The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Geoffrey Richard Taylor, Carlingford, AU;
Fei Mai, Parramatta, AU;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0083 (2013.01); G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G06T 7/0085 (2013.01); G06T 7/0087 (2013.01); G06T 7/0097 (2013.01); G06T 7/2053 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20052 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of determining a boundary of an obstacle which occludes an object in an image, is disclosed. At least one object in the image and a further image captured by a camera is determined. A plurality of regions in which the at least one object is detected, is determined from the images. Locations of edges of the plurality of regions are determined A common location is determined from the determined edges. The boundary of the obstacle is determined, where the boundary comprises a part of the edges at the common location.