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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Turgay Isik Aslandere, Aachen/NRW, DE;
Evangelos Bitsanis, Aachen/NRW, DE;
Michael Marbaix, Haillot, BE;
Alain Marie Roger Chevalier, Henri-Chapelle, BE;
Frederic Stefan, Aachen/NRW, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/0248 (2013.01); G05D 1/0251 (2013.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A request signal that indicates a quality for a determination of an orientation of a road user is received. The orientation of the road user is determined based on a) image data when the request signal indicates the quality is below a predetermined quality for the determination of the orientation of the road user, or b) on LIDAR data and image data when the request signal indicates the quality is the predetermined quality.