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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Applicants:
Otoichi Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Motohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Sumiyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 13/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6215 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G06K 9/00979 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G08G 1/166 (2013.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/107 (2013.01); B60R 2300/301 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8033 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01); G06K 2209/40 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0081 (2013.01); H04N 2013/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.