Image processing apparatus
AssigneeHitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.
InventorsWataru Ito, Mitsue Ito
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Abstract
In an image processing apparatus for processing images, a transformation unit transforms an image on a first coordinate system representing a coordinate system during pickup to an image on a second coordinate system set up on a reference plane, a display unit displays an image transformed by the transformation unit and a reception unit receives setting information a user inputs in accordance with a displayed image on the display unit. For example, in the image processing apparatus, the reception unit receives, as the setting information, information to be used for image processing.
Claims27
An image processing apparatus for processing images picked up by a camera to detect objects in the images, comprising:
- a memory for storing image data corresponding to the images picked up by the camera;
- an image processor for processing said image data stored in said memory and detecting an object in said processed image data;
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- a display for displaying processed image data including the detected object output by said image processor,
- wherein said image processor transforms an image on a first coordinate system representing a coordinate system during pickup to an image on a second coordinate system set up on a plane representing a reference, displays the transformed image on said display, receives setting information input by a user in accordance with a display of the image by said display, and transforms the picked-up image or/and parameters necessary for detection by using the received setting information and then detecting an object from the picked up image by using the parameters.
An image processing method for processing images picked up by a camera to detect objects in the images, said image processing method comprising the steps of:
- processing image data stored in a memory and detecting an object in the processed image data;
- and
- displaying the processed image data including the detected object on a display,
- wherein said processing step comprises:
- transforming an image on a first coordinate system representing a coordinate system during pickup to an image on a second coordinate system set up on a plane representing a reference,
- displaying the transformed image on said display, receives setting information input by a user in accordance with a display of the image by said display, and
- transforming the picked-up image or/and parameters necessary for detection by using the received setting information and then detecting an object from the picked up image by using the parameters.
A computer program, stored on a storage medium, for processing images picked up by a camera to detect objects in the images, said computer program, when executed, causes an image processing apparatus to perform the steps of:
- processing image data stored in a memory and detecting an object in the processed image data;
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- displaying the processed image data including the detected object on a display,
- wherein said processing step comprises:
- transforming an image on a first coordinate system representing a coordinate system during pickup to an image on a second coordinate system set up on a plane representing a reference,
- displaying the transformed image on said display, receives setting information input by a user in accordance with a display of the image by said display, and
- transforming the picked-up image or/and parameters necessary for detection by using the received setting information and then detecting an object from the picked up image by using the parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.