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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2008
Haizhou Ai, Beijing, CN;
Chang Huang, Beijing, CN;
Shihong Lao, Kyoto, JP;
Takayoshi Yamashita, Kizugawa, JP;
Haizhou Ai, Beijing, CN;
Chang Huang, Beijing, CN;
Shihong Lao, Kyoto, JP;
Takayoshi Yamashita, Kizugawa, JP;
Tsinghua University, Beijing, CN;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention discloses an object detection apparatus and method. A feature extracting section of the present invention comprises: a feature point extracting section, for extracting a combination of predetermined feature point pairs from an image; a pixel value obtaining section, for obtaining a pixel value of each feature point in the combination of feature point pairs; a feature point comparing section, for comparing, in accordance with the pixel values obtained by the pixel value obtaining section, two feature points in each feature point pair to obtain a logical value; and an feature obtaining section, for determining the feature of the image in accordance with the logical value.