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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Iman Soltani Bozchalooi, Sacramento, CA (US);
Francis Assadian, Davis, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6256 (2013.01); G06K 9/4652 (2013.01); G06K 9/4661 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of acquiring and processing visual data is provided, which includes: directing a light of a particular color to at least one of the plurality of landmarks on an object to illuminate the at least one of the plurality of landmarks; obtaining a first image of the object when the at least one of the plurality of landmarks on the object is illuminated; and extracting coordinates of the at least one of the plurality of landmarks from the first image.