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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yi Zhang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vidya Nariyambut Murali, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Madeline J Goh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for estimating or determining the motion of a vehicle and/or the distance to objects within view of a rear camera. A method for rear obstacle detection using structure from motion includes identifying image features in a first frame corresponding to features in a second frame, wherein the first frame and the second frame comprise adjacent image frames captured by a rear-facing camera of a vehicle. The method includes determining parameters for a non-planar motion model based on the image features. The method includes determining camera motion based on the parameters for the non-planar motion model.