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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Ryota Okubi, Funabashi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An image processing system includes an image capture device provided in a vehicle, a control device installed in the vehicle, and a processing device that performs image processing. The control device includes a first processor that transmits a captured image captured by the image capture device as image information from the vehicle. The processing device includes a second processor, and the second processor receives image information transmitted from a plurality of the vehicles, calculate a degree of similarity of a captured image according to newly-received image information relative to a reference image according to previously-received image information, and performs image processing to identify an obstacle with respect to a captured image having a degree of similarity that is lower than a threshold value.