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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Tsuji, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object is to provide a detection apparatus, a determination method, and a program capable of distinguishing a natural object from a structure and thereby detecting the natural object. A detection apparatus () according to the present disclosure includes a calculation unit () configured to calculate a normal vector for each point included in point-group data indicating a distance to an object to be determined by using the point-group data, and a determination unit () configured to determine whether the object to be determined is a natural object or not by using a distribution state of at least either horizontal components of the normal vectors or vertical components thereof.