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Patent No.:

US 12725444 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2021

Devices and methods for determining region of interest for object detection in camera images

Applicant:

Nauto, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Oren Alpert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Tahmida Binte Mahmud, San Jose, CA (US);

Alexander Dion Wu, San Carlos, CA (US);

Piyush Chandra, Belmont, CA (US);

Jeremy Marschke, San Carlos, CA (US);

Gary Kwan, Belmont, CA (US);

Stefan Heck, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ruslan Belkin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ilan Hornstein, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nauto, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Vista IP Law Group, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Matthias S Weisfeld

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/764 (2022.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/103 (2022.01); B60W 30/0956 (2013.01); G06T 7/75 (2017.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2540/225 (2020.02); B60W 2540/229 (2020.02); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); G06T 2207/30256 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes: a first camera configured to view an environment outside a vehicle; and a processing unit configured to receive a first image from the first camera; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a centerline of a road or a lane in which the vehicle is traveling; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a region of interest based on the centerline, the region of interest having a geometry that is based on a feature of the centerline.

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