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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Inventors:
David J. Wright, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
David M. Falb, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00825 (2013.01); G06T 7/248 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system and method for a vehicle is provided, and includes an imager configured to image a scene external and forward of the vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images. A controller is configured to receive the image data and analyze an optical flow between successive image frames to compute a relative motion between the imager and the imaged scene, wherein the optical flow includes a pattern of apparent motion of objects of interest in the successive image frames.