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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2018
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kin C. Fung, Dublin, OH (US);
Timothy J. Dick, Dublin, OH (US);
Dhanashree Palande, Dublin, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for vehicle control that includes receiving an image from an imaging system. The system and method also includes classifying the traffic indicator having the color portion based on executing 'You Only Look Once' (YOLO) object detection of the image and localizing the traffic indicator having the color portion with respect to a vehicle based on executing the YOLO object detection of the image. The system and method additionally includes performing 'Binary Large Object' (blob) analysis based on red color components and green color components of the image to determine a color of the color portion of the traffic indicator. The system and method further includes controlling a vehicle system of the vehicle based on the classification of the traffic indicator, the location of the traffic indicator with respect to the vehicle, and the color of the color portion of the traffic indicator.