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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Here Global B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Priyank Sameer, East Mumbai, IN;
HERE GLOBAL B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product are configured to analyze an image of a vehicle to determine a characteristic of the vehicle, such as may be represented by or otherwise at least partially defined by the shadow cast by the vehicle. In the context of a method, information is received identifying a vehicle from a raster image and the pixel values of the raster image are evaluated to identify pixels having pixel values representative of a shadow associated with the vehicle. The method also modifies a representation of the shadow by modifying the pixel values of the pixels based upon a shape of the vehicle such that the representation of the shadow, as modified, has a shape corresponding to the shape of the vehicle. The method additionally determines a characteristic of the vehicle based upon the representation of the shadow, as modified, that is associated with the vehicle.