Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yuu Yamada

Soichiro Yokota

Sadao Takahashi

Shinichi Sumiyoshi

Seiya Amano

Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi

Yuji Takahashi

Daisuke Okada

Jun Yoshida

Genki Watanabe

Hiroki Kubozono

Tabito Suzuki

Keito Sawada

Shintaroh Kida

Sukehiro Kimura

Yohichiroh Ohbayashi

An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to generate a first map formed of pixels that are associated with x coordinate information, distance information, and frequency values; search for a target pixel satisfying a predetermined condition among the pixels in the first map, the searching being performed from the pixels that are near towards the pixels that are far away as indicated by the distance information; and validate pixels surrounding the target pixel in the first map, together with the target pixel.

Image processing apparatus, device control system, imaging apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium

An information processing device includes an image analyzing unit. The image analyzing unit includes an object region setting unit configured to set an object region, for image information obtained by capturing an imaging range, the object region corresponding to an object existing in the imaging range; a luminance information acquiring unit configured to acquire luminance information indicating luminance in the imaging range; and a correcting unit configured to correct the object region based on the luminance information in a luminance detection region set in a lower part of the object region.

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

Disclosed is an image processing apparatus that includes one or more processors; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: generate distribution data indicating a frequency distribution of horizontal distance values of a range image based on the range image having pixel values according to distance of an object in a plurality of captured images; detect an object based on the distribution data with respect to a range image; predict a predicted position of the object in a current frame based on the distribution data with respect to range images of a plurality of previous frames; and integrate a plurality of objects detected by the detector based on the predicted position to track an integrated object in subsequent frames.

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

An object detection device includes a map generator configured to generate, based on a distance image that includes distance information for each coordinate, a first map in which the coordinate in a horizontal direction of the distance image is associated with the distance information, and a second map in which the coordinate in the horizontal direction of the distance image is associated with the distance information, the second map having a lower resolution than the first map; and an object detector configured to detect an object based on the first map when a distance represented by the distance information is within a first range, and to detect an object based on the second map when a distance represented by the distance information is within a second range.

Object detection device, device control system, and medium

An image processing device includes: a predicting unit configured to, from a position of an object in a previous frame with respect to a current frame, predict a position of the object in the current frame and identify a prediction area; a first matching unit configured to perform template matching in the prediction area in the current frame using a first template regarding the object in the previous frame, to detect the object, when the object is present in a first distance area; and a second matching unit configured to perform template matching in the prediction area in the current frame using a second template which is different than the first template and which is regarding the object in the previous frame, to detect the object, when the object is present in a second distance area which is farther than the first distance area.

Image processing device, object recognizing device, device control system, moving object, image processing method, and computer-readable medium

According to an embodiment, a processing device includes a generating unit, a detecting unit, and a determining unit. The generating unit is configured to generate two-dimensional distribution information of an object, the two-dimensional distribution information associating between at least a lateral direction distance and a depth direction distance of the object. The detecting unit is configured to detect a continuous area having continuity in a depth direction in the two-dimensional distribution information. The determining unit is configured to determine whether the continuous area represents a detection target.

Processing device, object recognition apparatus, device control system, processing method, and computer-readable recording medium

An image processing device includes: a generating unit that generates, based on a distance image, two-dimensional distribution information indicating a two-dimensional distribution of an object, in which a distance in a horizontal direction, a distance in a depth direction, and a frequency value corresponding to the distances are related; and a labeling unit that conducts a labeling process by conducting search on the two-dimensional distribution information multiple times, detecting a pixel having the frequency value that is more than a predetermined threshold during each search, and assigning a label that is different in each times of search, wherein the labeling unit conducts a first labeling process by selecting a pixel having the frequency value that is more than the threshold from pixels that abut a pixel being searched in a search direction and assigning the label when the label is not assigned to the pixel selected.

Image processing device, image processing method, computer-readable recording medium, object recognition device, device control system, and movable body

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Yuu Yamada