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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2014
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPEARATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/4661 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 9/4642 (2013.01); G06T 5/008 (2013.01); G06T 5/40 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of creating a shadow-reduced image from a captured image. An image of a scene exterior of a vehicle is captured by a vehicle-based image capture device. A first object profile of an object in the captured image is identified by a processor. A second object profile of the object is detected using a non-vision object detection device. Shadows in the captured image are removed by the processor as a function of the first object profile and the second object profile. A shadow reduced image is utilized in a vehicle-based application.