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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2024
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yoshiyuki Tadokoro, Toyota, JP;
Shinichi Takeuchi, Toyota, JP;
Shingo Noritake, Owariasahi, JP;
Akira Murakami, Kasugai, JP;
Ryo Yanagawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yutaka Kuwajima, Wako, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute processing for converting a red green blue (RGB) format in which colors of a first reference image not including liquid leakage are expressed into a hue saturation value (HSV) format, and for extracting a second reference image consisting of S components from the first reference image having colors expressed in the HSV format, processing for converting the RGB format in which colors of a first detection target image are expressed into the HSV format, and extracting a second detection target image consisting of S components from the first detection target image having colors expressed in the HSV format, and processing for generating a third reference image and a third detection target image by smoothing the second reference image and the second detection target image, respectively.