Item detection device, item detection method, and industrial vehicle
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
InventorsYasuyo KITA, Nobuyuki KITA, Ryuichi TAKASE, Tatsuya KOMURO, Norihiko KATO
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Abstract
There is provided an item detection device that detects an item to be loaded and unloaded and includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a surrounding image obtained by capturing surroundings of the item detection device, an information image creation unit creating an information image, in which information related to a part to be loaded and unloaded in the item has been converted into an easily recognizable state, on the basis of the surrounding image, and a computing unit computing at least one of a position and a posture of the part to be loaded and unloaded on the basis of the information image.
Claims17
An item detection device that detects an item to be loaded and unloaded, the device comprising:
- an image acquisition unit acquiring a surrounding image obtained by capturing surroundings of the item detection device;
- an information image creation unit creating an information image, in which information related to a part to be loaded and unloaded in the item has been converted into an easily recognizable state, on the basis of the surrounding image;
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- a computing unit computing at least one of a position and a posture of the part to be loaded and unloaded on the basis of the information image.
An item detection method that detects an item to be loaded and unloaded, the method comprising:
- an image acquisition step of acquiring a surrounding image obtained by capturing surroundings;
- an information image creation step of creating an information image, in which information related to a part to be loaded and unloaded in the item has been converted into an easily recognizable state, on the basis of the surrounding image;
- and
- a computing step of computing at least one of a position and a posture of the part to be loaded and unloaded on the basis of the information image.
An industrial vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- an imaging unit capturing an image of surroundings of the vehicle body;
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- a control unit performing control to detect an item to be loaded and unloaded on the basis of the image acquired by the imaging unit,
- wherein the control unit includes:
- an image acquisition unit acquiring a surrounding image obtained by capturing the surroundings of the vehicle body from the imaging unit;
- an information image creation unit creating an information image, in which information related to a part to be loaded and unloaded in the item has been converted into an easily recognizable state, on the basis of the surrounding image;
- and
- a computing unit computing at least one of a position and a posture of the part to be loaded and unloaded on the basis of the information image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.