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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yasutaka Hirasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Oyaizu, Tokyo, JP;
Yuhi Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Suguru Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Taketo Akama, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image acquisition unit-acquires a polarization image and a non-polarization image indicating a peripheral area of a moving body, such as the peripheral area of a vehicle. A discrimination information generation unit-uses the polarization image acquired by the image acquisition unit-and generates analysis object discrimination information indicating a road surface or the like. An image analysis unit-uses an image of an image analysis area set on the basis of the analysis object discrimination information generated by the discrimination information generation unit-with respect to the non-polarization image acquired by the image acquisition unit-, and performs a discrimination of an object, such as an obstacle on the road surface. It is possible to efficiently perform a determination of the presence of the object from the non-polarization image of the peripheral area of the moving body.
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