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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11449070 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

May. 19, 2020

Vehicle assist system

Applicant:

Zf Active Safety and Electronics Us Llc, Livonia, MI (US);

Inventors:

Ramakirankumar Indrakanti, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Hassan Elkhatib, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);

Attorney:

Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP

Primary Examiner:

Marthe Y Marc-Coleman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06K 9/62 (2022.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); B60W 30/12 (2020.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); B60T 7/12 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/12 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G06K 9/6288 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2720/10 (2013.01); B60W 2720/24 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30192 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/582 (2022.01); G06V 20/584 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01);
Abstract

A method for assisting operation of a vehicle traveling on a roadway includes acquiring visual images around the vehicle with at least one visual camera having a field of view and acquiring thermal images around the vehicle with at least one thermal camera having the field of view. The thermal images are superimposed over the visual images to produce composite images. An object is detected in the composite images. A vehicle assist system adjusts at least one of a direction of travel and speed of the vehicle in response to detecting the object.

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