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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Charles A. Erignac, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6256 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems described herein enable self-supervised road detection in images. The method includes receiving an image, segmenting the image into at least one fragment based at least in part on at least one pixel feature, determining, using a processor, a road likeness score for the at least one fragment based at least in part on a medial radius, and identifying roads based at least in part on the road likeness score.