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20080199045 | Method and a System For Detecting a Road at Night - A method of detecting a road feature in an image signal derived from an infrared-sensitive camera. The method, in overview, comprises processing an image frame by assigning binary values to pixels in the frame in response to their representative temperature, and then to analyze spatially the binary mask to identify regions of pixels having mutually similar assigned binary values. The road feature is subsequently found from the analysis of the identified regions of mutually similar binary values and a visual indication of the road feature in relation to the image frame provided to the user. | 08-21-2008 |
20080205704 | Image Recognition Device for Vehicle and Vehicle Head Lamp Controller and Method of Controlling Head Lamps - This device includes an input unit for inputting an imaging signal sent from a camera for imaging an area around a vehicle in which the device is loaded, a coordinate area extracting unit for extracting predetermined continuous coordinate areas from the imaging signal inputted by the input unit, a feature quantity calculating unit for calculating a feature quantity of the coordinate areas extracted by the coordinate area extracting unit, a pairing unit for pairing the coordinate areas having the same or closer feature quantities, calculated by the feature quantity calculating unit, the coordinate areas being included in the coordinate areas extracted by the coordinate area extracting unit, with each other, and an output unit for outputting a signal that designates a distance between and a direction of the coordinate areas paired by the pairing unit. | 08-28-2008 |
20080205705 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method and Image Processing System - An image processing apparatus includes an input portion for entering an image signal from a camera, an exposure timing determination portion for determining exposure timing of the camera according to an object to be detected, an output portion for outputting a signal to the camera to expose it according to the exposure timing and for outputting a signal to an illumination controller to vary the state of the illumination system installed on a vehicle according to the exposure timing, and an image analysis portion for analyzing the image signal captured by the camera according to the exposure timing and outputting the results of the analysis to another controller via the output portion. | 08-28-2008 |
20080205706 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE'S SURROUNDINGS - A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus has: a point-of-view converter that converts an image shot with a camera installed on a vehicle into a bird's-eye-view image through point-of-view conversion; a position adjuster that performs position adjustment between two bird's-eye-view images produced from two images shot at different time points, the position adjuster performing the position adjustment based on the two bird's-eye-view images; and a three-dimensional object detector that detects a three-dimensional object around the vehicle based on differences between the two bird's-eye-view images having undergone the position adjustment. | 08-28-2008 |
20080219508 | VISION BASED NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEM - A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle with a vision-based navigation and guidance system. The method includes capturing image frames at a predetermined frame rate. Detecting image points that define an edge in each image frame. Using image points in each image frame to locate a determined edge. Dynamically predicting the location of image points that define an edge in a subsequent image frame. Using the prediction of the location of image points that define an edge to narrow the search area for the edge in the subsequent image frame. Determining offset distances between determined edges in sequential image frames and controlling the vehicle based at least in part on determined offset distances between determined edges in sequential image frames. | 09-11-2008 |
20080240506 | Feature information management apparatuses, methods, and programs - Apparatuses, methods and programs store a plurality of target types, each target type having recognition attribute information indicating the likelihood that the target type will be recognized based on a type of road or a type of area. The apparatuses, methods and programs acquire vehicle position information indicating a current position of a vehicle, acquire image information in the vicinity of the vehicle, and acquire road attribute information about a road on which the vehicle is traveling, the road attribute information acquired based on the vehicle position information. The apparatuses, methods and programs determine a target type defining a target for image recognition within the image information, the target type being determined based on the acquired road attribute information and the stored recognition attribute information, and perform image recognition of a target feature included in the image information, the target feature being of the determined target type. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240507 | Information device operation apparatus - An information device operation apparatus includes an image capturing device, an illumination device, a controller, image storage device, operation object extracting device, detection device, and signal output device. The image storage device stores a plurality of images that are acquired by the image capturing device under a plurality of illumination intensity conditions. The operation object extracting device extracts the operation object by comparing the plurality of images. The detection device detects at least one of a predetermined shape and a movement of the operation object that is extracted by the operation object extracting device. The signal output device outputs a signal to the target device, the signal corresponding to the at least one of the predetermined shape and the movement of the operation object detected by the detection device. | 10-02-2008 |
20080253615 | Method of producing traffic signal information, method of providing traffic signal information, and navigation apparatus - Systems, methods, and programs of producing and using traffic signal information take, when a vehicle is closely approaching a traffic signal, an image of traffic signal lamps disposed on the traffic signal. The systems, methods, and programs produce image data of the traffic signal lamps, based on the taken image and analyze the image data. The systems, methods, and programs produce traffic signal state information, the traffic signal state information including a state of the traffic signal as of the time of taking the image of the traffic signal lamps. The systems, methods, and programs store traffic signal information, the traffic signal information including the produced traffic signal state information, traffic signal location information, and time information in a memory. The systems, methods, and programs perform a statistical analysis on a correlation in terms of the status of traffic signal lamps among a plurality of traffic signals based on plural pieces of traffic signal information of plural adjacent traffic signals. | 10-16-2008 |
20080260208 | Automotive environment monitoring device, vehicle with the automotive environment monitoring device, and automotive environment monitoring program - The present invention provides an automotive environment monitoring device to detect the existence of an object, a pedestrian or the like, with high accuracy even if one part of the object is overlapped with the background of an image obtained from an imaging unit mounted on the vehicle. An area where the object exists in the image obtained from an infrared camera ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080273757 | Image Recognizing Apparatus and Method, and Position Determining Apparatus, Vehicle Controlling Apparatus and Navigation Apparatus Using the Image Recognizing Apparatus or Method - There is provided e.g. an image recognizing apparatus which can increase the recognition rate of the image of a recognition target even when the recognition rate in the image recognition operation would deteriorate otherwise due to inability of obtaining good image information on the recognition target, if the operation relied solely on picked up image information. | 11-06-2008 |
20080310679 | Vehicle and Lane Mark Recognizer - A vehicle capable of preventing detection of stud-type lane marks from being impossible and a vehicle having a lane mark recognizer are provided. The vehicle includes installation interval recognizing means ( | 12-18-2008 |
20080310680 | Frontal View Imaging and Control Device Installed on Movable Object - A frontal view imaging and control device installed on a movable object, includes: an image input unit receiving an image taken by an image device that captures a region of a road surface in a predetermined direction; a projection transformation unit linking each pixel of the image onto a virtual two-dimensional plane of a road surface through coordinate transformation so as to form a virtual projection image on the two-dimensional plane; a projection likelihood calculation unit dividing the virtual projection image into a distant view section and a close view section, and calculating similarity defined between a projection of the distant view section and a projection of the close view section; and an attitude angle calculation unit determining an angle of depression and a panning angle that maximize the similarity as a measured attitude angle that indicates an image capturing direction of the imaging device. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317288 | Vehicle, Image Processing System, Image Processing Method, Image Processing Program, Image Processing System Configuration Method, and Server - An image processing system and the like capable of improving recognition accuracy of a lane mark are provided. According to the image processing system of the present invention, a first processing unit ( | 12-25-2008 |
20090010494 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE EQUIPMENT - A system for automatically controlling vehicle equipment includes a controller to generate control signals. The control signals are derived based on information obtained from the image sensor as well as other detected parameters pertaining to the detected light source(s), the vehicle having the inventive control system, and the ambient environment. The control circuit may simply turn certain vehicle equipment, for example exterior lights, on or off, or change the brightness, aim, focus, etc. to produce various beam patterns that maximize the illuminated area in front of the vehicle without causing excessive glare in the eyes of other drivers. | 01-08-2009 |
20090016571 | Blur display for automotive night vision systems with enhanced form perception from low-resolution camera images - The present invention relates to a night vision system human machine interface and particularly to an HMI display that provides enhanced road scene imagery from low resolution cameras. | 01-15-2009 |
20090028388 | On-vehicle image processing apparatus - An on-vehicle image processing apparatus includes: an image taking apparatus for taking an image of a forward view of a vehicle; an edge detection section for generating a detection image data based on the image data; and a feature point detection section for detecting at least one feature point based on the detection image data. The feature point detection section categorizes the at least one feature point into a lane division line feature point, a branch feature point, and a dead end and obstacle feature point. The detection image data includes a lane division line detection scanning region set in a near region from the vehicle, a branch detection scanning region set in a middle region from the vehicle, and a dead end and obstacle detection scanning region set in a far region from the vehicle. The amount of scanning process can be reduced. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028389 | Image recognition method - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method for detecting a subject in an image, comprising the steps of: dividing said image into a plurality of regions; calculating a similarity between a feature of one of said regions and the feature of another of said regions; determining a distribution of said similarities corresponding to said regions; and detecting the subject in the image by determining correlation of said distribution with a shape of said subject. | 01-29-2009 |
20090034797 | LINE LENGTH ESTIMATION - A solution for monitoring an area is provided. At least one image of a physical area corresponding to a line is obtained and a set of hypotheses are evaluated based on the image(s). For one or more hypotheses, an estimated length of the line is extracted, and an estimated line length is generated based on the estimated length(s) and the corresponding evaluation(s) of the set of hypotheses. In this manner, a length of a line of people, customers, vehicles, and/or the like, can be estimated. The estimation can be stored for later use, utilized to generate one or more alerts, and/or the like. The invention also provides for the use of a single camera to monitor multiple lines and/or perform other monitoring functions. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034798 | Method for recognition of an object - The invention relates to a method for the prediction of the size to be expected of the image of a stationary object associated with a road in a picture of the environment in the field of view of a camera device which is in particular arranged at a motor vehicle and which has an image plane including image elements, wherein at least one relevant spatial zone from the field of view of the camera device is determined; wherein boundaries of the calculated projection onto the image plane of the at least one relevant spatial zone are determined in order to determine at least one relevant image zone; wherein a directional beam is determined for each of the image elements in the at least one relevant image zone, said directional beam including those spatial points from the field of view which would be projected onto the respective image element on a projection onto the image plane; and wherein at least one value for the size to be expected of the image of a road sign in the respective image element is determined for each of the image elements in the relevant image zone. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034799 | Road Division Line Detector - The present invention relates to a lane-dividing line detection device and has an object of detecting a lane-dividing line with high accuracy by accurately extracting characteristic points of the lane-dividing line while responding flexibly to road surface conditions. According to the present invention, pixel parts where a brightness variation is larger than a predetermined threshold are extracted from an image picked up by a camera that picks up an area ahead of a vehicle as edge points representing the lane-dividing line on a road surface (step | 02-05-2009 |
