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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Soichiro Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;
Eita Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Reiko Kuromizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Soichiro Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;
Eita Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Reiko Kuromizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus for processing stereo images of an object includes a disparity calculator to calculate a disparity of the stereo images. The disparity calculator includes an evaluation value calculator to calculate a correlation evaluation value in a search range set for the stereo images; an extreme value detector to detect an extreme value of the correlation evaluation value; a threshold setting unit to set a threshold range for the detected extreme value; a counting unit to count the number of the extreme value existing within the threshold range; and an updating unit to update the set threshold range to a new threshold range when a new extreme value indicating a higher correlation level of the disparity compared to the set threshold range is detected. The counting unit counts the number of the extreme value in a threshold range updated most recently in the search range.