OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230053841A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17982104

    申请日:2022-11-07

    Abstract: An object detection system includes a light emitter, an optical sensor, a controller, and a signal processor. The controller controls the light emitter and the optical sensor to cause range segment signals to be outputted from the optical sensor for corresponding range segments. The signal processor includes: a target object information generator that includes a plurality of generators (a first generator through a fifth generator) capable of operating in parallel and generates items of target object information indicating features of target objects for the range segments; and storage that stores the items of target object information. The target object information generator compares a past one of the items of target object information stored in the storage with a feature of a current one of the target objects detected by the optical sensor to generate a corresponding one of the items of target object information.

    DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220011436A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US17482365

    申请日:2021-09-22

    Abstract: A distance measurement device includes: an image capturer that captures N segmental images corresponding to N segmental distances into which a distance measurement range is divided; and a range image generator that generates a range image from the N segmental images. The range image generator determines: among segmental pixels included in the N segmental images, a segmental pixel having a maximum signal value from N segmental pixels at the same pixel position among pixel positions; a value indicating a segmental distance of the segmental pixel having the maximum signal value to be a distance value of the pixel position of the range image, when the maximum signal value is greater than or equal to a threshold; and a value indicating a value outside the distance measurement range to be the distance value of the pixel position of the range image, when the maximum signal value is less than the threshold.

    DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND MOVING OBJECT
    14.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200033451A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16603142

    申请日:2017-04-21

    Abstract: A distance measuring device that measures a distance to an object. The distance measuring device includes: a light source that emits pulsed light; a reflector that reflects and radiates, as radiation light, the pulsed light emitted from the light source, and reflects object light that is the radiation light reflected by the object and returning; and an imager that captures the object light reflected by the reflector. The pulsed light emitted from the light source is diffused light. The light source and the imager are located to face the reflector. The reflector radiates, as the radiation light, light in a shape with a long axis and a short axis. The imager performs exposure in synchronization with the pulsed light to image the object light.

    IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20250148742A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-08

    申请号:US18838119

    申请日:2023-03-23

    Abstract: An image processing method includes: first processing of acquiring a range gate image using a range gate imaging device that captures an image of a set distance range for a predetermined capture area; second processing of searching for a detection target in the range gate image using a search window having a size corresponding to a capture distance from the range gate imaging device to the set distance range; and third processing of synthesizing, when a window region satisfying a predetermined condition is detected in the range gate image in the second processing, object information included in the window region and a grayscale image acquired using a grayscale imaging device that captures a grayscale image of the predetermined capture area and outputting the result.

    VOLTAGE CONTROL SYSTEM
    16.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230408331A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18461314

    申请日:2023-09-05

    Abstract: A voltage control system has a light receiving array part receiving incident light and a light shielding array part shielding light receiving elements from incident light by a light shielding mechanism. The voltage control system also includes: a voltage application unit applying a bias voltage to an anode terminal; a multiplication state determination unit determining the multiplication state of the light shielding array part based on output signals from cathodes of the light receiving elements in the light shielding array part; and a voltage setting unit performing voltage setting for the bias voltage to be output from the voltage application unit based on the determination results from the multiplication state determination unit.

    IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200097702A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16494742

    申请日:2018-03-12

    Abstract: An image recognition device includes: a luminance image generator and a distance image generator that generate a luminance image and a distance image, respectively, based on an image signal of an imaging target object output from a photoreceptor element; a target object recognition processor that extracts a target-object candidate from the luminance image using a machine learning database; and a three-dimensional object determination processor that uses the distance image to determine whether the extracted target-object candidate is a three-dimensional object. If it is determined that the target-object candidate is not a three-dimensional object, the target-object candidate extracted from the luminance image is prevented from being used, in the machine learning database, as image data for extracting a feature value of a target object.

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