| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 348119000 | Program control (e.g., path guidance, etc.) | 10 |
| 20090147083 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle. The control is responsive to the imaging sensor. The imaging system may be associated with a side object detection system, a lane change assist system, a lane departure warning system, a monitoring system, a passive steering system and/or the like. The control may be operable to process a reduced image data set more than other image data, which are representative of areas of the captured image outside of a target zone, to detect objects present within the target zone. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090295917 | PIXEL-BASED TEXTURE-LESS CLEAR PATH DETECTION - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle utilizing analysis of a plurality of images generated by a camera device located upon the vehicle includes monitoring the images wherein each image comprises a plurality of pixels, utilizing a texture-less processing scheme to analyze the images including filtering the image to separate portions of the image indicating a clear surface upon which a potential road surface can be estimated from other portions of the image that do not indicate a potential road surface. The clear path is determined based upon the clear surface and the clear path is utilized to operate the vehicle. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100097455 | CLEAR PATH DETECTION USING A VANISHING POINT - A method for estimating a vanishing point in a roadway using a current image generated by a camera on a vehicle includes defining an exemplary vanishing point for each of a plurality of sample images, identifying features within each of the plurality of sample images, monitoring the current image generated by the camera, identifying features within the current image, matching the current image to at least one of the sample images based upon the identified features within the current image and the identified features within the plurality of sample images, determining a vanishing point based upon the matching and the exemplary vanishing points for each of the matched sample images, and utilizing the vanishing point to navigate the vehicle. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097456 | CLEAR PATH DETECTION USING A HIERACHICAL APPROACH - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle using an image generated by a camera includes monitoring the image, and utilizing a first patch-based analysis of the image including dividing the image into a plurality of patches, and analyzing each patch to determine a first clear path confidence likelihood for each of the patches of the first patch-based analysis. Each of the patches with the first clear path confidence likelihood greater than a first threshold confidence likelihood is defined as a clear path patch. A second analysis is utilized upon a portion of the patches with the first clear path confidence not greater than the first threshold confidence likelihood to determine a second clear path confidence likelihood for each of the patches of the second analysis. Each of the patches of the second analysis with the second clear path confidence likelihood greater than a second threshold confidence likelihood is defined as a clear path patch. The clear path of travel for the vehicle is identified based upon the clear path patches. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097457 | CLEAR PATH DETECTION WITH PATCH SMOOTHING APPROACH - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle utilizing analysis of an image generated by a camera device located upon the vehicle includes monitoring the image, identifying through patch-based clear path detection analysis of the image a first patch within the image that indicates a not clear path, analyzing the first patch through patch smoothing, invalidating the first patch based upon the analyzing the first patch through patch smoothing, utilizing the invalidated first patch to define a clear path of travel for the vehicle, and utilizing the clear path of travel to navigate the vehicle. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097458 | CLEAR PATH DETECTION USING AN EXAMPLE-BASED APPROACH - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle using a current image generated by a camera includes defining an exemplary clear path for each of a plurality of sample images, identifying features within each of the plurality of sample images, monitoring the current image generated by the camera, identifying features within the current image, matching the current image to at least one of the sample images based upon the identified features within the current image and the identified features within the plurality of sample images, determining a clear path of travel based upon the matching and the exemplary clear path for each of the matched sample images, and utilizing the clear path of travel to navigate the vehicle. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100265325 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM - A lane departure warning system (LDWS) installed on vehicles is revealed. The LDWS includes a camera that captures road images and the data of images is sent to an electronic control unit (ECU) for processing and recognition. The ECU is directly connected with a global positioning system (GPS) that provides vehicle speed signals so as to check whether dangerous driving occurs. Once the dangerous driving occurs, a warning unit is turned on to send an alert. The conventional LDWS that complicatedly connects with vehicles parts such as turn signal lights or speedometers is replaced by connection with a GPS. Thus the convenience of installation of LDWS in vehicles is improved. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20130169792 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN A PARKING OPERATION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention provides a method for assisting in a parking operation for a motor vehicle ( | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140104408 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM USING IMAGE INFORMATION - A vehicle driving assistance system not using a high performance computer mounted in a vehicle. In the system, an imaging unit mounted in the vehicle captures an image of surroundings of the vehicle. A communication unit mounted in the vehicle transmits information including the image captured by the imaging unit to an information processing center outside of the vehicle. An image processing unit included in the information processing center applies predefined image processing to the image received from the vehicle. A communication unit included in the information processing center transmits information indicative of an outcome of the image processing by the image processing unit to the vehicle. A driving assistance unit mounted in the vehicle performs operations for assisting in driving the vehicle on the basis of the information indicative of the outcome of the image processing by the image processing unit. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20150009318 | DRIVING SAFETY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE USING THE SAME - A driving safety system for a vehicle includes a housing, a camera positioned on the housing, and a controller positioned on the housing and electrically coupled to the camera. The controller includes a plurality of modules whereby the camera captures images of the scene in front of the vehicle and an image identification module identifies a traffic light state and a value of a countdown timer in real time from the captured images and sends a corresponding signal to the micro control unit, then the micro control unit will warn the driver as to the states of the traffic lights and countdown timer. A vehicle using the driving safety system is also disclosed. | 01-08-2015 |
