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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kazuki Kozuka, Osaka, JP;

Toru Tanigawa, Osaka, JP;

Masahiko Saito, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/4604 (2013.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G06K 9/6259 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing method includes acquiring consecutive time-series images captured by an onboard camera and including at least one image having a first annotation indicating a first region; determining, for each of the images, in reverse chronological order from an image of the last time point, whether the first region exists in the image based on whether the first annotation is attached; identifying the first image of a first time point for which the first region is determined not to exist, and setting a second region including a partial region of an object in the identified first image, indicating the moving object that is obstructed by the object before appearing on the path, and having dimensions based on dimensions of the first region in an image of a second time point immediately after the first time point; and attaching a second annotation to the image corresponding to the second time point, the second annotation indicating the second region.


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