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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kozo Baba, Oita, JP;
Kunikazu Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to execute a process including creating an average image of difference images in moving picture data based on a difference between a first frame and a second frame adjacent to the first frame, the first frame and the second frame included in the moving picture data, calculating a sum total of luminance values arranged in a lateral direction of the average image for each point in a longitudinal direction of the average image, selecting a predetermined number of points that are higher in value of a secondary differential value of the sum total of luminance values, from among points located in a downward direction from a position of a vanishing point in the average image, and firstly specifying a point that is on a boundary between a hood and a road from among the predetermined number of selected points.