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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Alexander Russell Green, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/20 (2017.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/571 (2017.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/571 (2017.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10148 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30248 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for range detection is described. The method includes segmenting an image into one or more segmentation blobs captured by a monocular camera of an ego vehicle. The method includes focusing on pixels forming a selected segmentation blob of the one or more segment blobs. The method also includes determining a distance to the selected segmentation blob according to a focus function value of the monocular camera of the ego vehicle.