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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2023
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yue Wu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cheng-Chieh Yang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Xin Tong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Minwoo Park, Saratoga, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In various examples, feature tracking for autonomous or semi-autonomous systems and applications is described herein. Systems and methods are disclosed that merge, using one or more processes, features detected using a feature tracker(s) and features detected using a feature detector(s) in order to track features between images. In some examples, the number of merged features and/or the locations of the merged features within the images are limited. This way, the systems and methods are able to identify merged features that are of greater importance for tracking while refraining from tracking merged features that are of less importance. For example, if the systems and methods are being used to identify features for autonomous driving, a greater number of merged features that are associated with objects located proximate to the driving surface may be tracked as compared to merged features that are associated with the sky.