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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2007
Hisao Ito, Oita, JP;
Kozo Baba, Oita, JP;
Akiyoshi Tafuku, Oita, JP;
Taku Saito, Oita, JP;
Masatoshi Tohno, Kawasaki, JP;
Taku Katagiri, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisao Ito, Oita, JP;
Kozo Baba, Oita, JP;
Akiyoshi Tafuku, Oita, JP;
Taku Saito, Oita, JP;
Masatoshi Tohno, Kawasaki, JP;
Taku Katagiri, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an image processing method, an image processing system, an image processing device and a computer program for detecting a detection object such as nares of the driver with a high degree of accuracy in, for example, a system using an in-vehicle camera which is mounted on a vehicle and takes an image of the face of the driver. A detection object is diversified by a variety of detection methods such as a method for detecting a plurality of locations in the vertical direction as candidates during image pickup of an image, detecting a range to be a candidate of a detection object on the basis of the brightness of a pixel for each of rows of pixels lined up in the horizontal direction corresponding to each detected location and specifying a detection object from candidates of a detection object on the basis of the length of the detected range.