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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Minghung Hsieh, New Taipei City, TW;
Shih-Yen Ku, New Taipei City, TW;
Ray-Hon Sun, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method may include receiving, from a camera, image data representing an object in an environment and determining, based on the image data, a vertical position within the image data of a bottom of the object. The method may also include determining an object bottom ratio between the vertical position and a height of the image data and determining, by way of a distance projection model and based on the object bottom ratio, an estimate of a physical distance between the camera and the object. The distance projection model may define, for each respective candidate object bottom ratio of a plurality of candidate object bottom ratios, a mapping between (i) the respective candidate object bottom ratio and (ii) a corresponding physical distance in the environment. The method may additionally include generating an indication of the estimate of the physical distance between the camera and the object.