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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takuto Motoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Oyaizu, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Sutou, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Doba, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus capable of detecting a plane constituting a movement-enabling region. A normal direction of a plane constituting a road surface is detected on the basis of polarized images in multiple polarizing directions acquired by a polarization camera. A laser ranging sensor measures a distance to a point on the road surface so as to measure a position of the point. The plane constituting the road surface is identified on the basis of information regarding the normal direction of the plane constituting the road surface and information regarding the position of the point on the road surface.