IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,256,933
Granted Patent B2
US 11,256,933 · App. 16/574,450 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Image processing device and image processing method

Inventors: Yasutaka Okada (Kobe, JP); Hiroaki Sano (Kobe, JP); Tetsuo Yamamoto (Kobe, JP); Atsushi Yoshihara (Kobe, JP); Jun Kanetake (Kawasaki, JP); Ryo Yoshimura (Fukuoka, JP); Tomoki Shidori (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
G06K9/00812G06K9/2063G06K9/4604
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Patent No.
US 11,256,933
App. No.
16/574,450
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing device includes: a delimiting line detection unit configured to detect a delimiting line candidate based on image data obtained by capturing a surrounding of a vehicle; an exclusion determination unit configured to determine whether there is a parking-unavailable area in which parking of the vehicle is not permitted; and a parking space detection unit configured to detect the parking space based on the delimiting line candidate. In a case where plural parallel lines that are adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that have a predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is detected, the exclusion determination unit regards an area in which the plural parallel lines are provided as the parking-unavailable area, and prohibits the parking space detection unit from detecting the parking space across the delimiting line candidate adjacent to the parking-unavailable area.

Claims (32)

1. An image processing device comprising:

a processor and associated memory, the processor being configured to detect a delimiting line candidate based on image data obtained by capturing a surrounding of a vehicle, the delimiting line candidate being a candidate of a delimiting line for delimiting a parking space; determine whether there is a parking-unavailable area in which parking of the vehicle is not permitted; and detect the parking space based on the detected delimiting line candidate,

wherein, in a case where a plurality of parallel lines that is adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that has a predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is detected, the processor (i) regards an area in which the plurality of parallel lines is provided as the parking-unavailable area and (ii) prohibits the parking space across the delimiting line candidate adjacent to the parking-unavailable area from being detected.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to prohibit the parking space across the parking-unavailable area from being detected.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a case where a number of delimiting line candidate that is adjacent to the parking-unavailable area and that is detected is only one, the processor sets a delimiting line candidate which is substantially parallel with the detected delimiting line candidate, and

the detected delimiting line candidate is adjacent to one side of the parking-unavailable area while the set delimiting line candidate is adjacent to another side of the parking-unavailable area.

4. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein,

in a case where a number of delimiting line candidate that is adjacent to the parking-unavailable area and that is detected is only one, the processor sets a delimiting line candidate which is substantially parallel with the detected delimiting line candidate, and

the detected delimiting line candidate is adjacent to one side of the parking-unavailable area while the set delimiting line candidate is adjacent to another side of the parking-unavailable area.

5. The image processing device according to claim 3 , wherein

the processor is configured to detect the parking space based on the delimiting line candidate that is set and that is adjacent to the other side of the parking-unavailable area.

6. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein

the processor is configured to detect the parking space based on the delimiting line candidate that is set and that is adjacent to the other side of the parking-unavailable area.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a case where a number of the parallel lines that are adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that have the predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is three or more, the processor regards an area in which the three or more parallel lines are provided as the parking-unavailable area.

8. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein,

in a case where a number of the parallel lines that are adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that have the predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is three or more, the processor regards an area in which the three or more parallel lines are provided as the parking-unavailable area.

9. The image processing device according to claim 3 , wherein,

in a case where a number of the parallel lines that are adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that have the predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is three or more, the processor regards an area in which the three or more parallel lines are provided as the parking-unavailable area.

10. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein,

in a case where a number of the parallel lines that are adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that have the predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is three or more, the processor regards an area in which the three or more parallel lines are provided as the parking-unavailable area.

11. The image processing device according to claim 5 , wherein,

in a case where a number of the parallel lines that are adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that have the predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is three or more, the processor regards an area in which the three or more parallel lines are provided as the parking-unavailable area.

12. The image processing device according to claim 6 , wherein,

in a case where a number of the parallel lines that are adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that have the predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is three or more, the processor regards an area in which the three or more parallel lines are provided as the parking-unavailable area.

13. An image processing method comprising:

detecting a delimiting line candidate based on image data obtained by capturing a surrounding of a vehicle, the delimiting line candidate being a candidate of a delimiting line for delimiting a parking space;

determining whether there is a parking-unavailable area in which parking of the vehicle is not permitted; and

detecting the parking space based on the delimiting line candidate detected,

wherein the determining includes, in a case where a plurality of parallel lines that is adjacent to the delimiting line candidate and that has a predetermined angle to the delimiting line candidate is detected, regarding an area in which the plurality of parallel lines is provided as the parking-unavailable area, and prohibiting the detecting of the parking space across the delimiting line candidate adjacent to the parking-unavailable area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: OKADA, YASUTAKA; SANO, HIROAKI; YAMAMOTO, TETSUO; YOSHIHARA, ATSUSHI; KANETAKE, JUN; YOSHIMURA, RYO; SHIDORI, TOMOKI
To: DENSO TEN LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050415/0774 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-234805 · Dec 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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