20090041303 | Vehicle, image processing system image processing method, image processing program, method for configuring image processing system, and server - An image processing system and the like capable of accurately recognizing lane edges defined by dotted lane marks are provided. According to an image processing system ( | 02-12-2009 |
20090041304 | PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF SPEED LIMITATIONS ON A ROAD AND AN ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - An automatic process is provided for automatically determining a current speed limitation on a road being used by a motor vehicle, in which by means of a first system, making use in particular of a GPS aerial and cartographical details, a first set of information is established, in which at least one likely speed limitation is associated with a confidence index; by means of a second system, involving the use of a camera and image processing applications capable of identifying roadside speed limitation panels, a second set of information is established comprising at least one probable speed limitation, wherein the basis of the first and second sets of information, the current speed limitation is determined along the road in question. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046894 | SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION BY A MOTOR VEHICLE OF A PHENOMENON THAT INTERFERES WITH VISIBILITY - A process for the detection from a vehicle of a visibility interference phenomenon, comprising the following steps: the emission of a beam of light to illuminate the rear of the vehicle, the beam of light being emitted into a field of vision of a camera mounted in the vehicle, and the determination of a presence and the nature of a visibility interference phenomenon on the basis of at least one image captured by the camera. | 02-19-2009 |
20090052742 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit, a line segment extractor, an area extractor, a traveled amount estimator, a kerb and gutter model generator and a kerb and gutter detector, in which an image is divided into areas by a line segment extending along the direction of travel, and kinetic models according to a road surface, a kerb and a gutter respectively are applied to pixels in the area for determination. | 02-26-2009 |
20090060279 | VEHICLE DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - The pixels located at equal intervals in a shot image are converted into intensity components and applied with a differential filter. The number of the obtained variations that have values larger than or equal to a certain value among the obtained variations is counted. Then discrimination of a vehicle shot in the target image is executed on the basis of the counted value. The counted value varies depending on a size of a shot object in a shot image. The counted value is large when an occupied area of the object is large, and the counted value is small when the occupied area of the object is small. By so doing, it is advantageously possible to properly discriminate a vehicle. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067675 | RADAR GUIDED VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE VALIDATION AND VEHICLE MOTION CHARACTERIZATION - A method for determining whether a target vehicle in front of a host vehicle intends to change lanes using radar data and image data is disclosed, comprising the steps of processing the image data to detect the boundaries of the lane of the host vehicle; estimating a ground plane by determining a projected vanishing point of the detected lane boundaries; using a camera projection matrix to map the target vehicle from the radar data to image coordinates; and determining lane change intentions of the target vehicle based on a moving trajectory and an appearance change of the target vehicle. Determining lane change intentions based on a moving trajectory of the target vehicle is based on vehicle motion trajectory relative to the center of the lane such that the relative distance of the target vehicle from the center of the lane follows a predetermined trend. Determining lane change intentions based on an appearance change of the target vehicle is based on a template that tracks changes to the appearance of the rear part of the target vehicle due to rotation. | 03-12-2009 |
20090074249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC SIGN RECOGNITION - This invention provides a vehicle-borne system and method for traffic sign recognition that provides greater accuracy and efficiency in the location and classification of various types of traffic signs by employing rotation and scale-invariant (RSI)-based geometric pattern-matching on candidate traffic signs acquired by a vehicle-mounted forward-looking camera and applying one or more discrimination processes to the recognized sign candidates from the pattern-matching process to increase or decrease the confidence of the recognition. These discrimination processes include discrimination based upon sign color versus model sign color arrangements, discrimination based upon the pose of the sign candidate versus vehicle location and/or changes in the pose between image frames, and/or discrimination of the sign candidate versus stored models of fascia characteristics. The sign candidates that pass with high confidence are classified based upon the associated model data and the drive/vehicle is informed of their presence. In an illustrative embodiment, a preprocess step converts a color image of the sign candidates into a grayscale image in which the contrast between sign colors is appropriate enhanced to assist the pattern-matching process. | 03-19-2009 |
20090074250 | Apparatus, method, and computer product for vehicle-type determination - A vehicle-type determination apparatus includes a vehicle-portion extracting unit, a hood recognizing unit, and a vehicle-type determining unit. The vehicle-portion extracting unit extracts a vehicle portion from an image of a recognition object. The hood recognizing unit recognizes an area corresponding to a hood in the vehicle portion extracted by the vehicle-portion extracting unit. The vehicle-type determining unit determines the vehicle type based on the degree of inclination of a side of the hood area recognized by the hood recognizing unit. | 03-19-2009 |
20090080703 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TIRE CHARACTERISTICS - The invention is related to systems and methods for optically measuring conditions and characteristics related to vehicle tires. In one embodiment, a tire monitoring system comprises a grid, a camera, and a processor. The grid can be configured to deform in conjunction with a deformation of the tire. The camera can be mounted optically proximate the grid and configured to acquire an image of the grid. The processor can be in communication with the camera and configured detect the deformation of the tire from the image. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080704 | Vehicle and lane recognition device - There is provided an image acquisition means ( | 03-26-2009 |
20090103781 | PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATIC CALCULATION OF THE COEFFICIENT OF A SLOPE ABOUT TO BE ASCENDED BY A MOTOR VEHICLE AND AN ASSOCIATED DEVICE - The present invention relates to a process for the automatic determination of the coefficient of a slope from a motor vehicle fitted with a camera. | 04-23-2009 |
20090123031 | Awareness detection system and method - An awareness detection system and method that includes an imaging device positioned to obtain a plurality of images of at least a portion of a subject's head, and an awareness processor in communication with the imaging device, wherein the awareness processor receives the plurality of images from the imaging device. The awareness processor performs the steps including classifying at least one image of the plurality of images based upon at least a portion of the subject's head, monitoring movement of at least one eye of the subject if the at least one image is classified as a predetermined classification, and determining an awareness state of the subject based upon the monitored movement of the at least one eye. | 05-14-2009 |
20090169055 | Feature information collecting apparatus and feature information collecting program, and own vehicle position recognition apparatus and navigation apparatus - A feature information collecting device includes: a feature image recognizing unit that performs image recognition processing of a feature included in image information in a surrounding area of a vehicle; a construction information obtaining unit that obtains construction information including information of a construction section; a construction information storage unit that stores the obtained construction information; a construction completion determining unit that determines, when the vehicle travels a section of a road corresponding to a construction section according to the already stored construction information, completion of construction indicated by the construction information; and a feature learning unit that causes the feature image recognizing unit to perform image recognition processing of a feature in a construction section according to the construction information when the completion of construction is determined, and that generates, based on an image recognition result thereof and the vehicle position information, learned feature information including position information and attribute information of an image-recognized feature. | 07-02-2009 |
20090185718 | Method and device for driver assistance - In a method and a device for driver assistance, traffic elements that point to potential danger zones are detected on the road, using a camera. If such potential danger zones are detected, at least one headlight of the vehicle is controlled in such a way that the potential danger zone is illuminated. | 07-23-2009 |
20090185719 | MODELING MOTION CAPTURE VOLUMES WITH DISTANCE FIELDS - A k-covered motion capture volume is modeled. The modeling includes representing the k-covered motion capture volume with a distance field. | 07-23-2009 |
20090190800 | Vehicle environment recognition system - A vehicle environment recognition system includes stereo-image taking means for taking images of an environment around a subject vehicle and for outputting the images as a reference image and a comparative image, first stereo matching means for forming a first distance image on the basis of the reference image and the comparative image or on the basis of two images obtained by preprocessing the reference image and the comparative image, second stereo matching means for forming a second distance image on the basis of two images obtained by preprocessing the reference image and the comparative image in a different manner, detection means for detecting objects in the reference image on the basis of the first and second distance images, and selection means for selecting one of the results of detection based on the first and second distance images. | 07-30-2009 |
20090202109 | Terrain map updating system - A terrain mapping system is disclosed. The system has at least one sensor configured to gather a plurality of current points defining a current surface of a site and a database containing a plurality of previously-gathered points defining a previous surface of the site. The system also has a controller in communication with the at least one sensor. The controller is configured to compare a height of at least one of the plurality of the current points to a height of a corresponding at least one of the plurality of previously-gathered points and to determine if an update to the database is warranted based on the comparison. The controller is further configured to update the database if it is determined that an update is warranted. | 08-13-2009 |
20090245581 | Airborne terrain acquisition and processing system with fluid detection - An airborne digital image capture and assessment system for fluid transmission lines having integrated location and event tracking. The system combines a fixed wing aircraft aerial platform, real-time surveying with target fluid detection and real-time threat assessment review by independent reviewing stations. The continuous digital video image capture provides a position indexing database record with the system creating and assigns flight survey routes with GPS position acquisition for pilot acknowledgement and auto pilot integration with route survey completion confirmation. Offsite analysis and review of survey data imaging provides | 10-01-2009 |
20090245582 | Lane recognition apparatus for vehicle, vehicle thereof, and lane recognition program for vehicle - A lane recognition apparatus for the vehicle includes: a lane mark detection image acquisition device which acquires an image divided into a first image region composed of pixels having pixel values supposed to be image portions of a lane mark defining the lane and a second image region composed of other pixels from a color image of a road; a clustering device which divides the first image region into subregions each composed of adjacent pixels; a color determination device which determines a color of the subregions; a lane recognition device which performs line component extraction for each group, considering the subregions determined to have the same color as a single group, and recognizes a line position of the lane defined by the lane mark from the extracted line component; and a vehicle equipment control device which controls equipment of a subject vehicle according to the lane recognition result. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245583 | ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING DEVICE, ROAD SHAPE ESTIMATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A road shape estimating device has a data obtaining processing unit for obtaining interpolation point data for a plurality of shape interpolation points which represent a shape of a road, a radius calculation processing unit for calculating a radius of curvature at each of shape interpolation points based on the interpolation point data, a corner detection processing unit detecting a corner based on the calculated radius of curvature, and a corner dividing processing unit for obtaining segment lengths of segments between respective shape interpolation points in the corner and dividing the corner by a segment length equal to or larger than a threshold which is set corresponding to an average value of the respective segment lengths. | 10-01-2009 |
