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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Kanako Honda, Kobe, JP;
Inventor:
Kanako Honda, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for image processing that compensates for inconsistent edge detection. A field of view of a camera is segmented in the form of a matrix by angle and by measured range value based on parallax; matrix data is calculated for a segment where a detected edge exists, and for segments surrounding the segment, the calculated matrix data is then assigned to each of the segments; a search is made through the assigned matrix data to find a segment that has matrix data exceeding a predetermined threshold value. If, the detected edge exists in the found segment, edge data of the edge is taken to represent the position of an object.