Patent ID: 7545975

Claim:
A three-dimensional object recognizing system comprising: a distance image generating portion for generating a distance image including three-dimensional distance data of a picked-up object, by using images picked up by an imaging portion; and a computer coupled to said distance image generating portion, comprising: a grouping processing portion for grouping the distance data indicating the picked-up object on the distance image; an input value setting portion for setting an area having a previously set predetermined profile and containing distance data group for the picked-up object on the distance image, and setting input values having an are distance data for every one of a plurality of partitioned areas of the distance image; a computing portion for computing output values having a pattern that responds to a previously set three-dimensional object by using a neural network that has at least the input values as inputs to an input layer; and a discriminating portion for discriminating the three-dimensional object based on the pattern of the output values computed by the computing portion.