20090252376 | System for Road Sign Sheeting Classification - A system for classifying different types of sheeting materials of road signs depicted in a videostream compares estimated retroreflectivity values against known minimum retroreflectivity values for each of a plurality of colors. Once a road sign has been identified in the videostream, the frames associated with that road sign are analyzed to determine each of a plurality of colors present on the road sign. An estimated retroreflectivity for each of the plurality of colors present on the road sign is then determined. By comparing the estimated retroreflectivity for each of the plurality of colors against known minimum retroreflectivity values for the corresponding color for different types of sheeting materials, an accurate determination of the classification of the sheeting material of the road sign is established. Preferably, certain conditions of gross failure of the sheeting material are filtered out before classification of the sheeting material is determined. | 10-08-2009 |
20090268946 | VEHICLE CLEAR PATH DETECTION - A method for vehicle clear path detection using a camera includes imaging a ground area in front of the vehicle with the camera to produce a ground image and analyzing the ground image to formulate a clear path free of objects limiting travel of the vehicle. | 10-29-2009 |
20090268947 | REAL TIME ENVIRONMENT MODEL GENERATION SYSTEM - A vehicle environment monitoring system is provided that is based on a three-dimensional vector model. The three-dimensional vector model of the vehicle's environment is generated on the basis of the image data captured by at least one three-dimensional camera. Out of the image data, particular data are extracted for generating the three-dimensional vector model in order to reduce the data volume. For data extraction, a data extraction algorithm is applied that is determined in accordance with at least one parameter that relates to the situation of the vehicle. Therefore, targeted data extraction is performed for generating a three-dimensional model that is particularly adapted for an application that is desired in the current vehicle situation. The applications of the vector model include driver assistance, external monitoring and vehicle control, as well as recording in an event data recorder. In one implementation, a sequence of three-dimensional vector models, representing a three-dimensional space-and-time model, is generated. | 10-29-2009 |
20090268948 | PIXEL-BASED TEXTURE-RICH 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, identifying a set of interest points from the plurality of pixels in a current image, finding their corresponding points in a preceding image through correspondence matching, filtering the matched pairs of interest points to select a preferential set of matched pairs, generating a three dimensional map of features in the view based upon the preferential set of matched pairs, determining the clear path based upon the mapped features, and utilizing the clear path to operate the vehicle. | 10-29-2009 |
20090290757 | INSPECTION USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROFILE INFORMATION - A three-dimensional profile of at least a portion of an object, such as a vehicle, is generated using image data corresponding to the object. The image data can be acquired as the object passes an inspection location and can be enhanced using emitted electromagnetic radiation or the like. The three-dimensional profile is analyzed to identify any anomalies that are associated with the object. The analysis can include comparing the three-dimensional profile to a standard three-dimensional profile corresponding to a type of the object. Further, the analysis can include comparing the three-dimensional profile to a previously acquired three-dimensional profile for the object. The three-dimensional profile can be generated using visible light-based image data, and one or more additional profiles based on non-visible data also can be generated and analyzed. | 11-26-2009 |
20090316957 | METHOD OF VEHICLE SEGMENTATION AND COUNTING FOR NIGHTTIME VIDEO FRAMES - Vehicle segmentation and counting method based on the property of color variation and headlight information combining change detection in nighttime traffic environment (one-way road with coming direction) is provided. The goal is to reduce the effect of ground-illumination that decreases the accuracy of vehicle segmentation. Besides, the amount of traffic flow is calculated and it can be used in other post-applications, such as traffic-flow reporting or controlling. | 12-24-2009 |
20100002911 | METHOD FOR DETECTING LANE DEPARTURE AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for detecting the lane departure of a vehicle includes an image recognition process and a deviation estimation process. The image recognition process includes the following steps: an image capturing step for capturing image frame data by using an image capturing unit; and a lane line recognition for analyzing the image frame data for determining the lane lines. By using a quadratic curve fitting equation, a plurality of lane line being detected so as to establish a road geometry estimation model. The road geometry estimation model is inputted into the deviation estimation process to detect the lane departure of the vehicle so as to alert the driver. Furthermore, an apparatus for detecting the deviation of the vehicle, comprising: an image capturing unit, a processing unit and a signal output unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100014711 | Method for controlling an illumination in a vehicle interior in dependence on a head pose detected with a 3D sensor - A method for controlling an illumination in a vehicle interior includes the steps of collecting, with a 3D sensor, three-dimensional information about a driver and detecting the driver as an object in a three-dimensional space by processing the three-dimensional information about the driver. At least one three-dimensional driver characteristic, such as a head pose, a head position, a body position and a body posture, is determined. An area of attention of the driver is determined by evaluating the at least one three-dimensional driver characteristic. An illumination scheme for the vehicle interior is determined based on the area of attention of the driver such that vision conditions for the driver are improved. A method for detecting driver drowsiness and a method for controlling a visibility of display screen information in the vehicle interior are also provided. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014712 | Method for updating a geographic database for an in-vehicle navigation system - A method for updating a geographic database containing image data and road vector data to be used in vehicle navigation systems includes determining whether a vehicle is in an on-road position based on information provided by the vehicle navigation system. A geographically coded image is generated with a vehicle-mounted camera if the vehicle is not in an on-road position according to the information provided by the vehicle navigation system. The geographically coded image generated by the vehicle-mounted camera is analyzed in order to determine whether the geographic database requires updating. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014713 | Road-lane marker detection - A method is provided for detecting road lane markers using a light-based sensing device. Reflectivity data is captured using the light-based sensing device. A light intensity signal is generated based on the captured reflectivity data. The light intensity signal is convolved with a differential filter for generating a filter response that identifies a candidate lane marker region and ground segment regions juxtaposed on each side of the candidate lane marker region. A weighted standard deviation of the data points within the identified candidate lane marker region and weighted standard deviation of the data points within the ground segment regions are calculated. An objective value is determined as a function of the respective weighted standard deviations. The objective value is compared to a respective threshold for determining whether the identified candidate lane marker region is a lane marker. | 01-21-2010 |
20100014714 | Camera-based lane marker detection - A method is provided for detecting road lane markers in a vehicle road using an imaging device. Road input data is captured using the imaging device. Lighting normalization is applied to the road input data. The method detects the road lane markers in a few main orientations in the normalized input data. In each main orientation, the normalized input data is convolved with an oriented edge detection filter for generating an oriented edge-based filter response. The normalized input data is convolved with an oriented line detection filter for generating an oriented line-based filter response. Candidate lane markers are selected in response to the edge-based filter response and line-based filter response in each main orientation. A transformation technique is applied to the candidate lane markers for identifying the lane markings in each main orientation. | 01-21-2010 |
20100021010 | System and Method for detecting pedestrians - A method is provided for detecting a pedestrian exterior to a vehicle by use of a vehicle-mounted image-based monitoring system. An edge-based pedestrian detection analysis is applied to the input image data to determine an edge-based confidence value of a candidate image area being a pedestrian. A motion-based pedestrian detection analysis is applied to the input image data to determine a motion-based confidence value of a candidate image area being a pedestrian. A final confidence value is obtained by combining the edge-based confidence value and motion-based confidence value using weighting factors that are functions of vehicle speed. The final confidence value is compared to a threshold value for determining whether to generate a warning that a pedestrian may be present in the input image data. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021011 | PERIMETER MONITOR - When vehicle group constituent vehicles V | 01-28-2010 |
20100054538 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIVERSAL LANE BOUNDARY DETECTION - A method and system for detecting road markings, is provided. One implementation involves receiving an image ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100080419 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An image processing device comprising a camera to pick up frame images at the times, a basic template creating portion to create a basic template of a picked-up object in the first image, an image transformation parameter calculating portion to calculate a transformation matrix to execute an image transformation of an object of the first image to an object of the second image, a template transforming portion to create a transformation template by transforming the basic template with the transformation matrix, and a template matching processing portion to execute a template matching processing to the second image with the transformation template to detect the object and to determine that the picked-up object in the second image is identical to the basic template when a matching degree by the matching means is higher than a specified degree. | 04-01-2010 |
20100086178 | Illumination Source For An Image Based Occupant Classification System And Vehicle Using Same - An image based occupant classification system includes a supplemental restraint system, an image sensor, and an illumination source. The image sensor is in communication with the supplemental restraint system and is configured to monitor vehicular conditions. The illumination source is in communication with the supplemental restraint system and is configured to selectively actuate in response to the collision indicator. Vehicles are also provided. | 04-08-2010 |
20100098296 | VEHICLE-ONBOARD DRIVING LANE RECOGNIZING APPARATUS - A vehicle-onboard driving lane recognizing apparatus of a small scale includes an image pick-up unit ( | 04-22-2010 |
20100098297 | CLEAR PATH DETECTION USING SEGMENTATION-BASED METHOD - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle by segmenting an image generated by a camera device located upon the vehicle includes monitoring the image, analyzing the image with a plurality of analysis methods to segment a region of the image that cannot represent the clear path of travel from a region of the image that can represent the clear path of travel, defining the clear path of travel based upon the analyzing, and utilizing the clear path of travel to navigate the vehicle. | 04-22-2010 |
20100104137 | CLEAR PATH DETECTION USING PATCH APPROACH - A method for detecting a clear path of travel for a vehicle utilizing an image generated by a camera device located upon the vehicle includes monitoring the image, and generating a plurality of patches onto the image, wherein the patches are collectively arranged to substantially include the clear path of travel. Feature extraction is utilized to analyze the patches and includes convolving each of the patches with a feature detection filter generating a feature-based filter response, extracting features based upon the feature-based filter response, and determining each of the patches to represent the clear path of travel or to not represent the clear path of travel based upon the extracted features. The clear path of travel is determined based upon the plurality of patches, and is utilized to navigate the vehicle. | 04-29-2010 |
20100172543 | Multiple object speed tracking system - A multiple object speed tracking system that can provide data related to the rate of travel of each object in a set of multiple objects as each object is traveling either toward or away from a predetermined point. | 07-08-2010 |
