IP Library Granted Patent US 8,213,677
Granted Patent B2
US 8,213,677 · App. 11/885,428 · Granted Jul 3, 2012

Motion measuring device, motion measuring system, in-vehicle device, motion measuring method, motion measurement program, and computer-readable storage medium

Assignee: National University Corporation NARA Institute of Science and Technology
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Patent No.
US 8,213,677
App. No.
11/885,428
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention includes: a tracking object image extracting section that extracts a tracking object image, which represents a tracking object, from an image captured by a monocular camera; a two-dimensional displacement calculating section that calculates, as actual movement amounts, amounts of inter-frame movement of the tracking object image; a two-dimensional plane projecting section that generates on a two-dimensional plane a projected image of a three-dimensional model, which represents in three dimensions a capturing object captured by the monocular camera; a small motion generating section that calculates, as estimated movement amounts, amounts of inter-frame movement of the projected image; and a three-dimensional displacement estimating section that estimates amounts of three-dimensional motion of the tracking object on the basis of the actual movement amounts and the estimated movement amounts.

Claims (16)

1. A motion measuring device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to extract a tracking object image, which represents a tracking object, from a motion image captured by a monocular camera, on the basis of a feature of the tracking object;

calculate amounts of inter-frame movement of the feature of the tracking object image, as actual movement amounts;

generate on a two-dimensional plane a projected image of a three-dimensional model, which represents in three dimensions a capturing object captured by the monocular camera;

calculate, as estimated movement amounts, amounts of inter-frame movement of a point of the projected image which point corresponds to the feature, the amounts of inter-frame movement being calculated with respect to respective six standard movements of the three-dimensional model, when the three-dimensional model makes movements respectively corresponding to the six standard movements; and

estimate amounts of three-dimensional motion of the tracking object respectively corresponding to the six standard movements, by using a linear equation in which the actual movement amount and the estimated movement amounts are associated with each other.

2. A motion measuring system comprising: the motion measuring device according to claim 1 ; and the monocular camera.

3. An in-vehicle device having the motion measuring system according to claim 2 mounted therein.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a motion measurement program for causing a computer to function as the foregoing processor of the motion measuring device according to claim 1 .

5. A motion measuring method comprising:

a first step of extracting a tracking object image, which represents a tracking object, from a motion image captured by a monocular camera, on the basis of a feature of the tracking object;

a second step of calculating, as actual movement amounts, amounts of inter-frame movement of the feature of the tracking object image;

a third step of generating on a two-dimensional plane a projected image of a three-dimensional model, which represents in three dimensions a capturing object captured by the monocular camera;

a fourth step of calculating, as estimated movement amounts, amounts of inter-frame movement of a point of the projected image which point corresponds to the feature, as the amounts of inter-frame movement being calculated with respect to respective six standard movements of the three-dimensional model, when the three-dimensional model makes movements respectively corresponding to the six standard movements; and

a fifth step of estimating amounts of three-dimensional motion of the tracking object respectively corresponding to the six standard movements, by using a linear equation in which the actual movement amount and the estimated movement amounts are associated with each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2008
From: MATSUMOTO, YOSHIO
To: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-061323 · Mar 4, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
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