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Granted Patent B2
US 11,645,838 · App. 17/410,440 · Granted May 9, 2023

Object detection system, object detection method, and program

Inventors: Suguru Watanabe (Nagoya, JP); Hiroya Matsubayashi (Nisshin, JP); Daisaku Honda (Kasugai, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06V20/00G06T7/248G06V10/25
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Patent No.
US 11,645,838
App. No.
17/410,440
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object detection system capable of tracking a moving object over a wide range, at a high processing speed, and with a high accuracy of recognition without increasing the number of image capturing apparatuses installed in one place is provided. A movement information acquisition unit acquires movement information, which is information regarding a moving object included in a first image captured by a first image capturing apparatus among a plurality of image capturing apparatuses arranged in positions different from one another. A search range determination unit determines a limited search range in a second image captured by a second image capturing apparatus among the plurality of image capturing apparatuses in accordance with the movement information. An object recognition unit performs recognition of the moving object for the search range in the second image.

Claims (20)

1. An object detection system comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:

acquire movement information, which is information regarding a moving object included in a first image captured by a first image capturing apparatus among a plurality of image capturing apparatuses arranged in positions different from one another;

determine a limited search range in a second image captured by a second image capturing apparatus among the plurality of image capturing apparatuses in accordance with the movement information;

perform recognition of the moving object for the limited search range in the second image; and

calculate, for each type of the moving object, a reliability of recognition of the moving object using a type and a reliability of the moving object obtained as a result of performing recognition of the moving object and a type and a reliability of the moving object included in the movement information, wherein the reliability is calculated by calculating an average of the reliability of the moving object obtained as a result of performing recognition of the moving object and the reliability of the moving object included in the movement information.

2. The object detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is configured to determine the limited search range when the movement information indicates that the moving object is traveling toward an imaging region of the second image capturing apparatus.

3. The object detection system according to claim 2 , wherein the CPU is configured to determine a predetermined range in the second image that corresponds to a direction of an imaging region of the first image capturing apparatus to be the limited search range.

4. The object detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU is configured to perform recognition of the moving object for the limited search range at a timing when the moving object is estimated to reach an imaging region of the second image capturing apparatus.

5. The object detection system according to claim 1 , further comprising the plurality of image capturing apparatuses.

6. An object detection method comprising:

acquiring movement information, which is information regarding a moving object included in a first image captured by a first image capturing apparatus among a plurality of image capturing apparatuses arranged in positions different from one another;

determining a limited search range in a second image captured by a second image capturing apparatus among the plurality of image capturing apparatuses in accordance with the movement information;

performing recognition of the moving object for the limited search range in the second image; and

calculating, for each type of the moving object, a reliability of recognition of the moving object using a type and a reliability of the moving object obtained as a result of performing recognition of the moving object and a type and a reliability of the moving object included in the movement information, wherein the reliability is calculated by calculating an average of the reliability of the moving object obtained as a result of performing recognition of the moving object and the reliability of the moving object included in the movement information.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute:

acquiring movement information, which is information regarding a moving object included in a first image captured by a first image capturing apparatus among a plurality of image capturing apparatuses arranged in positions different from one another;

determining a limited search range in a second image captured by a second image capturing apparatus among the plurality of image capturing apparatuses in accordance with the movement information;

performing recognition of the moving object for the limited search range in the second image; and

calculating, for each type of the moving object, a reliability of recognition of the moving object using a type and a reliability of the moving object obtained as a result of performing recognition of the moving object and a type and a reliability of the moving object included in the movement information, wherein the reliability is calculated by calculating an average of the reliability of the moving object obtained as a result of performing recognition of the moving object and the reliability of the moving object included in the movement information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2021
From: WATANABE, SUGURU; MATSUBAYASHI, HIROYA; HONDA, DAISAKU
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057280/0129 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-142257 · Aug 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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