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Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS TRAFFIC JAM MEASUREMENT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1997/025700
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A plurality of sample points are set on the image depicting roads and vehicles taken by a video camera, and sample points which may include vehicles are detected as presence sample points. Sample points which may include moving vehicles are detected as motion sample points. A block comprising a plurality of adjacent sample points including at least a predetermined proportion of motion sample points are detected as a motion block. Next, presence sample points outside the motion block are detected as jam sample points, and a block comprising a plurality of adjacent sample points including at least a predetermined proportion of jam sample points is detected as a jam block. The condition of the traffic jam on the image road is measured on the basis of the jam block detected by the procedure described above.

Inventors:
HIGASHIKUBO MASAKATSU (JP)
ITO YOSHIYUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1997/000020
Publication Date:
July 17, 1997
Filing Date:
January 09, 1997
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Assignee:
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES (JP)
HIGASHIKUBO MASAKATSU (JP)
ITO YOSHIYUKI (JP)
International Classes:
G08G1/01; G08G1/04; (IPC1-7): G08G1/01; G06T7/20
Foreign References:
JPH064795A1994-01-14
JPH0554294A1993-03-05
JPH0540896A1993-02-19
JPH04123199A1992-04-23
JPH02284297A1990-11-21
JPS5636799A1981-04-10
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