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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Kyoko Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masamoto Tanabiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Maruya, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuko Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Kyoko Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Masamoto Tanabiki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kensuke Maruya, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuko Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
PANASONIC CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an orientation state estimation device capable of estimating with high accuracy the orientation state of a jointed body. An orientation state estimation device () estimates the orientation state of a body on the basis of image data of the body having multiple parts connected by joints. The device is provided with: a likelihood map generation unit () which, from the image data, for at least two parts of the jointed body, generates a likelihood map showing the plausibility distribution of where each part is most plausibly positioned; and an orientation state estimation unit () which, when a learning likelihood map, which is associated in advance with an orientation state, and an estimated likelihood map, which is generated on the basis of the image data, coincide to a high degree, estimates that the orientation state associated with said learning likelihood map is the orientation state of the object.