.f.i., Inc.

Ueda Japan Radio Co., Ltd.

Takashi Konda

Takahiro Funami

Tomohiro Hosomi

Arisa Fujioka

Satoshi Toyoizumi

Sayaka Ishihara

Hiroyuki Takizawa

Hironobu Takahashi

Ayumi Nihei

Yohei Kataoka

Chihiro Tomita

Mika Hiroe

An object sensor outputs an obstacle detection signal in response to passing of an obstacle. A central control unit reads a 2-dimensional image from an imaging unit in response to the obstacle detection signal. A detection area is obtained by subtracting a background image prestored in a memory from the input 2-dimensional image. The detected image on a 2-dimensional plane is transformed into image data in a 3-dimensional space. The CCU computes the projection area of the image data on an arbitrary plane in the 3-dimensional space. The object is discriminated by comparing the computed projection area with the projection area based on the reference value of the object prestored in the memory.

Object discriminating apparatus and method therefor

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Yokohama, Japan

Takashi Konda