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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventor:
Robin Plowman, Southwick, GB;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06T 7/215 (2017.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 7/74 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for estimating a range of a moving object (MO) includes steps of capturing (S) images of a surrounding by a camera (), processing (S) features of captured images to determine a bearing of a moving object (MO) based on a detected cluster of features belonging to the moving object (MO) within the captured images, and estimating (S) a range of the moving object (MO) based on determined ground features belonging to a ground plane (GP) along the determined bearing of the moving object (MO) which are not occluded by the moving object (MO).