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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Neil David McKay, Chelsea, MI (US);
James W. Wells, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Roland J. Menassa, Macomb, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a first camera defining a first camera coordinate system (C) and configured to acquire a first image of a scene. A range sensor is spaced a first distance from the first camera and defines a range sensor coordinate system (R). A controller is operatively connected to the first camera and range sensor. The controller has a processor and a tangible, non-transitory memory device on which is recorded instructions for executing a method for obtaining a two-dimensional region of interest (u*, v*) in the first image, which is a two-dimensional intensity image. The first image is represented by a plurality of first points (u, v) in a first image plane. The controller is configured to acquire a range image of the scene with the range sensor. The range image is represented by a plurality of second points (u, v, d) in a second image plane.