The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2022
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Albert-ludwigs-universitaet Freiburg, Freiburg, DE;
Jugesh Sundram, Brussels, BE;
Mark Van Loock, Brussels, BE;
Michael Krawez, Freiburg, DE;
Tim Caselitz, Freiburg, DE;
Wolfram Burgard, Freiburg, DE;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG, Freiburg, DE;
Abstract
A method for simulating, at an instant, the illumination of an indoor scene observed by a camera and being illuminated by outdoor light, the method comprising: a first preliminary phase including: obtaining a reflectance map of the scene elaborating normalized radiosity maps for the contribution of the sky and the ground, a second phase carried out within a first given duration from the instant including: obtaining the position of the sun, obtaining a normalized radiosity map for the contribution of the sun, a third phase, including: acquiring an image of the scene, determining brightness scale parameters for the ground, the sky, and the sun. The disclosure also proposes tracking the camera position.