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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Kento Iwahori, Nagoya, JP;
Daiki Yokoyama, Miyoshi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
In a detecting apparatus configured to detect a vehicle in a captured image, the vehicle is configured to move in a factory in which manufacturing steps are performed to manufacture and ship the vehicle, the vehicle is classified into states in accordance with an appearance of the vehicle, varying among the manufacturing steps. The detecting apparatus includes a first processor configured to acquire the captured image, acquire state information indicating one of the states of the vehicle in the captured image, from among first detection models that are machine learning models each prepared one by one for the states, acquire the first detection model selected in accordance with the one of the states, identified by the acquired state information, and detect the vehicle in the captured image by inputting the captured image to the acquired first detection model and identifying a target region representing the vehicle in the captured image.