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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2018
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Massachusetts Institue of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Felix Maximilian Naser, Cambridge, MA (US);
Igor Gilitschenski, Cambridge, MA (US);
Guy Rosman, Newton, MA (US);
Alexander Andre Amini, Cambridge, MA (US);
Fredo Durand, Somerville, MA (US);
Antonio Torralba, Somerville, MA (US);
Gregory Wornell, Wellesley, MA (US);
William Freeman, Acton, MA (US);
Sertac Karaman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Daniela Rus, Weston, MA (US);
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge, ME (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides systems and methods to detect occluded objects using shadow information to anticipate moving obstacles that are occluded behind a corner or other obstacle. The system may perform a dynamic threshold analysis on enhanced images allowing the detection of even weakly visible shadows. The system may classify an image sequence as either 'dynamic' or 'static', enabling an autonomous vehicle, or other moving platform, to react and respond to a moving, yet occluded object by slowing down or stopping.