20100189306 | LANE MARKER RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND LANE MARKER RECOGNITION METHOD USED BY SAID APPARATUS - A lane marker recognition apparatus which recognizes a lane marker based on a captured image of a road surface in the direction in which a vehicle is traveling, includes recognizing means for recognizing at least one left lane marker and at least one right lane marker captured in the image, and generating lane marker information indicative of the recognized lane markers; calculating means for calculating, based on the lane marker information, at least one type of control value for each potential running lane demarcated; first selecting means for selecting a control value of one of the running lanes that is to be indicated as information; generating means for generating information indicative of the selected control value; and second selecting means for, after the information has been generated, selecting the control value of the potential running lane that is closest to the control value indicated by the information. | 07-29-2010 |
20100202662 | VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION BY IMAGE PROCESSING WITH LASER RANGE FINDER - An image capture device captures a plurality of sequential images of a vehicle in motion. At substantially the same time a collocated rangefinder determines the distance between the vehicle and the image capture device. Each of the plurality of images may be segmented based on the rangefinder point of reference. The portion of each image representing the vehicle is extracted based on its motion with respect to a stationary background. Knowing the size of the vehicle with respect to the image and the distance that the vehicle is from the image capture device, the image data is converted to real world dimensions. Using these real world dimensions a vehicle classification is determined. | 08-12-2010 |
20100215218 | ROAD MARKING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ROAD MARKING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To provide a road marking image processing device which performs highly accurate road marking recognition by creating a high-quality synthesized bird's-eye image that has no influence from the camera parameter error and noise such as the reflection light from the road surface, lens extraneous matter, shadow of the own vehicle, and the like. A new synthesized range identifying module creates a bird's-eye image of only an area not contained in a synthesized bird's-eye image created based on the road images up to the one captured previously from the current road image. An image synthesizing module synthesizes the bird's-eye image and the synthesized bird's-eye image created based on the road images up to the one captured previously to create a new synthesized bird's-eye image. | 08-26-2010 |
20100226539 | DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING VEHICLE BUILT-IN DEVICES - The present invention provides a device for manipulating vehicle built-in devices. The device includes a manipulation unit, a display unit and a manipulation control unit. | 09-09-2010 |
20100246889 | Vehicle Driving Assistance Apparatus - A vehicle driving assistance apparatus has an image capturing system capturing a road on which the vehicle travels, a white line type recognition section recognizing a type of a white line that defines a current traffic lane on which the vehicle is travelling on the basis of an image captured by the image capturing system, a white line type storage section storing the white line type recognized by the white line type recognition section, a white line type estimation section and a vehicle control system. When the white line type cannot be recognized by the white line type recognition section, the white line type estimation section estimates the white line type from white line types stored in the white line type storage section. The vehicle control system executes a vehicle control on the basis of the white line type estimated by the white line type estimation section. | 09-30-2010 |
20100310129 | IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an image analysis method for analyzing a digital image comprising transforming object-pixels into a vector dataset. The vector for each object pixel comprises a positional, a directional and a distance component. The number of vectors in the dataset is reduced based on neighborhood criteria. The remaining vectors can code the object by means of a centerline and pointers to its contour. | 12-09-2010 |
20100316258 | METHOD FOR THE ADAPTIVE DETERMINATION OF A THRESHOLD VALUE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLE LIGHTS USING A CAMERA SYSTEM - A method for determining at least one threshold value S for distinguishing, in the dark, between reflectors and vehicle lights that are recorded as light spots by a camera sensor oriented towards the surroundings of a vehicle. The camera sensor records a series of images of the surroundings of the vehicle. At least one light spot in the series of images is tracked. When the tracking of a light spot is completed, at least one parameter (for example the maximum intensity I | 12-16-2010 |
20100329513 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING A POSITION ON THE BASIS OF A CAMERA IMAGE FROM A CAMERA - An apparatus for determining a position on the basis of a camera image from a camera includes a Hough transformer, a positional description establisher and a database comparator. The Hough transformer is formed to identify circular arcs or elliptical arcs in the camera image or in a preprocessed version of the camera image derived therefrom, and to identify a plurality of straight stretches passing in various directions through the camera image or through the preprocessed version. The positional description establisher is formed to obtain a positional description describing the identified circular arcs or elliptical arcs and the identified straight stretches by parameters, on the basis of the identified circular arcs or elliptical arcs and on the identified straight stretches. The database comparator further is formed to compare the positional description with a plurality of comparative positional descriptions and to obtain information on a position as a result of the comparison. | 12-30-2010 |
20110026771 | Obstacle determination system and method implemented through utilizing bird's-eye-view images - A technology of determining obstacles around a vehicle through utilizing bird's-eye-view images; wherein, a plurality of image fetching devices disposed in various positions of said vehicle fetch a plurality of images around said vehicle, said images of two adjacent regions contain at least an overlapped region; an image processor transforms said images into said respective independent bird's-eye-view images; and an obstacle detection unit compares said overlapped region in said independent bird's-eye-view images of two adjacent regions, so as to obtain their correlations, and existence of said obstacle is determined based on said correlations. Moreover, a correspondence table is set up containing a set of space transformation information based on vehicle driving condition information. Therefore, a surrounding bird's-eye-view image of an appropriate visual angle can be produced quickly and a position of said obstacle is marked on said surrounding bird's-eye-view image. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026772 | METHOD OF USING LASER SCANNED POINT CLOUDS TO CREATE SELECTIVE COMPRESSION MASKS - A method of processing camera data of a mobile mapping system is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method includes a) obtaining camera data from at least one camera of the mobile mapping system, b) detecting at least one region in the camera data, c) applying a compression technique on the camera data in a first region, and d) obtaining range sensor data from at least a first range sensor. The range sensor data may at least partially correspond to the camera data. Also, in at least one embodiment, b) includes using the range sensor data to identify the at least one region in the camera data. | 02-03-2011 |
20110064273 | AUTOMATED TURNOUT INSPECTION - A method of inspecting a turnout of a track includes the steps of: capturing images of the components of the turnout; converting each image into a set of coordinates that traces the transverse cross-section of a rail profile; analyzing the rail profile to determine if the rail profile is a profile of arunning rail portion or a component. Upon determination that the image represents a component, taking measurements of the rail profile and applying virtual gauges to the rail profile to check for potentially dangerous conditions of the component; and generating a summary of each cross-section of the rail profile of the component indicating problem areas. The method is used for identifying certain classes of switch or turnout rail conditions which can lead to derailments, and for enhancing the turnout inspection approach currently used. The use of this method as an integrated part of the rail profile monitoring program will reduce reliance on field measurements and will also allow more frequent, comprehensive, and convenient analysis of turnout condition. | 03-17-2011 |
20110064274 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE WITH GOODS CARRIER, AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING GOODS CARRIER OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE - A control system controlling a goods carrier of an agricultural vehicle for conveying goods to a target area, has a 3D imaging device providing frames imaging the target area, a data processor and a memory. The control system derives information from the frames and operates to obtain a reference frame comprising 3D information about the pose of the target area, identify a plurality of characteristic points of the target area in the reference frame, obtain a new frame, analyse the new frame to identify a plurality of characteristic points, search and match characteristic points in the reference frame and the new frame, analyse pairs of matched characteristic points to establish a group of pairs showing a common change of pose between the reference frame and the new frame, and provide a signal taking into account results of the latter analysis. | 03-17-2011 |
20110103650 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING DRIVER - A method and system for assisting driver are provided in the present disclosure, in which images captured by a single image sensing device is processed by a controller having capability of image processing and identification and distance estimation in image space for providing a complete assisting image-information while the carrier is moving forward or backward. By means of the method and system of the presented disclosure, it can identify the image characteristic to be a basis for lane departure assistance/alarm while the carrier is moving forwardly as well as generate assisting track and change view angle or issue an alarm according to the distance estimation while the carrier is moving backwardly. The present disclosure may be utilized and applied in different kinds of carrier type to solve the problem of guiding of carrier maneuvering, and assist carrier lane changing, parking assistance and blind spot detection. | 05-05-2011 |
20110135155 | STOP LINE RECOGNITION DEVICE - An image processing unit | 06-09-2011 |
20110158480 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING IMAGE RECOGNITION RATE AND EMBEDDED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and system for calculating image recognition rate, which automatically calculates the recognition rate according to recognizing result obtained from an embedded image processing system whose images are provided by an image controlling apparatus. The image controlling apparatus provides an image frame each time according to a control signal issued by the embedded image processing system. The embedded image processing system receives the image frame and recognizes the same. After a plurality of image frames are recognized, it is capable of calculating the recognition rate according to the recognizing result of the embedded image processing system and the recognition rate is capable of being utilized to be a basis for optimizing the parameters used in recognizing logic of the embedded image processing system. | 06-30-2011 |
20110164789 | DETECTION OF VEHICLES IN IMAGES OF A NIGHT TIME SCENE - The invention concerns the detection of vehicles in images of a night time scene. In particular, but not limited to, the invention concerns a traffic surveillance system that is used to detect and track vehicles to determine information about the detected and tracked vehicles. Candidate pair of headlights are identified | 07-07-2011 |
20110164790 | LANE MARKING DETECTION APPARATUS, LANE MARKING DETECTION METHOD, AND LANE MARKING DETECTION PROGRAM - A lane marking detection apparatus, a lane marking detection method, and a lane marking detection program is provided, which can detect a lane marking precisely even when noise is present. The lane marking detection apparatus is provided with an original image acquiring means which acquires an original image obtained by imaging a road from a traveling object traveling along the road, a lane marking position detection means which detects the relative position of a lane marking included in the road, from the traveling object, based on the original image, and a examination means which examine the result of the detection obtained by the lane marking position detection means, based on a partial image of a first image that is an original image at time t0 and the partial image of a past image that is the original image captured before time t0. | 07-07-2011 |
20110182475 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAPPING AND DETECTION - A system and method provides maps identifying the 3D location of traffic lights. The position, location, and orientation of a traffic light may be automatically extrapolated from two or more images. The maps may then be used to assist robotic vehicles or human drivers to identify the location and status of a traffic signal. | 07-28-2011 |
20110216944 | In-vehicle white line recognition apparatus - An in-vehicle, white line recognition apparatus is disclosed. Form an image captured by a camera, the apparatus extracts multiple white line candidates including a first white line candidate and a second white line candidate. The apparatus calculates a certainty factor of each white line candidate, the certainty factor indicating a degree of certainty that the each white line candidate represents the white line. When the first and second white line candidates are, within a predetermined range and when a ratio of contrast of the first white line candidate to that of the second white line candidate is less than a predetermined value, the apparatus decreases the certainty factor of the first white line candidate. | 09-08-2011 |
