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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2006
Christian Goerick, Seligenstadt, DE;
Heiko Wersing, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Mark Dunn, Mühlheim, DE;
Julian Eggert, Obertshausen, DE;
Christian Goerick, Seligenstadt, DE;
Heiko Wersing, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Mark Dunn, Mühlheim, DE;
Julian Eggert, Obertshausen, DE;
Abstract
A method for generating a saliency map for a robot device having sensor means, the saliency map indicating to the robot device patterns in the input space of the sensor means which are important for carrying out a task; wherein the saliency map comprises a weighted contribution from a disparity saliency selection carried out on the basis of depth information gathered from the sensor means, such that a weighted priority is allocated to patterns being within a defined peripersonal space in the environment of the sensor means.