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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Shigeru Saitou, Kyoto, JP;
Shinzo Koyama, Osaka, JP;
Masato Takemoto, Osaka, JP;
Motonori Ishii, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/86 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
Abstract
An image recognition device includes a light source that emits lighting pulses to a measurement space, a image generator that generates a distance image based on reflected light acquired by a light receiving element, a reflectivity calculator that calculates a correction coefficient corresponding to a reflectivity for each measurement section, and a lighting pulse controller that controls a number of lighting pulses emitted from the light source according to the correction coefficient for each measurement section.