20110216945 | AUTOMATED TARGET SHAPE DETECTION FOR VEHICLE MUON TOMOGRAPHY - Techniques, apparatus and systems for muon tomography vehicle imaging use autonomous processing of 3-dimensional muon tomography vehicle images based on Data Modeling techniques and various applications including analyzing vehicle voxel data such as muon vehicle images to detect potential threat objects and then to further discriminate the identified potential threat objects by shape. | 09-08-2011 |
20110222732 | TRAVELING ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - In order to perform vehicle control, a warning process, and the like which do not give a driver an uncomfortable feeling in speed adjustment, a warning process, and the like corresponding to a road shape such as a curve, it is necessary to recognize not only a near road shape but also a far road shape with high accuracy. A traveling environment recognition device includes: a measurement unit which measures a target object; a three-dimensional object detection unit which detects a three-dimensional object on the basis of a signal acquired by the measurement unit; a road shape prediction unit which predicts a road shape on which a target vehicle is traveling; a three-dimensional object selection unit which selects, from among the three-dimensional objects detected by the three-dimensional object detection unit, only a three-dimensional object within a predetermined range from a point of the road predicted by the road shape prediction unit; and a road shape estimation unit which estimates the road shape on the basis of position information of the three-dimensional object selected by the three-dimensional object selection unit. | 09-15-2011 |
20110222733 | Automobile Scanning System - A dual energy x-ray imaging system searches a moving automobile for concealed objects. Dual energy operation is achieved by operating an x-ray source at a constant potential of 100KV to 150KV, and alternately switching between two beam filters. The first filter is an atomic element having a high k-edge energy, such as platinum, gold, mercury, thallium, lead, bismuth, and thorium, thereby providing a low-energy spectrum. The second filter provides a high-energy spectrum through beam hardening. The low and high energy beams passing through the automobile are received by an x-ray detector. These detected signals are processed by a digital computer to create a steel suppressed image through logarithmic subtraction. The intensity of the x-ray beam is adjusted as the reciprocal of the measured automobile speed, thereby achieving a consistent radiation level regardless of the automobile motion. Accordingly, this invention provides images of organic objects concealed within moving automobiles without the detritus effects of overlying steel and automobile movement. | 09-15-2011 |
20110228986 | Process for the Automatic Longitudinal Guidance of a Motor Vehicle - For the automatic longitudinal guidance of a motor vehicle having a longitudinally guiding driver assistance system with a stop-and-go function, at least starting from a point-in-time wherein the motor vehicle is stopped, the vehicle apron is continuously monitored for possible obstacles by a monitoring device having a camera which supplies a sequence of individual images of the vehicle apron. For the detection of obstacles in the vehicle apron, characteristic image features are extracted from the individual images and are tracked with respect to time within the sequence of individual images, and an appearance and/or disappearance of one or more characteristic image features taking place in the course of the sequence is determined and evaluated. Additionally or alternatively, a change of a spatial distribution of one or more characteristic image features taking place in the course of the sequence in the respective individual image or in a cutout of the latter is determined and evaluated. | 09-22-2011 |
20110249869 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT IMAGE FEATURE EXTRACTION - A system for efficient image feature extraction comprises a buffer for storing a slice of at least n lines of gradient direction pixel values of a directional gradient image. The buffer has an input for receiving the first plurality n of lines and an output for providing a second plurality m of columns of gradient direction pixel values of the slice to an input of a score network, which comprises comparators for comparing the gradient direction pixel values of the second plurality of columns with corresponding reference values of a reference directional gradient pattern of a shape and adders for providing partial scores depending on output values of the comparators to score network outputs which are coupled to corresponding inputs of an accumulation network having an output for providing a final score depending on the partial scores. | 10-13-2011 |
20110280448 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS - A system and method, which enables precise identification of characters contained in vehicle license plates, container I.D, chassis I.D, aircraft serial number and other such identification markings. The system can process these identified characters and operate devices, such as access control operations, traffic systems and vehicle and container tracking and management systems, and provide records of all markings together with their images. | 11-17-2011 |
20110311102 | MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING STEREO DISPARITY DENSITY - A control system for a mobile machine is disclosed. The control system may have a first sensor mounted on the mobile machine and configured to capture a first image of a region near the mobile machine, a second sensor mounted on the mobile machine and configured to capture a second image of the region, and a controller in communication with the first and second sensors. The controller may be configured to generate a stereo image from the first and second images, compute a disparity map of the stereo image, and generate an output to affect operation of the machine when a density of the disparity map is less than a threshold density. | 12-22-2011 |
20110311103 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING OBJECTS IN FRONT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method of automatically detecting objects in front of a motor vehicle comprises the steps of pre-storing template objects representing possible objects in front of the motor vehicle, detecting images from a region in front of the vehicle by a vehicle mounted imaging means, generating a processed image containing disparity or vehicle-to-scene distance information from the detected images, comparing the pre-stored template objects with corresponding regions-of-interest of the processed image, and generating a match result relating to the match between the processed image and the template objects. Each of the pre-stored template objects is a flat two-dimensional multi-pixel area of predetermined shape. | 12-22-2011 |
20120020526 | COMPUTER VISION AIDED AUTOMATED TIRE INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR IN-MOTION INSPECTION OF VEHICLE TIRES - A system and method related thereto, for automatically inspecting at least one tire of a moving vehicle. The system includes an image acquisition device including at least one camera. The camera acquires multiple real-time images of at least one tire of a moving vehicle. As the tire of the vehicle enters a field of view of the camera, the camera component is configured to photograph and transmit the multiple photographs of the at least one tire. A light source illuminates the at least one tire of the vehicle in the field of view of the camera, and the light application may be synchronous with the imaging performed by the camera. A computer image processing component receives the multiple images transmitted from the camera and analyzes the multiple images using a detection program. The computer imaging processing component analyzing the photographs and provides an inspection analysis of each at least one tire. | 01-26-2012 |
20120057756 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IDENTIFIER OF VEHICLE - The present invention detects a candidate ROI group associated with character strings/figure strings on the basis of a result acquired through prior learning of various types of license plates, verifies the interested region candidate group detected by using at least one condition of five predetermined conditions, and determines an MBR region in the selected ROI region from the verified interested region candidate group by considering a ratio between the height and width of the ROI region to recognize the license plate for the automobile. According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically detect the location of the license plate regardless of various types of license plate specifications defined for each of countries. | 03-08-2012 |
20120057757 | LANE LINE ESTIMATING APPARATUS - A fixed data memory stores data of a normal lane width between lane lines and a narrow lane width between inner guide lines of double white lines. A lane-line candidate setting section detects lane-line detection points on both sides of a driving lane using a captured image, and sets lane-line candidate points on the opposite lane lines at spaces of the widths and therebetween, using the detection points as starting points. A curve approximation processing section sets virtual lines on both sides of the driving lane from a curve approximation equation obtained using the detection and candidate points. A lane-line position setting section obtains dispersions of the candidate points to the left and right virtual lines, and estimates the type of at least one of the left and right virtual lines. | 03-08-2012 |
20120087546 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING PROCESSED IMAGE DATA ABOUT A SURROUND FIELD OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining processed image data about a surround field of a vehicle includes a step of combining a map information item with a position and an orientation of the vehicle and with an image of the surround field acquired by a surround-field monitoring device of the vehicle, in order to obtain a position-specific image of the surround field. In addition, the method includes a step of processing the position-specific image so as to include at least one symbol that is assigned to a classified object in the position-specific image, in order to determine the processed image data. | 04-12-2012 |
20120099766 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LANE DETECTION - A lane detection method wherein a digitized image of a lane is evaluated, including the following steps: detecting edges in the image, determining the angles of the detected edges with respect to a reference edge, removing the edges from the plurality of detected edges, the angle of which lies within a predetermined angle sector, and detecting the lane based on the remaining edges of the plurality of detected edges. | 04-26-2012 |
20120106800 | 3-D MODEL BASED METHOD FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING VEHICLES IN AERIAL IMAGERY - A computer implemented method for determining a vehicle type of a vehicle detected in an image is disclosed. An image having a detected vehicle is received. A number of vehicle models having salient feature points is projected on the detected vehicle. A first set of features derived from each of the salient feature locations of the vehicle models is compared to a second set of features derived from corresponding salient feature locations of the detected vehicle to form a set of positive match scores (p-scores) and a set of negative match scores (n-scores). The detected vehicle is classified as one of the vehicle models models based at least in part on the set of p-scores and the set of n-scores. | 05-03-2012 |
20120114181 | VEHICLE POSE ESTIMATION AND LOAD PROFILING - A method of estimating the pose of a vehicle relative to a stereo camera is described herein. The method includes acquiring at least one stereo image of the vehicle from the stereo camera, wherein the stereo image comprises a plurality of scene data points, selecting a plurality of model data points corresponding to a model of the vehicle, wherein the plurality of model data points is representative of at least three degrees of freedom defining the pose of the model relative to the stereo camera, matching each of the plurality of model data points to a closest neighboring one of the plurality of scene data points according to a predetermined coarse-to-fine multi-resolution search approach, and, based on the results of the matching, determining at least three degrees of freedom defining the pose of the vehicle relative to the stereo camera. | 05-10-2012 |
20120121136 | METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE - A method for monitoring an environment (U) of a vehicle (F), wherein the environment (U) and objects (O | 05-17-2012 |
20120155711 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING VIDEO - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a video. The video analyzing apparatus includes a route analyzing unit configured to analyze a subject of a first-person view video and an object represented in the first-person view video based on the first-person view video and generate route information of the subject and the object; and an event analyzing unit configured to classify the first-person view video as a semantic event using the route information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163671 | CONTEXT-AWARE METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON FUSION OF DATA OF IMAGE SENSOR AND DISTANCE SENSOR - Disclosed herein are a context-aware method and apparatus. In the context-aware method, distance data is collected using a distance sensor. Thereafter, image data is collected using an image sensor. Thereafter, the distance data and the image data are fused with each other, and then context awareness is performed. Thereafter, safe driving management is performed based on the fusion of the data using the results of the context awareness. | 06-28-2012 |
