OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR

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APP PUB NO 20160140399A1
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14941360

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An object detection apparatus includes an extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of partial areas from an acquired image, a distance acquisition unit configured to acquire a distance from a viewpoint for each pixel in the extracted partial area, an identification unit configured to identify whether the partial area includes a predetermined object, a determination unit configured to determine, among the partial areas identified to include the predetermined object by the identification unit, whether to integrate identification results of a plurality of partial areas that overlap each other based on the distances of the pixels in the overlapping partial area, and an integration unit configured to integrate the identification results of the plurality of partial areas determined to be integrated to detect a detection target object from the integrated identification result of the plurality of partial areas.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA30-2 SHIMOMARUKO 3-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 146-8501

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Umeda, Ichiro Tokyo, JP 17 165
Yano, Kotaro Tokyo, JP 122 3020

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