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20120147187 | VEHICLE DETECTION DEVICE AND VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD - A vehicle detection device having an imaging device to capture two respective polarized images from two polarized light beams having different polarization directions contained in light received from an imaging area including a road surface on which one's own vehicle is traveling and a vehicle traveling on the road surface and a polarization difference calculation device to calculate a polarization difference indicating the ratio of a luminance difference between the two respective polarized images to the luminance total thereof for respective identification processing areas formed by dividing the two respective polarized images taken by the imaging device, and a vehicle area detection device to conduct a vehicle area detection process of detecting a vehicle area displaying the vehicle in the imaging area based on the polarization difference of the respective identification processing areas calculated by the polarization difference calculation device. | 06-14-2012 |
20120242835 | IMAGING DEVICE, ON-VEHICLE IMAGING SYSTEM, ROAD SURFACE APPEARANCE DETECTION METHOD, AND OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - An imaging device includes an imaging unit mounted on a vehicle and obtaining a vertically-polarized image and a horizontally-polarized image of a road surface on which the vehicle is running; a polarization ratio image generating unit generating a polarization ratio image and calculating polarization ratio information indicating polarization ratios of pixels of the polarization ratio image based on the vertically-polarized image and the horizontally-polarized image; and a roadside structure detection unit detecting a planar line formed on and partitioning the road surface and/or a roadside structure located adjacent to and at an angle with the road surface based on the polarization ratio information of the polarization ratio image. | 09-27-2012 |
20120268602 | OBJECT IDENTIFYING APPARATUS, MOVING BODY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An object identifying apparatus is disclosed, including: an imaging part, and an object identification processing part. The imaging part receives two polarized lights having a different polarization direction included in light reflected from the object existing in the image pickup area and captures two polarization images. The object identification processing part conducts an identification process for identifying the object existing at a place corresponding to each of multiple process areas in the image pickup area by using the two polarization images captured by the imaging part. | 10-25-2012 |
20130123985 | TRANSPARENT OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND TRANSPARENT FLAT PLATE DETECTION SYSTEM - A disclosed transparent body detection system includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a vertical polarization image and a horizontal polarization image by acquiring an image of a first region, the image including a transparent body having characteristics in which a polarization direction of transmission light changes; a placing table on which the transparent body is to be placed; a polarization filter disposed opposite to the image acquisition unit across the placing table and at a position including a second region, an image of the second region including at least the transparent body in the first region and being acquired; and an image processing apparatus detecting the transparent body based on distribution of vertical/lateral polarization degree of a vertical/lateral polarization degree image based on the vertical polarization image and the horizontal polarization image. | 05-16-2013 |
20130136306 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - An object identification device identifying an image region of an identification target includes an imaging unit receiving two polarization lights and imaging respective polarization images, a brightness calculation unit dividing the two polarization images into processing regions and calculating a brightness sum value between the two polarizations images for each processing region, a differential polarization degree calculation unit calculating a differential polarization degree for each processing region, a selecting condition determination unit determining whether the differential polarization degree satisfies a predetermined selecting condition, and an object identification processing unit specifying the processing region based on the differential polarization degree or the brightness sum value depending on whether the predetermined selecting condition is satisfied and identifying plural processing regions that are specified as the processing regions as the image region of the identification target. | 05-30-2013 |
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20130295079 | Pharmaceutical composition for strengthening spleen and stomach and preparation method therefor - A pharmaceutical composition for strengthening spleen and stomach and a preparation method therefor. The method includes the step of mixing four substances listed below to obtain a mixture, wherein the mixture is the pharmaceutical composition for strengthening spleen and stomach, and the four substances are (A) ginseng ethanol extract, (B) volatile oil of largehead atractylodes rhizome and tangerine peels, (C) aqueous extract of Indian bread, yamaimo, lotus seeds, tangerine peels, liquorice root, hawthorn fruit, germinated barley, largehead atractylodes rhizome and rhizoma alismatis; (D) fermentation broth of fruits and vegetables. | 11-07-2013 |
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20130302310 | Pharmaceutical Composition for Relieving Fatigue and Preparation Method Thereof - Pharmaceutical composition for relieving fatigue and preparation method thereof. A pharmaceutical composition for relieving fatigue and preparation method thereof are provided. The pharmaceutical composition is prepared by mixing ethanol extract of ginseng, ethanol extract of | 11-14-2013 |
20130302379 | Method for Preparing Pharmaceutical Composition for Enhancing Immunity and Pharmaceutical Composition Prepared According to the Method - A method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for enhancing immunity and a pharmaceutical composition prepared according to the method. The method includes steps of: mixing ginseng ethanol extract with fruit and vegetable fermentation conversion solution to obtain a mixture, namely, the pharmaceutical composition for enhancing immunity; wherein the ginseng ethanol extract is prepared by a following step of: reflux extracting ginseng by ethanol aqueous solution for obtaining the extract, namely, the ginseng ethanol extract; the fruit and vegetable fermentation conversion solution is prepared by following steps of: mixing fruit and vegetable, | 11-14-2013 |
20130302454 | Method for preparing fermentation broth of fruits and vegetables - A method for preparing fermentation broth of fruits and vegetables includes steps of mixing fruits, vegetables, bacteria liquid of | 11-14-2013 |