20120213412 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DISTANCE CALCULATION PROGRAM AND DISTANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS - A storage medium storing a distance calculation program that causes a computer to execute operations, the operations includes; obtaining a first image captured by an image pickup device disposed on a vehicle; extracting a first feature point which satisfies an extraction condition used to determine a point on a road surface in the first image; and calculating a first distance from the first feature point to the image pickup device in a real space in accordance with data obtained by associating a position of the point in the first image and a first angle of the point viewed from a center of the image pickup device in the real space, and setting information including an angle of depression of the image pickup device and a distance between the image pickup device and the road surface. | 08-23-2012 |
20120213413 | REAL-TIME ANNOTATION OF IMAGES IN A HUMAN ASSISTIVE ENVIRONMENT - A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product annotate video images associated with an environmental situation based on detected actions of a human interacting with the environmental situation. A set of real-time video images are received that are captured by at least one video camera associated with an environment presenting one or more environmental situations to a human. One or more user actions made by the human that is associated with the set of real-time video images with respect to the environmental situation are monitored. A determination is made, based on the monitoring, that the human driver has one of performed and failed to perform at least one action associated with one or more images of the set of real-time video images. The one or more images of the set of real-time video images are annotated with a set of annotations. | 08-23-2012 |
20120219190 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus: detects an object position included within an overlapping region of a first image corresponding to a vehicles's traveling direction and a second image corresponding to a direction crossing the traveling direction; assigns the first image a first value when the object is in a first position, and a second value smaller than the first value when the object is in a second position more distant from a traveling direction axis of the vehicle than the first position, and assigns the second image a third value when the object is in the first position, and a fourth value larger than the third value when the object is in the second position; and determines a boundary so that the object is included within an image having a larger value than the other; and joins the first and second images. | 08-30-2012 |
20120230548 | VEHICLE RECOGNITION - System, method, and computer program product are provided for using real-time video analysis to provide information about vehicles to a user. Through the user of real-time vision object recognition an image of a vehicle VIN number or a portion of a vehicle may be captured using an image capture device. The VIN number or the portion the vehicle that was captured via the real-time video analysis may be analyzed to determine information about the vehicle. The information may include information about the vehicle, such as the make, model, year, price, vehicle history, and the like. Furthermore, information about the individual's finances, such that an individual may know budgeting of purchasing a vehicle. The information about the vehicle and financial information about purchasing the vehicle is presented to the user. | 09-13-2012 |
20120281881 | Method for Estimating the Roll Angle in a Travelling Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for estimating the roll angle in a travelling vehicle ( | 11-08-2012 |
20120288156 | ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION METHOD - A environment recognition device obtains luminances of a target portion existing in an area specifies a road surface luminance and a reference portion luminance; when the road surface luminance changes by a predetermined value or more, the reference portion luminance does not change by another predetermined value or more, and the changed road surface luminance is not a predetermined color, maintains a white balance correction value prior to the change until the road surface luminance returns to the predetermined color, and, in other cases, derives a white balance correction value to recognize the road surface luminance as the predetermined color; derives a corrected luminance by performing a white balance correction using the white balance correction value on the obtained luminance; and provisionally determines a object corresponding to the target portion from a corrected luminance of the target portion based on an association of a luminance range and the specific object. | 11-15-2012 |
20120300986 | Method to determine a site for a wind turbine - According to the method an unmanned aerial vehicle is guided along a predetermined flight path. The flight-path is chosen in a way that high resolution images of the surrounding of a potential wind turbine site are gathered by the unmanned aerial vehicle. The images are used to obtain an actual digital surface model of the surrounding of the potential wind turbine site. The potential wind turbine site is evaluated based on the actual digital surface model to determine, if the potential wind turbine site is an optimum wind turbine site. | 11-29-2012 |
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20130022245 | Traffic Signal Connected Digital Electronic Display and Method of Controlling the Same - A digital electronic display connected to a traffic signal and a method of controlling the digital electronic display are provided. The digital electronic display includes a communication unit configured to receive content including content segments and metadata, a display screen, and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor the traffic signal to determine when, and the duration during which, a red light and a green light of the traffic signal is illuminated, present a content segment on the display screen corresponding to the red light based on the metadata and substantially for the entire duration when the red light is illuminated, and control the display screen to operate in a low-power state substantially for the entire duration when the green light is illuminated. | 01-24-2013 |
20130022246 | TRAFFIC LINE CREATION DEVICE AND TRAFFIC LINE CREATION METHOD - The traffic line creation device which creates the traffic line representing a motion trace of the tracking target comprising: an object detection unit which detects the tracking target from an image frame to create detection result information including a detected area of the tracking target; a state determination unit which determines a state of the tracking target based on the detection result information; a reference point creation unit which creates a reference point of the tracking target by using the detected area with a method corresponding to the state determined at the state determination unit; and a traffic line creation unit which creates the traffic line representing a motion trace of the tracking target by connecting a plurality of the reference points created for a plurality of the image frames. | 01-24-2013 |
20130039544 | METHOD OF FOG AND RAINDROP DETECTION ON A WINDSCREEN AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of fog and raindrop detection on a windscreen ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130039545 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OBJECT RECOGNITION AND DATABASE POPULATION FOR VIDEO INDEXING - A method for processing digital media is described. The method, in one example embodiment, includes identification of objects in a video stream by detecting, for each video frame, an object in the video frame and selectively associating the object with an object cluster. The method may further include comparing the object in the object cluster to a reference object and selectively associating object data of the reference object with all objects within the object cluster based on the comparing. The method may further include manually associating the object data of the reference object with all objects within the object duster having no associated reference object and populating a reference database with the reference object for the object cluster. | 02-14-2013 |
20130051625 | FRONT SEAT VEHICLE OCCUPANCY DETECTION VIA SEAT PATTERN RECOGNITION - What is disclosed is a system and method for determining whether a front seat in a motor vehicle is occupied based on seat pattern recognition. The present invention takes advantage of the observation that an unoccupied seat of a motor vehicle exhibits features which are distinguishable from an occupied seat. An unoccupied motor vehicle seat typically features long contiguous horizontal line segments and curve segments, and substantially uniform areas encompassed by these segments which are not present in an occupied seat. The present method provides a long horizontal edge test which uses location information within a defined window of the image, edge linking, softness of the edge, number of lines, line/curve fitting, and other techniques to locate horizontal edges in the image which define a seat, and a uniformity step which determines whether the area bounded by the horizontal edges is relatively uniform indicating an unoccupied seat. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058536 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM EMBODYING A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A VEHICLE OPERATOR'S EXPECTATION OF A STATE OF AN OBJECT - The present invention generally relates to a method, a system and/or a computer readable program. An embodiment of the method includes acquiring an input signal indicative of the operator's expectation of the state of the object at a first point in time; determining a state of the object at a second later point in time based on the input signal; acquiring an input signal indicative of an estimated visual input of the operator at the second point in time; determining the operator's expectation of the state at the second point in time, based on the operator's expectation of the state of the object at the first point in time, and the estimated visual input and the state of the object at the second point in time; and providing an output signal indicative of the operator's expectation of the state at the second point in time. | 03-07-2013 |
20130077829 | Reflection Removal System - A method and apparatus for removing undesired features in an image. The image is converted from a spatial domain to a frequency domain to form a transformed image. A filter is applied to the transformed image to form a filtered image in the frequency domain. The filtered image is converted from the frequency domain back into the spatial domain to form a modified image. An intensity of an undesired feature in the modified image is increased as compared to the intensity of the undesired feature in the image. The undesired feature is removed from the image using the modified image to form a processed image. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077830 | TRAFFIC SIGN DETECTING METHOD AND TRAFFIC SIGN DETECTING DEVICE - Disclosed are a method and a device for detecting traffic signs in an input image camera. The method comprises a color space converting step of converting the input image into a HSV color space image; a filtering step of filtering, based on a predetermined pass range of a standard color of each of the traffic signs, the HSV color space image to obtain a filtered image, and then generating one or more connected domains based on one or more regions in the filtered image; a removing step of removing, based on a standard rule of the corresponding traffic sign, at least one of the generated connected domains, not being the corresponding traffic sign, and letting others of the generated connected domains be candidate traffic sign domains; and a recognition step of recognizing, based on a feature of each of the candidate traffic sign domains, the corresponding traffic sign. | 03-28-2013 |
20130083971 | FRONT VEHICLE DETECTING METHOD AND FRONT VEHICLE DETECTING APPARATUS - A method for detecting a front vehicle comprises: a moving light detecting step of detecting a front moving light area of an own vehicle in at least one image of a front scene of the own vehicle obtained at a time; a vehicle candidate generating step of extracting a light area pair from the detected front moving light area so that a front vehicle candidate is generated; and a vehicle candidate verifying step of verifying that the front vehicle candidate is the front vehicle in cases where the front vehicle candidate meets predetermined characteristics of a vehicle light. | 04-04-2013 |
20130101171 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF SELECTIVE VIDEO FRAME COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION FOR EFFICIENT EVENT-DRIVEN SEARCHING IN LARGE DATABASES - A method of, and system for, selective video frame compression and decompression is presented. The disclosed technique is particularly suited for efficient event-driven searching in large databases. The technique involves designating certain frames in a video sequence as reference frames, to be compressed using a first compression technique, where the remaining frames are compressed using a second compression technique. The first compression technique may be implemented without requiring data from any neighboring frames. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101172 | X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM THAT INTEGRATES MANIFEST DATA WITH IMAGING/DETECTION PROCESSING - The present specification discloses systems and methods for integrating manifest data for cargo and light vehicles with their X-ray images generated during scanning Manifest data is automatically imported into the system for each shipment, and helps the security personnel to quickly determine the contents of cargo. In case of a mismatch between cargo contents shown by manifest data and the X-ray images, the cargo may be withheld for further inspection. In one embodiment, the process of analyzing the X-ray image of the cargo in conjunction with the manifest data is automated. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101173 | CONTROLLING TRUCK FORKS BASED ON IDENTIFYING AND TRACKING MULTIPLE OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE SCENE - A method is provided for controlling forks of a vehicle. The method may comprise: while the forks of the vehicle are moving vertically, acquiring a series of images of a scene of a physical environment in which a plurality of pallets are visible; identifying in each image, by a computer system, one or more scored candidate objects, each potentially corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of pallets; for each of the one or more scored candidate objects, tracking, by the computer system, a respective location in each of at least two images of the series; determining for each of the one or more scored candidate objects a respective, associated height in the physical environment; and stopping, by the computer system, the forks of the vehicle at a height in the physical environment based on the height of a specific one of the scored candidate objects. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101174 | Method for Combining a Road Sign Recognition System and a Lane Detection System of a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for combining a road sign recognition system ( | 04-25-2013 |
