# US 2026/0073530 A1 · Image processing device and image processing method

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- Number: US 2026/0073530 A1
- Document ID: US20260073530A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/107,414
- Filed: 2022-10-03
- Published: 2026-03-12
- Earliest claimed: 2022-10-03
- Assignees: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
- Inventors: Hiroki MOIZUMI; Koji DOI; Hiroto MITOMA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260073530A1

## CPC

- G06T 7/20: Analysis of motion (motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51)
- G06T 7/593: from stereo images
- G01C 3/06: Use of electric means to obtain final indication
- G06T 7/70: Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80)
- H04N 13/239: using two two-dimensional [2D] image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance (H04N13/243 takes precedence)
- G06T 2207/10012: Stereo images
- G06T 2207/10021: Stereoscopic video; Stereoscopic image sequence
- G06T 2207/20024: Filtering details
- G06T 2207/30252: Vehicle exterior; Vicinity of vehicle
- G06T 2207/30261: Obstacle
- H04N 2013/0081: {Depth or disparity estimation from stereoscopic image signals}
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An image processing device includes: a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to a detection target searched from an acquired image; a speed calculation unit that calculates a speed of the detection target; and a filter processing unit that performs a filter process on the calculated distance and speed. Here, the filter processing unit performs a plurality of filter processes for a predetermined period of time and then selects one of the plurality of filter processes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image processing device comprising:
a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance to a detection target searched from an acquired image;
a speed calculation unit that calculates a speed of the detection target; and
a filter processing unit that performs a filter process on the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit and the speed calculated by the speed calculation unit,
wherein the filter processing unit performs a plurality of filter processes for a predetermined period of time and then selects one of the plurality of filter processes.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the distance calculation unit calculates a distance based on a parallax of a plurality of images obtained from a stereo camera.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of filter processes are each provided a different initial speed and executed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The image processing device according to claim 3, wherein one of the filter processes that is selected is a filter process with a smallest difference in distance when a predicted distance at the initial speed after the predetermined period of time is compared with a distance observed from a parallax of a plurality of images.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The image processing device according to claim 4, wherein the filter processing unit includes
an initial speed setting unit that sets a different initial speed for each of a plurality of filter processes,
a multi-filter processing unit that performs filter processes at the plurality of initial speeds set by the initial speed setting unit and estimates distances to the detection target tracked,
an observation residual accumulation calculation unit that calculates a residual between each of the distances for the plurality of filter processes obtained by the multi-filter processing unit and a calculated value of a distance obtained by the distance calculation unit, and accumulates the residual to obtain an accumulated observation residual value, and
an initial value selection unit that selects a filter process having the smallest accumulated observation residual value obtained by the observation residual accumulation calculation unit.

### Claim 6

An image processing method comprising:
a distance calculation process of calculating a distance to a detection target searched from an acquired image;
a speed calculation process of calculating a speed of the detection target; and
a parallel filter process of performing a filter f process on the distance calculated by the distance calculation process and the speed calculated by the speed calculation process, performing a plurality of filter processes for a predetermined period of time during the filter process, and then selecting one filter process from the plurality of filter processes.