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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Subaru Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akitaka Oko, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/44 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/44 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 9/3233 (2013.01); G06K 9/4642 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle detection apparatus includes circuitry configured to cut out a region of interest in an image, calculate a composite feature quantity of the region of interest as a whole by dividing the region of interest into a plurality of divided regions, calculating a feature quantity of each of the divided regions, and combining the calculated feature quantities of the respective divided regions together, and perform, on the basis of the calculated composite feature quantity, filtering that discards the region of interest that is determinable as not being a wheel of a vehicle.