Vehicle Image Processing for Moving Object Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to accurately identify moving objects in the surroundings of a vehicle using image sensors while the vehicle is in motion, as they fail to account for the chronological changes in the captured images due to the vehicle's movement.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that integrates data from an image sensor, vehicle speed sensor, and steering angle sensor to estimate the movement of stationary objects and identify moving objects by analyzing chronological changes in the surrounding images, allowing for accurate identification of moving objects even when the vehicle is moving.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
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If image sensors are used to capture surrounding images while the vehicle is moving, then the ability to monitor the environment is improved, but the accuracy of identifying moving objects deteriorates due to the vehicle's movement causing chronological changes in the captured images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary process that uses vehicle behavior information (from acceleration sensors, gyroscopes, or odometry) to generate estimated surrounding images. These estimated images serve as a mediator between the actual captured images and the moving object identification process, allowing the system to compensate for vehicle movement effects and accurately identify true moving objects
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-calculating the vehicle's movement trajectory and generating estimated surrounding images based on predicted vehicle behavior. This allows the system to anticipate and compensate for movement effects before they corrupt the moving object detection process
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AI summary
An information processing device mounted on a vehicle including a sensor includes an acquisition unit that acquires a surrounding image of the vehicle and information related to a behavior of the vehicle from the sensor, and an identification unit that identifies a moving object in the surrounding image of the vehicle based on a chronological change of the surrounding image of the vehicle and the information related to the behavior of the vehicle.