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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Megachips Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Yuki Haraguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yujiro Tani, Osaka, JP;
MegaChips Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
In an object detection apparatus (), a window setting unit () extracts a window () from an edge image (), to thereby generate an ordinary window image (). When an edge strength of the ordinary window image () is not larger than a usage reference value, a used image determination unit () determines to use the ordinary window image () for calculation of an identification value () indicating a degree of presence of a pedestrian in the window (). When the edge strength of the ordinary window image () is larger than the usage reference value, a pixel value correction unit () generates a corrected window image () having an edge strength smaller than that of the ordinary window image () from the ordinary window image (). When the edge strength of the corrected window image () is not larger than the usage reference value, the used image determination unit () determines the corrected window image () to be used for calculation of the identification value ().