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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuta Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image processing system that is capable of preventing contact between an obstacle and a movable apparatus regardless of the state of the movable apparatus, comprising an obstacle information acquisition unit configured to detect a position and a height of an obstacle in a traveling direction of a movable apparatus, a ground clearance detection unit configured to detect the ground clearance, which is the height from the ground surface in the traveling direction of the movable apparatus to the movable apparatus, a contact determination unit configured to determine whether or not the movable apparatus and the obstacle will come into contact with each other in the traveling direction of the movable apparatus based on the position and height of the obstacle and the ground clearance, and a warning output unit configured to output a warning in a case in which it has been determined by the contact determination unit that contact will occur.