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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Toshiaki Kakinami, Kariya, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Toshiaki Kakinami, Kariya, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an object recognizing apparatus capable of recognizing a shape of an object in a stable manner with a small amount of calculation, even when data of non-target object is mixedly contained. The object recognizing apparatus includes an object detecting section, a shape model setting section, a conformance degree calculating sectionand a profile shape determining section. The shape model setting sectionextract arbitrarily samples of a group of samples detected by the object detecting sectionand constituting surface shape information and then sets shape models. The conformance degree calculating sectioncalculates the conformance degree of each shape model. The setting of the shape model and calculation of conformance degree are effected up to a predetermined maximum number of times. The profile shape determining sectionis configured such that if a conformance degree exceeding a first reference value exists, then, the shape model having this conformance degree exceeding the first reference value is determined at once as the profile shape.