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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2004
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Thorsten Köhler, Deuerling, DE;
Binglong Xie, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Ying Zhu, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Dorin Comaniciu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Thorsten Köhler, Deuerling, DE;
Binglong Xie, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Ying Zhu, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting an occupant and head pose using stereo detectors is disclosed. In the training stage, pairs of images taken simultaneously from a pair of stereo cameras are received and components in each pair of images are identified. Features are associated with each component and a value is associated with each feature. Among them, a subset of features with best discriminative capabilities is selected and forms a strong classifier for a given component in a pair of images. In the detection stage, the strong classifiers are used in the incoming image pairs to detect components. Identified components are used to detect occupants and head pose of the occupants. Stereo detection is combined with stereo matching in a systematic way to improve occupant detection and localization.