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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Vidya Nariyambut Murali, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bruno Sielly Jales Costa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Binduhasini Sairamesh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nikhil Nagraj Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to perform visual odometry using a monocular camera. An example apparatus includes a method fusioner to determine a visual odometry method using a surface characterization to calculate first odometry data, a displacement determiner to calculate second odometry data based on sensor information, an odometry calculator to calculate an odometry parameter of a target object with respect to a vehicle based on the first and the second odometry data, and a vehicle command generator to generate a vehicle command based on the odometry parameter.