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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2013
Applicants:
Erez Dagan, Tel Aviv, IL;
Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Inventors:
Erez Dagan, Tel Aviv, IL;
Noam Kahlon, Rehovot, IL;
Michael Latowicki, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Gideon Stein, Jerusalem, IL;
Assignee:
MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD., Jerusalem, IL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01);
Abstract
Computing a time-to-contact (TTC) of a vehicle with an object. The object includes a light source. The system mountable in the vehicle includes a camera and a processor configured to capture images of the object. The processor is operable to track a spot between the images to produce a tracked spot. The spot includes an image of the light source. The processor is operable to compute time-to-contact (TTC) responsive to changes in brightness of the tracked spot.