Image processing device and image processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11157757-B2
Application number	US-201916574503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2019
Priority date	Dec 14, 2018
Publication date	Oct 26, 2021
Grant date	Oct 26, 2021

Abstract

An image processing device includes: an extraction unit which extracts a horizontal edge line in which edge points are arranged consecutively in a horizontal direction from an image taken that contains an image of a parking frame; a detection unit which detects a three-dimensional indication body to serve as a stop position indication body in the parking frame based on the horizontal edge line extracted by the extraction unit; and a determining unit which, in a case where a plurality of the horizontal edge lines are arranged in a vertical direction in an image of the three-dimensional indication body detected by the detection unit, determines the stop position regarding one of the plurality of the horizontal edge lines other than a highest horizontal edge line in the vertical direction as corresponding to a top end line of the three-dimensional indication body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing device comprising:
a computer including a hardware processor configured to function as an extraction unit, a detection unit and a determining unit, wherein
the extraction unit extracts a horizontal edge line in which edge points are arranged consecutively in a horizontal direction from a taken image that contains an image of a parking frame, the taken image that contains the image of the parking frame from which the horizontal edge line is extracted being taken by a vehicular camera mounted on a vehicle and viewing the parking frame from an obliquely-downward direction;
the detection unit detects a three-dimensional indication body that serves as a stop position indication body in the parking frame based on the horizontal edge line extracted by the extraction unit; and
the determining unit, in a case where a plurality of the horizontal edge lines are arranged in a vertical direction relative to each other and a road surface in an image of the three-dimensional indication body detected by the detection unit in the taken image that views the parking frame from the obliquely-downward direction, determines the stop position by using one of the plurality of the horizontal edge lines other than a highest one of the plurality of horizontal edge lines in the vertical direction as corresponding to a top end line of the three-dimensional indication body.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the determining unit determines the stop position by using a lowest horizontal edge line in the vertical direction as corresponding to the top end line in the case where the plurality of the horizontal edge lines are arranged in the vertical direction.

3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects a type of the three-dimensional indication body based on an edge length of the horizontal edge line.

4. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the detection unit detects a type of the three-dimensional indication body based on an edge length of the horizontal edge line.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects a type of the three-dimensional indication body based on a number of the horizontal edge lines contained in the image of the three-dimensional indication body.

6. The image processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the detection unit detects a type of the three-dimensional indication body based on a number of the horizontal edge lines contained in the image of the three-dimensional indication body.

7. The image processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the detection unit detects a type of the three-dimensional indication body based on a number of the horizontal edge lines contained in the image of the three-dimensional indication body.

8. The image processing device according to claim 4 , wherein the detection unit detects a type of the three-dimensional indication body based on a number of the horizontal edge lines contained in the image of the three-dimensional indication body.

9. An image processing method comprising:
extracting, by a computer having a hardware processor, a horizontal edge line in which edge points are arranged consecutively in a horizontal direction from a taken image that contains an image of a parking frame, the taken image that contains the image of the parking frame from which the horizontal edge line is extracted being taken by a vehicular camera mounted on a vehicle and viewing the parking frame from an obliquely-downward direction;
detecting, by the computer having the hardware processor, a three-dimensional indication body that serves as a stop position indication body in the parking frame based on the extracted horizontal edge line; and
determining, by the computer having the hardware processor, in a case where a plurality of the horizontal edge lines are arranged in a vertical direction relative to each other and a road surface in an image of the detected three-dimensional indication body in the taken image that views the parking frame from the obliquely-downward direction, the stop position by using one of the plurality of the horizontal edge lines other than a highest one of the plurality of horizontal edge lines in the vertical direction as corresponding to a top end line of the three-dimensional indication body.

Assignees

• Denso Ten Ltd

Inventors

• Okada Yasutaka
• Sano Hiroaki
• Yamamoto Tetsuo
• Yoshihara Atsushi
• Kanetake Jun
• Yoshimura Ryo
• Shidori Tomoki

Classifications

• G06V10/443

  by matching or filtering · CPC title

• G06V20/586 Primary

  of parking space · CPC title

• G06V20/64

  Three-dimensional [3D] objects · CPC title

• G06K9/00201

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K9/4604

  Physics · mapped topic