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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Uchiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Muling Guo, Kawasaki, JP;
Kotaro Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Umeda, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a holding unit configured to hold a positional relationship of a plurality of image capturing units, an acquisition unit configured to detect objects from respective images captured by the plurality of image capturing units and acquire positions of the objects on the captured images and geometric attributes of the objects, an associating unit configured to associate the detected objects, based on the positional relationship, the positions and the geometric attributes, and an estimation unit configured to estimate a three-dimensional position of the objects based on the positional relationship and the positions of the detected objects.