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Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Alireza Rahimpour, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sujitha Catherine Martin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ashish Tawari, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Hairong Qi, Knoxville, TN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G05D 1/0253 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06T 2210/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for providing context aware road user importance estimation that include receiving at least one image of a vicinity of an ego vehicle. The system and method also include analyzing the at least one image to determine a local context associated with at least one road user located within the vicinity of the ego vehicle. The system and method additionally include determining a global context associated with the ego vehicle. The system and method further include fusing the local context and the global context to classify at least one highly important road user that is to be accounted for with respect to operating the ego vehicle.


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