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Title:
ROAD SURFACE IMAGE CAPTURING/EDITING DEVICE AND ROAD SURFACE IMAGE CAPTURING/EDITING PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/049118
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed are a road surface image capturing/editing device and a road surface image capturing/editing program for identifiably capturing images of road surfaces which are sunlit or shaded during the daytime. Capturing means (10, 12) appropriately adjust the shutter speed and gain of a camera comprising the same, and, in accordance with instructions of a controller (20), simultaneously capture, every time a vehicle (100) travels a predetermined distance, a road surface image in which a sunlit region can be identified and a road surface image in which a shaded region can be identified while said images are partially overlapped in the road width direction and the direction of advance of the vehicle (100). The controller (20) then performs keystone correction for the road surface images, calculates the degree of conformity of the overlapping regions in the road width direction and the degree of conformity of the overlapping regions in the direction of advance of the vehicle (100) in the road surface images, and joins the road surface images according to the degrees of conformity.

Inventors:
KUROSU Hideaki (1-2 Higashiyama 1-chome, Meguro-k, Tokyo 43, 〒1530043, JP)
黒須 秀明 (〒43 東京都目黒区東山一丁目1番2号 株式会社パスコ内 Tokyo, 〒1530043, JP)
Application Number:
JP2010/068460
Publication Date:
April 28, 2011
Filing Date:
October 20, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
PASCO CORPORATION (1-2 Higashiyama 1-chome, Meguro-ku Tokyo, 43, 〒1530043, JP)
株式会社パスコ (〒43 東京都目黒区東山一丁目1番2号 Tokyo, 〒1530043, JP)
KUROSU Hideaki (1-2 Higashiyama 1-chome, Meguro-k, Tokyo 43, 〒1530043, JP)
International Classes:
G06T3/00; B60R1/00; E01C23/01; G06T1/00; H04N7/18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ARIHARA Motoji (204 King Dad, 2-12 Nakamachi 3-chome, Machida-sh, Tokyo 21, 〒1940021, JP)
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