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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 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;
Fleury Benoist, 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;
Fleury Benoist, Vincennes, FR;
Patrice Reilhac, Esslingen, DE;
Valeo Vision, Bobigny, FR;
Abstract
An obstacle detection procedure within the area surrounding a motor vehicle comprising the following stages: carrying out a first obstacle detection by image processing resulting in a definition of at least one region of interest, classifying the detected obstacle with an index of confidence applied to the region of interest in relation to given characteristics, carrying out a second obstacle detection by sensor/s with detection range below a first threshold resulting in a determined position, projecting the determined position into a reference marker, projecting the region of interest into this reference marker and aligning the two projections obtained and attributing a determined position to the obstacle classified in accordance with the alignment.