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Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Nobuhiro Tsunashima, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G06K 9/209 (2013.01); G06T 7/596 (2017.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05);
Abstract

An automobile-mounted imaging apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for detecting a distance to at least one object. The apparatus comprises circuitry configured to select at least two images from images captured by at least three cameras to use for detecting the distance to the at least one object based on at least one condition. Alternatively or additionally, the apparatus comprises circuitry configured to select two cameras of at least three cameras for detecting the distance to the at least one object based on at least one condition. Alternatively or additionally, the apparatus comprises circuitry configured to determine which of at least two cameras to use for detecting the distance to the at least one object based on at least one condition from at least three cameras capturing images.


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