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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Nathaniel W. Hart, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Robert D. Sims, III, Milford, MI (US);
Hao Yu, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); B60Q 1/02 (2006.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); B60Q 1/02 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); G06T 5/002 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application generally relates to a method and apparatus for object detection in a location obscured from a camera field of view in a motor vehicle. In particular, the system is operative to illuminate a FOV from a low angle using a light source, capture an image of the FOV from a high angle and to detect a shadow within the image indicative of an object being illuminated by the light source.