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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Lehn, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Stefan Nordbruch, Kornwestheim, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/189 (2018.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00785 (2013.01); G06K 9/00711 (2013.01); H04N 13/189 (2018.05); H04N 13/204 (2018.05); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05);
Abstract
For detecting a free area located inside a parking lot using at least one video camera, in particular a stereo-video camera, which is fixedly installed inside the parking lot, the visual range of the video camera including a section of the floor of the parking lot, a method includes: recording a camera image and/or an image sequence of camera images of at least a section of the floor of the parking lot using the video camera; comparing the camera images to a reference in order to identify a change in the section of the floor of the parking lot; and detecting a free area if no change is identified.