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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Daniel Pohl, Puchheim, DE;
Markus Achtelik, Woerthsee, DE;
Bastian Jaeger, Munich, DE;
Andre Ryll, Gilching, DE;
Jan Willem Vervoorst, Gauting, DE;
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
According to various aspects, an obstacle map generator is provided, including: one or more processors configured to receive one or more depth images from a depth imaging system, determine, for each depth image of the one or more received depth images, a first set of pixels and a second set of pixels, each pixel of the first set of pixels has a depth value assigned thereto and each pixel of the second set of pixels has no depth value assigned thereto or has a depth value outside a predefined depth value range assigned thereto, assign a pre-defined depth value to one or more pixels of the second set of pixels, and generate an obstacle map based on the determined first set of pixels and the one or more pixels of the second set of pixels having the pre-defined depth value assigned thereto.