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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Wladimir Klein, Lindau, DE;
Michael Walter, Widnau, CH;
Inventors:
Wladimir Klein, Lindau, DE;
Michael Walter, Widnau, CH;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/004 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); G08G 1/16 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30256 (2013.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01); G06T 7/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lane detection method wherein a digitized image of a lane is evaluated, including the following steps: detecting edges in the image, determining the angles of the detected edges with respect to a reference edge, removing the edges from the plurality of detected edges, the angle of which lies within a predetermined angle sector, and detecting the lane based on the remaining edges of the plurality of detected edges.