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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey M. Walls, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven A. Parkison, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ryan W. Wolcott, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ryan M. Eustice, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Arm Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for calibrating sensors may include one or more processors, a first sensor configured to obtain a two-dimensional image, a second sensor configured to obtain three-dimensional point cloud data, and a memory device. The memory device stores a data collection module and a calibration module. The data collection module has instructions that configure the one or more processors to obtain the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional point cloud data. The calibration module has instructions that configure the one or more processors to determine and project a three-dimensional point cloud edge of the three-dimensional point cloud data onto the two-dimensional image edge, apply a branch-and-bound optimization algorithm to a plurality of rigid body transforms, determine a lowest cost transform of the plurality of rigid body transforms using the branch-and-bound optimization algorithm, and calibrate the first sensor with the second sensor using the lowest cost transform.