20130114860 | IN-VEHICLE IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An in-vehicle image processing device includes: movement distance detection units | 05-09-2013 |
20130121536 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC LIGHTS - A traffic light control device for adjusting time duration of illumination of lights of a traffic light, includes several image capturing units to capture images of specific areas around the traffic light, and an image analysis unit to divide each image captured by the image capturing units into a plurality of areas, and to analyze the plurality of areas to determine which of the plurality of areas contain predefined objects. Further provided are a calculating unit to calculate ratio of a number of areas containing predefined objects of each captured image to a total number of the areas of each captured image; and a control module to determine whether to adjust the time duration of illumination of the lights of the traffic light based on the ratio calculated based on the images captured by the image capturing units. | 05-16-2013 |
20130129149 | System and Method for Measurement, Planning, Monitoring, and Execution of Out-of-Home Media - The present invention generally relates to a system for measurement, planning, monitoring and execution of advertisements on out-of-home media. The invention provides a method by which greater eyeball content is ensured to out-of-home media assets thereby benefiting advertisers and ensuring efficient advertising budget spend. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129150 | EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION METHOD - There is provided an exterior environment recognition device and an exterior environment recognition method. The exterior environment recognition device obtains a first image in a first exposure mode according to a level of light of an exterior environment, and obtains a second image in a second exposure mode of which exposure time is different from the first exposure mode and which allows determination as to whether a light emitting source is emitting light by itself or not. The exterior environment recognition device identifies, based on the first image, a vehicle area occupied by a vehicle preceding in a detection area, identifies a position of the light emitting source, based on luminance of the second image, and associates the position of the light emitting source and the vehicle area. | 05-23-2013 |
20130136308 | Pedestrian Detector - A pedestrian detector includes an image-taking mechanism and an image analyzer. The image-taking mechanism is provided on a vehicle and used to take an image in front of the vehicle. The image analyzer is connected to the image-taking mechanism and used to receive the image from the image-taking mechanism and analyze the image to determine whether the image conforms to a pedestrian to determine whether there is a pedestrian in front of the vehicle. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136309 | VEHICLE-BASED IMAGING SYSTEM FUNCTION DIAGNOSIS AND VALIDATION - A method of determining functionality of a vision-based imaging system for a vehicle includes capturing images by the vision-based imaging system. The images include landmarks that are identified in multiple images for distinguishing displacement of landmarks between the images. Edge maps for each of the images are generated. Like regions of at least two edge maps are compared for distinguishing displacement of a landmark between the at least two edge maps. Each pixel location of a first edge map is compared with a same pixel location of a second edge map for determining whether each compared pixel location has a different intensity value. An aggregate number of pixel locations having a different intensity value between the at least two edge maps is determined and compared to a threshold. An error message is generated in response to the aggregate number being less than the threshold. | 05-30-2013 |
20130148856 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ROAD PARTITION - A method and an apparatus are used for detecting a road partition, the method comprising: a step of obtaining a disparity top view having a road area; and a step of detecting parallel lines as the road partitions from the disparity top view. | 06-13-2013 |
20130163820 | SURVEY APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND SURVEY METHOD - A determination unit determines, on images of video data where a road set as a survey target was shot in different times, whether or not the shooting position of the image is within a tolerance value with the shooting position of any of the images as a reference, for each image having a corresponding shooting position. When the shooting position is determined to be within the tolerance value, a creation unit creates screen information of a screen where images that has been determined to be within the tolerance value is displayed in synchronization. Moreover, when the shooting position is determined to be beyond the tolerance value, the creation unit creates screen information of a screen where an image that has been determined to be beyond the tolerance value is undisplayed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163821 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING ROAD REGION AS WELL AS METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING ROAD LINE - Disclosed are a road line detection method and a road line detection device. The road line detection method comprises a step of obtaining a first disparity map including one or more road regions and a corresponding V-disparity image; a step of sequentially detecting plural sloped line segments in the corresponding V-disparity image according to a big-to-small order of disparities and a big-to-small order of V-values, to serve as plural sequentially adjacent road surfaces; a step of obtaining a second disparity map of plural road line regions of interest corresponding to the plural sloped line segments; and a step of detecting one or more road lines in the second disparity map of the plural road line regions of interest. | 06-27-2013 |
20130170709 | AUTOMATIC METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUAL INSPECTION OF RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a visual inspection system and method for the maintenance of infrastructures, in particular railway infrastructures. It is a system able to operate in real time, wholly automatically, for the automatic detection of the presence/absence of characterizing members of the infrastructure itself, for example the coupling locks fastening the rails to the sleepers. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170710 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A USER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for supporting a user of a motor vehicle by means of a portable communication device ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130177212 | BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER SYSTEM USING A NON-LINEAR PROBABILITY FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A classification system and method are provided, wherein the classification system includes a memory device, a processor communicatively connected to the memory device, and an input communicatively connected to the processor, wherein the input is configured to receive data comprising at least one object that is to be classified as one of an object of interest (OOI) and a nuisance of interest (NOI) based upon at least one non-Boolean attribute of the object, wherein the processor is configured as a Bayesian classifier to classify the object based upon the non-Boolean attribute using a non-linear probability function. | 07-11-2013 |
20130182908 | VEHICLE TYPE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - There is provided a vehicle type identification device including a detection section detecting, based on a vehicle region extracted from a captured image, on an imaging plane, a ground point, a first endpoint, a minimum ground clearance point, a second endpoint, and an upper endpoint of a vehicle, a vehicle width estimation section estimating a vehicle width in a real space based on the ground point, the first endpoint, and the minimum ground clearance point, a vehicle length estimation section estimating a vehicle length in the real space based on the ground point, the first endpoint, and the second endpoint, a vehicle height estimation section estimating a vehicle height in the real space based on the ground point, the first endpoint, and the upper endpoint, and a vehicle type identification section identifying a type of the vehicle based on the vehicle width, the vehicle length, and the vehicle height. | 07-18-2013 |
20130188838 | ATTENTION DETECTION METHOD BASED ON DRIVER'S REFLEX ACTIONS - An attention detection method based on a driver's reflex actions is provided to monitor a driver's instantaneous reflex actions and thereby determine the driver's degree of attention. Basically, the attention detection apparatus provides a stimulus to the driver and then determines how the driver responds to the stimulus. The attention detection apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the driver, a processing unit for performing digital image processing on the image, a safety testing unit for issuing a safety test instruction, and a safety determination unit for performing value comparison and determination according to the characteristics of the image. If the image fails to meet the requirement of the safety test instruction, an alarm signal will be sent out to alert the driver. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188839 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WHEEL AND BODY MOTIONS OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining wheel and body motions of a vehicle having a body and at least one wheel includes inducing a motion of the vehicle, recording an image sequence of the moving vehicle, determining the optical flow from the recorded image sequence, and determining the position of at least one wheel center, the motion of the body and/or a damping ratio of the vehicle from the optical flow. | 07-25-2013 |
20130202155 | LOW-COST LANE MARKER DETECTION - A method for detecting a lane marker, the method including (i) receiving, from an image acquisition device, a first image comprising the road lane marker, (ii) scanning, into a memory, a first substantially horizontal line across the first image, (iii) computing, using a processor, an intensity gradient from the first scanned line, and (iv) determining a first position of the road lane marker by analyzing the intensity gradient. | 08-08-2013 |
20130202156 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND DEFINING BASIC PATTERNS FORMING THE TREAD PATTERN OF A TYRE - A method for inspecting tyre tread, having circumferentially juxtaposed elements separated by identically shaped boundaries and having patterns arranged in a predetermined sequence, includes: acquiring an image of a surface of the tyre tread, the image including pixels associated with a light-intensity level; transforming the image by circumferentially offsetting pixels located axially at a same distance (x | 08-08-2013 |
20130223689 | EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - Provided is an exterior environment recognition device including: a parallax deriving unit for obtaining parallax by means of the pattern matching; a position information deriving unit for deriving a relative distance from the parallax; a grouping unit for grouping a block of which difference of the relative distance is included within a predetermined range, and specifying specified objects; a specified object selection unit for selecting a specified object; an offset amount deriving unit for, when the relative distance of the selected specified object becomes less than a threshold value determined in advance, deriving an amount of offset in accordance with the relative distance; and an offset execution unit for offsetting the image by the amount of offset. When the amount of offset is not zero, the position information deriving unit limits deriving of the relative distance in an image other than an image range corresponding to the selected specified object. | 08-29-2013 |
20130230212 | AUTOMATED TRACK SURVEYING AND DITCHING - A method of surveying a section of a railway to determine amounts of soil to be excavated or added at selected position coordinates of track locations includes moving a survey vehicle along the railway, optically scanning the track structure at selected intervals to obtain optical data points with position coordinates, recording images at the intervals with position coordinates, recording position coordinates of drainage points, processing the optical data points to derive ditch overlays formed by ditch profiles associated with locations along the track and ditch templates, detecting anomalous soil unit weights associated with track locations, reviewing images associated with the locations of the anomalous units, adjusting the ditch overlays as necessary, and loading the adjusted data into a computer of an excavator device for display to guide an excavator operator in reshaping the ditches along the track according to the detected position of the excavator device. | 09-05-2013 |
