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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Kunikazu Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Kodama, Oita, JP;
Atsuyoshi Ando, Oita, JP;
Takako Shinjo, Oita, JP;
Sahoko Hata, Oita, JP;
Kunikazu Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Kodama, Oita, JP;
Atsuyoshi Ando, Oita, JP;
Takako Shinjo, Oita, JP;
Sahoko Hata, Oita, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle-type determination apparatus includes a vehicle-portion extracting unit, a hood recognizing unit, and a vehicle-type determining unit. The vehicle-portion extracting unit extracts a vehicle portion from an image of a recognition object. The hood recognizing unit recognizes an area corresponding to a hood in the vehicle portion extracted by the vehicle-portion extracting unit. The vehicle-type determining unit determines the vehicle type based on the degree of inclination of a side of the hood area recognized by the hood recognizing unit.