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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2005
Christian Goerick, Seligenstadt, DE;
Edgar Körner, Seligenstadt, DE;
Andreas Richter, Rodgau, DE;
Bernard Sendhoff, Bruchköbel, DE;
Christian Goerick, Seligenstadt, DE;
Edgar Körner, Seligenstadt, DE;
Andreas Richter, Rodgau, DE;
Bernard Sendhoff, Bruchköbel, DE;
Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH, Offenbach/Main, DE;
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for gathering information from an environment. In a first step, visual information is gathered from the environment. In a second step, information actively transmitted by objects in the environment is received. According to one embodiment, the information actively transmitted by objects in the environment is received wirelessly. In a third step, the visual information is combined with the received information in order to recognize objects.