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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 05, 2021
Thinkware Corporation, Seongnam-si, KR;
Ki Wook Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hye Kyung Byun, Seongnam-si, KR;
Tae Kyu Han, Seongnam-si, KR;
Shin Hyoung Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
THINKWARE CORPORATION, Seongnam-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided is an image processing method. The image processing method includes receiving images acquired from a plurality of vehicles positioned on a road; storing the received images according to acquisition information of the received images; determining a reference image and a target image based on images having the same acquisition information among the stored images; performing an image registration using a plurality of feature points extracted from each of the determined reference image and target image; performing a transparency process for each of the reference image and the target image which are image-registered; extracting static objects from the transparency-processed image; and comparing the extracted static objects with objects on map data which is previously stored and updating the map data when the objects on the map data which is previously stored and the extracted static objects are different from each other.