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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Masahiro Ogawa, Susono, JP;
Toshiki Kindo, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuji Funayama, Yokohama, JP;
Akio Fukamachi, Hadano, JP;
Masahiro Ogawa, Susono, JP;
Toshiki Kindo, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuji Funayama, Yokohama, JP;
Akio Fukamachi, Hadano, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The invention detects a change in a subject by detecting the subject from an image, acquiring a feature quantity distribution that indicates shape information of the detected subject, accumulating the shape information that is indicated by the acquired feature quantity distribution and comparing the shape information a predetermined period of time before with the current shape information by using the accumulated shape information. Here, the invention acquires the feature quantity distribution of the subject from a processing target area extracted from an image area that includes the subject. The invention detects a change in the subject by using accumulated shape change information acquired from the shape information. The invention detects a change in the subject by using averaged shape change information obtained by averaging the shape change information.
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