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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Taiki Sekii, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/46 (2022.01); G06T 7/66 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/476 (2022.01); G06T 7/66 (2017.01); G06T 7/75 (2017.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object detection method includes a key point estimation step of estimating key point candidates for each object in an image; and a detection step of detecting key points for each object based on the estimated key point candidates. Considering an object model that models shape of an object, the key points are points that satisfy a defined condition among points indicating a boundary of the object model that are projected onto defined coordinate axes. The defined coordinate axes have an origin at a geometric center of the object model and each forms a defined angle relative to a polar axis in a polar coordinate system set for the object model.