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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2019
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Suzuki, Suginami, JP;
Toshio Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Yusuke Takahashi, Tama, JP;
Hideki Ueno, Urayasu, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;
TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle recognition apparatus according to an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors to: acquire a photographed image obtained by photographing vehicles forming a column of vehicles from an obliquely rearward direction with respect to the column of vehicles; generate a parallax image based on the photographed image; estimate a vanishing point in the parallax image; generate strip regions by dividing a region below the vanishing point in the parallax image in a horizontal direction; calculate a representative parallax for each strip region; extract strip regions efficient in recognizing a vehicle from among the strip regions based on the representative parallax; couple strip regions adjacent to each other among the extract strip regions to generate a coupled strip region based on a distance distribution model of a back surface and a side surface of a vehicle; and recognize a vehicle based on the coupled strip region.