Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Robin Boyd

Jeremy John Greenwood

Navid Shamshiri

Arun Raveendran

A target object tracking system () includes a processor () for receiving image data (S) captured by one or more sensor () disposed on the vehicle (). The processor () is configured to analyse the image data to identify image components (IMC(n)) and to determine a movement vector (V(n)) of each image component (IMC(n)). The movement vectors each include a magnitude and a direction. At least one of the image components (IMC(n)) is classified as a target image component relating to the target object and at least one of the remaining image components (IMC(n)) as a non-target image component. The movement vector (V(n)) of the at least one target image component is modified in dependence on the movement vector of the or each non-target image component. The target object () is tracked in dependence on the modified movement vector of the at least one target image component. The disclosure also relates to a method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium.

Methods and apparatus for acquisition and tracking, object classification and terrain inference

A control system () for controlling operation of a host vehicle (). The control system () includes a controller () having a processor () and a memory (). The processor () is operable to receive a signal (S) from a sensor () and to process the signal (S) to identify a target vehicle (). The processor () determines a vertical offset (ΔV) between the host vehicle () and the target vehicle (). A target follow distance (D) may be set based on the determined vertical offset (ΔV). Also provided is a vehicle () incorporating the control system (); a related method of controlling a vehicle (); and a non-transitory computer-readable medium.

Vehicle control method and apparatus

A controller () for a vehicle, the vehicle comprising an imaging device for generating image data and the imaging device further comprising an imaging accelerometer () for generating imaging accelerometer data for determining the orientation of the imaging device relative to the vehicle, the controller () comprising: an input for receiving a signal indicative of the imaging accelerometer data and the generated image data; a processor arranged to identify alignment artefacts in the received image data in dependence on the received imaging device imaging accelerometer data; and an output for outputting an error signal in dependence on the identified alignment artefacts.

Controller for a vehicle

The present disclosure relates to a vehicle imaging system (). More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a video data transmitter () for use with a vehicle (V). The video data transmitter () comprises a camera () for generating video data (D). An image processor () is configured to process the video data (D) and a transmitter () is provided to transmit the processed video data (D) to a video data receiver (). The image processor () is configured to process the video data (D) in dependence on one or more operating parameter of the vehicle (V). The present disclosure also relates to a video data receiver (); and to a method of controlling transmission of video data (D).

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Robin Boyd