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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2010
Mikio Nakano, Wako, JP;
Takayuki Nagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Mizutani, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tomoaki Nakamura, Tama, JP;
Kotaro Funakoshi, Wako, JP;
Mikio Nakano, Wako, JP;
Takayuki Nagai, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Mizutani, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tomoaki Nakamura, Tama, JP;
Kotaro Funakoshi, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing device is equipped with an external parameter estimating unit for estimating external parameters using a distance image obtained by a TOF camera and a luminance image obtained by a CCD camera, a corresponding pixel determining unit for determining a correspondence relationship between pixel positions in the distance image and pixel positions in the luminance image, using previously stored internal parameters of the TOF camera and the CCD camera or the CCD camera, and the external parameters, and an occlusion searching unit for searching for an occlusion region in the distance image, using the correspondence relationship between pixel positions in the distance image and pixel positions in the luminance image.