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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Detection device, learning device, detection method, learning method, and information storage device
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masanori Mitsui, Machida, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A detection device includes an image acquisition section that acquires an image that has been captured by an imaging section, and includes an image of an object, a distance information acquisition section that acquires distance information based on a distance from the imaging section to the object when the imaging section has captured the image, a feature quantity calculation section that calculates a feature quantity from the acquired image, the feature quantity relating to at least one of a color, a brightness, a color difference, and a spectrum of the object, a learning feature quantity storage section that stores a learning feature quantity calculated by a learning process based on the distance from the imaging section to the object, and a detection section that detects a target area from the image based on the learning feature quantity, the distance information, and the feature quantity.