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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Takuya Nanri, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Maruya, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object detection device that can accurately identify an object candidate in captured stereo images as an object or a road surface. The object detection device () have a disparity map generator () that generates a disparity map based on the stereo images; a road surface estimator () that estimates a road surface based on the disparity map; an object candidate location extractor () that extracts an object candidate region above the road surface, based on the disparity map and the road surface; an object identifying region extractor () that extracts an object identifying region including a region around the object candidate region; a geometric feature extractor () that extracts a geometric feature of the object candidate based on the object identifying region; and an object identifying unit () that identifies whether the object candidate is an object or a road surface based on the geometric feature.