US 12,413,703 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and method
Kazuma Shigematsu, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 18/259,899
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/048181
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/153838, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-002560 (JP), filed on Jan. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073405 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/00 (2023.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 17/002 (2013.01) [B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 60/0053 (2020.02); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to:
receive an input of a plurality of images captured with a camera, wherein
the camera is attached to a moving apparatus that is in movement on a road,
the road includes a plurality of reference lines and a plurality of charts,
each of the plurality of reference lines is associated with a corresponding chart of the plurality of charts, and
each of the plurality of reference lines is at a specific distance from the corresponding chart;
detect a first reference line of the plurality of the reference lines on the road;
select, from the plurality of images, a first image captured at a time of the detection of the first reference line;
determine a first chart image in the first image, wherein the first chart image is associated with a first chart of the plurality of charts;
determine a resolution of the first image based on the first chart image; and
control the movement of the moving apparatus based on the determined resolution of the first image.