Method and Apparatus for Detecting Objects by Utilizing Near Infrared Light and Far Infrared Light and Computer Readable Storage Medium Storing Computer Program Performing the Method

An apparatus for detecting objects by utilizing NIR light and FIR light, the apparatus comprising:

• an NIR camera;
• an FIR camera;
• an output unit;
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• a processing unit electrically connected to the NIR camera, the FIR camera and the output unit, wherein the processing unit comprises:
• a camera driving module for driving the NIR camera and the FIR camera to photograph a current environment to generate an NIR environment image and an FIR environment image;
• an analyzing module for analyzing the NIR environment image to obtain a plurality of NIR-environment-image analysis values corresponding to the NIR environment image, and for analyzing the FIR environment image to obtain a plurality of FIR-environment-image analysis values corresponding to the FIR environment image;
• a category generating module for generating a current-environment category according to the NIR-environment-image analysis values and the FIR-environment-image analysis values;
• an object detecting module for obtaining first object detection information by performing object-detection onto the NIR environment image, and for obtaining second object detection information by performing object-detection onto the FIR environment image;
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• an output module for obtaining information of at least one detected object in the current environment according to the current-environment category, the first object detection information and the second object detection information, and for driving the output unit to output the information of the at least one detected object.

A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program to perform a method for detecting objects by utilizing NIR light and FIR light, wherein the method for detecting objects comprises:

• (a) receiving an NIR environment image and an FIR environment image which are generated by photographing a current environment with the NIR light and the FIR light respectively;
• (b) analyzing the NIR environment image to obtain a plurality of NIR-environment-image analysis values corresponding to the NIR environment image;
• (c) analyzing the FIR environment image to obtain a plurality of FIR-environment-image analysis values corresponding to the FIR environment image;
• (d) generating a current-environment category according to the NIR-environment-image analysis values and the FIR-environment-image analysis values;
• (e) obtaining first object detection information by performing object-detection onto the NIR environment image;
• (f) obtaining second object detection information by performing object-detection onto the FIR environment image;
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• (g) obtaining information of at least one detected object in the current environment according to the current-environment category, the first object detection information and the second object detection information.