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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Shinji Kakegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Mitoma, Hitachinaka, JP;
Akira Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Matono, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Shima, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
To obtain an image processing device and a method of processing an image that improve distance accuracy and is capable of performing accurate distance even about an object at a greater distance than before, when a distance to an object is measured, one image object regionincluding an image of an object is extracted from one image of a pair of images imaged by a pair of imaging elements at the same time in the same direction. The degree of background that is likelihood of whether either an object image configuration partor a background image configuration partis calculated for each of a plurality of image configuration parts that configures the one image object region. Then, the other image object regionhaving an image similar to the one image object regionis extracted from the other imageusing the degree of background, and a parallax between the one image object regionand the other image object regionis calculated.