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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Royston Rodrigues, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tani, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image augmentation apparatus () performs an image augmentation process on an original training dataset () to generate an augmented training dataset (). The original training dataset () includes an original ground-view image () and an original aerial-view image (). The image augmentation process includes a removal process in which partial regions including objects of a specific type are removed. The image augmentation apparatus () performs the image augmentation process on the original ground-view image () to generate an augmented ground-view image (), on the original aerial-view image () to generate an augmented aerial-view image (), or both.