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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2010
Siav Kuong Kuoch, Vincennes, FR;
Lowik Chanussot, Paris, FR;
Julien Rebut, Paris, FR;
Adrien Charpentier, Stuttgart, DE;
Eric Dubois, Rosny Sous Bois, FR;
Benoist Fleury, Vincennes, FR;
Patrice Reilhac, Esslingen, DE;
Siav Kuong Kuoch, Vincennes, FR;
Lowik Chanussot, Paris, FR;
Julien Rebut, Paris, FR;
Adrien Charpentier, Stuttgart, DE;
Eric Dubois, Rosny Sous Bois, FR;
Benoist Fleury, Vincennes, FR;
Patrice Reilhac, Esslingen, DE;
Valeo Vision, Bobigny, FR;
Abstract
An obstacle detection procedure and detection device within the area surrounding a motor vehicle featuring the following: to define at least one first region of interest by carrying out a first detection of an obstacle by shape recognition in an acquired image of this environment; to define at least one second region of interest by carrying out a second detection of an obstacle by movement detection in relation to the vehicle on a sequence of acquired images of this environment; to classify the detected obstacle with, respectively, a first and second index of confidence applied to the first and second regions of interest in relation to given characteristics; and to validate the classification of the object detected in relation to these indices of confidence and in relation to these regions of interest resulting in validated regions of interest.