Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Tsukasa Okada

Tomohide Ishigami

Ukyou Katsura

Kensho Teranishi

A relative position calculator calculates relative position and attitude of a vehicle based on images captured by an image capturing apparatus on the vehicle. An absolute position calculator extracts a marker from a captured image by, and calculates absolute position and attitude of the vehicle based on position and attitude of the one extracted marker. A reliability calculator calculates reliabilities of the relative position and attitude, and reliabilities of the absolute position and attitude. A position and attitude determiner determines the relative position and attitude as position and attitude of the vehicle when the reliabilities of the relative position and attitude are equal to or larger than the reliabilities of the absolute position and attitude, and otherwise, determines the absolute position and attitude as the position and attitude of the vehicle.

Positioning system and moving body for measuring position of moving body using image capturing apparatus

A positioning device includes an camera, a detector, and a circuit. The camera is mounted on a moving body, and captures an image of surroundings of the moving body to acquire a captured image. The detector is mounted on the moving body, detects motion of the moving body, and outputs a detection signal indicating a detection result. The circuit processes the detection signal using a correction value for correcting a bias error included in the detection signal without depending on the motion of the moving body. The circuit computes the position of the moving body based on the captured image acquired by the camera and the detection signal processed. If the circuit determines that the moving body is stationary, the circuit updates the correction value of the bias error based on the detection signal output by the detector.

Positioning device

A relative position calculator calculates relative position and attitude of a vehicle based on images captured by an image capturing apparatus on the vehicle. An absolute position calculator extracts a marker from an image captured by the image capturing apparatus, and calculates absolute position and attitude of the vehicle, based on position and attitude of the one extracted marker. A corrector calculates the corrected position and attitude, not using the absolute position and attitude calculated based on the position and attitude of the marker when a difference or ratio of an apparent height and width of the marker in the image is equal to or smaller than a threshold, but using the absolute position and attitude calculated based on the position and attitude of the marker when the difference or ratio is larger than the threshold.

Positioning system for measuring position of moving body using image capturing apparatus

A vehicle monitoring device includes a positioning device, a distance calculator, a first imaging device, a volume calculator, and a work calculator. The positioning device measures a position of a vehicle including a loading platform. The distance calculator calculates a movement distance of the vehicle based on the position of the vehicle measured by the positioning device. The first imaging device captures an image of a load mounted on the loading platform. The volume calculator calculates a volume of the load based on the image captured by the first imaging device. The work calculator calculates a work of the vehicle based on the movement distance and the volume of the load.

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Osaka, Japan

Tsukasa Okada