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Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2019
Applicant:

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tama, JP;

Inventor:

Satoru Suto, Tama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/593 (2017.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G01C 3/08 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distance measuring camera contains a first imaging system for obtaining a first image containing a first subject image, a second imaging system for obtaining a second image containing a second subject image, a size obtaining part for detecting a plurality of feature points of the first subject image in the first image and measure a distance between the feature points of the first subject image to obtain a size of the first subject image and utilizes an epipolar line to detect a plurality of feature points of the second subject image respectively corresponding to the plurality of feature points of the first subject image and measures a distance between the feature points of the second subject image to obtain a size of the second subject image and a distance calculating part for calculating a distance to the subject based an image magnification ratio between a magnification of the first subject image and a magnification of the first subject image and a magnification of the second subject image.


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