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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Connaught Electronics Ltd., Tuam, County Galway, IE;
Pantelis Ermilios, Tuam, IE;
Bryan Mcnamara, Tuam, IE;
William O'Grady, Tuam, IE;
Myles Friel, Tuam, IE;
Connaught Electronics Ltd., Tuam, County Galway, IE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for motion estimation between two images of an environmental region () of a motor vehicle () captured by a camera () of the motor vehicle (), wherein the following steps are performed: a) determining at least two image areas of a first image as at least two first blocks (B) in the first image, b) for each first block (B), defining a respective search region in a second image for searching the respective search region in the second image for a second block (B) corresponding to the respective first block (B); c) determining a cost surface () for each first blocks (B) and its respective search region; d) determining an averaged cost surface () for one of the at least two first blocks (B) based on the cost surfaces (); d) identifying a motion vector (v) for the one of the first blocks (B) describing a motion of a location of the first block (B) in the first image and the corresponding second block (B) in the second image. The invention also relates to a computing device (), a driver assistance system () as well as a motor vehicle ().