20130251208 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BRIGHTNESS VALUES IN SENSOR IMAGES OF IMAGE-EVALUATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO DAY/NIGHT DISTINCTION - The invention proposes a method and an arrangement for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating environment recognition system on a carrier, in which, in order to distinguish the light conditions in the area of the image-evaluating environment recognition system with regard to day or night, at least the gain and/or the exposure time of the at least one image sensor detecting the environment is/are monitored, a profile of the gain and/or the exposure time against time with relatively high gain or relatively long exposure times characterizing night-time light conditions, and a profile of the gain and/or the exposure time with relatively low gain and/or relatively short exposure times characterizing daytime light conditions. The environment recognition system according to the invention can also be used to search the detected environment for bright objects, the headlights of another carrier being used as additional information, for example. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259313 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF AUCTION ITEM INFORMATION - Apparatus and methods for efficient delivery of a plurality of information regarding items for auction. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a server entity adapted to communicate with a plurality of information sources (such as sources having vehicle history information, estimated valuation information, etc.) The server entity compiles information received from the plurality of sources and formats the information for efficient delivery to a client device via e.g., SMS based text messaging, internet-based instant messaging, or the like. In another salient aspect of the invention, a client enters an auction identification number (AID) rather than a longer alpha-numeric VIN or other identification number. The server entity may also calculate and communicate estimates and/or alerts/reminders of when bidding will begin for particular items for auction which the client has expressed interest in. Exemplary client interface and business methods are also given. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266185 | VIDEO-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING EXCLUSION ZONE INFRACTIONS - A method for determining a parking violation includes receiving video data as a sequence of frames provided by a camera. The method includes defining a location of an exclusion zone in the video data. The method includes detecting a vehicle located in the defined exclusion zone. The detecting includes determining a background in an initial frame of the video data and determining a background in a select frame by applying a predetermined updating process. The detecting includes subtracting the background of the select frame from the initial frame to obtain an image difference. The detecting includes classifying the pixels in the image difference as foreground or background pixels and classifying the pixels in the foreground image as vehicle or non-vehicle pixels. The method includes determining a duration that the detected vehicle is in the exclusion zone based on a number of the sequence of frames including the detected vehicle. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266186 | TOP-DOWN VIEW CLASSIFICATION IN CLEAR PATH DETECTION - A method of detecting a clear path in a road of travel for a vehicle utilizing a top-down view classification technique. An input image of a scene exterior of the vehicle is captured. The captured input image represents a perspective view of the road of travel. The captured input image is analyzed. A segmented top-down image that includes potential clear path regions and potential non-clear path regions are generated. The segmented top-down image represents a viewing angle perpendicular to a ground plane. The segmented regions of the segmented top-down view are input to a classifier for identifying the clear path regions of travel. The identified clear path regions are utilized for navigating the road of travel. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266187 | VIDEO-BASED METHOD FOR PARKING ANGLE VIOLATION DETECTION - A method and a system for determining a parking angle violation includes receiving video data from a sequence of frames taken from an image capture device monitoring a parking area. The method further includes determining a first line in a current frame where the line represents a nominal orientation of the parking area. The method includes detecting a presence of a vehicle in the parking area. The method includes determining a second line in the frame where the line represents the orientation of the detected vehicle. The method further includes computing an angle between the first and second lines. The method includes determining whether the detected vehicle is violating a parking regulation based on the computed angle. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266188 | VIDEO-BASED METHOD FOR DETECTING PARKING BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS - A method and a system for determining a parking boundary violation includes receiving video data from a sequence of frames taken from an image capture device monitoring a parking area including at least a single parking space. A boundary is determined for defining at least one parking space in the parking area. A vehicle is detected in the parking area. A determination is made whether the detected vehicle is violating a parking regulation based on a position and size of the vehicle within the boundary. | 10-10-2013 |
20130266189 | METHOD FOR THE PRE-PROCESSING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF THE SURFACE OF A TYRE USING SUCCESSIVE B-SPLINE DEFORMATIONS - A method for inspecting a tyre surface involves comparison with an image of a three-dimensional (“3D”) reference surface. The method includes: extracting contours of graphic elements of an image of a 3D profile of a tyre surface to be inspected; locating characteristic points on the image of the tyre surface, and pairing the characteristic points with corresponding reference characteristic points on the image of the reference surface; associating a first reset B-spline surface with the reference surface by associating the reference characteristic points of the image of the reference surface with control points of the first reset B-spline surface; and deforming the reference surface by moving the control points of the first reset B-spline surface so as to superpose the control points on the characteristic points of the tyre surface, in accordance with the reference characteristic points of the reference surface paired with the characteristic points of the tyre surface. | 10-10-2013 |
20130287261 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC FLOW - A system for managing traffic flow is used in an electronic device in communication with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and traffic signals. The UAV captures a real-time image of each road, and detects position and direction of the real-time image when the UAV captures the real-time image. The UAV transmits the real-time image of each road, the position, and the direction to the electronic device. The system analyzes the real-time image to gather a number of the vehicles and a number of people in the real-time image. The electronic device marks the number of the vehicles and the number of people on the position of an electronic map corresponding to the position and the direction of the real-time image, and dynamically manages statuses of traffic signals according to the number of the vehicles and the number of people marked on the electronic map. | 10-31-2013 |
20130315446 | PROJECTING LOCATION BASED ELEMENTS OVER A HEADS UP DISPLAY - A method including the following steps is provided: generating a three dimensional (3D) model of a scene within a specified radius from a vehicle, based on a source of digital mapping of the scene; associating a position of at least one selected LAE contained within the scene, with a respective position in the 3D model; superimposing the projecting onto a specified position on a transparent screen facing a viewer and associated with the vehicle, at least one graphic indicator associated with the at least one LAE, wherein the specified position is calculated based on: the respective position of the LAE in the 3D model, the screen's geometrical and optical properties, the viewer's viewing angle, the viewer's distance from the screen, the vehicle's position and angle within the scene, such that the viewer, the graphic indicator, and the LAE are substantially on a common line. | 11-28-2013 |
20130329960 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BODY PARAMETER OF A PERSON - A method is described for determining a body parameter of a person outside a vehicle. The method may include capturing a first set of data of the person by a first data capturing device of the vehicle, the captured first set of data representative of a first body posture of the person, capturing a second set of data of the person by a second data capturing device of the vehicle, the captured second set of data representative of a second body posture of the person different from the first body posture, and using the first and second sets of data as input for estimation of the body parameter of the person. Use of a data capturing device of a vehicle is also described, and optionally a distance measurement system of the vehicle, for determining a body parameter of a person according to the method. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336537 | System and Method for Guiding a Mobile Device - A method, apparatus and system for guiding a number of mobile devices. An image of a portion of an environment around a mobile device in the number of mobile devices is received from a sensor system associated with the mobile device. A set of pixels in the image that meets a standard is identified. A centroid for the set of pixels that meets the standard is identified. A number of commands for guiding the mobile device within the environment is generated based on the centroid. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336538 | Occupancy detection for managed lane enforcement based on localization and classification of windshield images - A system for detecting a vehicle occupancy violation includes an image capture module that acquires an image including a vehicle cabin from a camera positioned to view oncoming traffic. The system includes a violation determination device, which includes a feature extraction module that processes the image pixels for determining an image descriptor. The process is selected from a group consisting of a Successive Mean Quantization Transform; a Scale-Invariant Feature Transform; a Histogram of Gradients; a Bag-of-Visual-Words Representation; a Fisher Vector Representation; and, a combination of the above. The system further includes a classifier that determines a distance that the vehicle image descriptor/representation is positioned in the projected feature space relative to a hyper-plane. The classifier determines whether the distance meets a threshold and classifies the image when the threshold is met. A processor implements the modules. A graphic user interface outputs the classification. | 12-19-2013 |
20140003670 | VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140003671 | OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140010411 | AUTOMATIC AIRVIEW CORRECTION METHOD - An automatic airview correction method comprises steps: moving a vehicle to an airview alignment pattern; capturing a plurality of airview alignment images of the surroundings of the vehicle; correcting distortion of the airview alignment images to obtain a plurality of corrected images; performing alignment compensation on the corrected images; searching for corner points of the corrected images and converting view point s to obtain a plurality of view angle-converted images; and searching for corner points of the view angle-converted images, and seaming the view angle-converted images to form a panoramic airview and obtain parameters corresponding to the panoramic airview. The present invention can automatically align images and can also automatically detect corner points to seam the images of the surroundings of a vehicle, whereby to form a panoramic airview. | 01-09-2014 |
20140016826 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAPPING AND DETECTION - A system and method provides maps identifying the 3D location of traffic lights. The position, location, and orientation of a traffic light may be automatically extrapolated from two or more images. The maps may then be used to assist robotic vehicles or human drivers to identify the location and status of a traffic signal. | 01-16-2014 |
20140023238 | VEHICLE WHEEL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY - A hybrid wheel alignment system and methodology use passive targets for a first pair of wheels (e.g. front wheels) and active sensing heads for another pair of wheels (e.g. rear wheels). The active sensing heads combine image sensors for capturing images of the targets with at least one spatial relationship sensor for sensing a relationship between the active sensing heads. One or both of the active sensing heads may include inclinometers or the like, for sensing one or more tilt angles of the respective sensing head. Data from the active sensing heads may be sent to a host computer for processing to derive one or more vehicle measurements, for example, for measurement of parameters useful in wheel alignment applications. | 01-23-2014 |
20140023239 | WIPER CONTROL APPARATUS - A wiper control apparatus is provided which detects a visibility state of a window of a moving body and controls a wiper to a target visibility state with less erroneous operation and in a short time. The wiper control apparatus provided in a vehicle and for controlling the wiper operating on the window of the vehicle includes a wiper position detection unit to detect a position of the wiper on the window of the vehicle, a recognition rate calculation unit to calculate a recognition rate of an image taken by an imaging device when the position of the wiper detected by the wiper position detection unit is a previously determined position, a target recognition rate setting unit to set a target recognition rate from the calculated recognition rate, a comparison unit to compare the recognition rate with the target recognition rate and to output a comparison result, and a wiper operation speed determination unit to determine an operation speed of the wiper based on the comparison result. | 01-23-2014 |
20140029802 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN FORMING AN IMAGE - A method for use in forming an image of an object comprises setting a value of an attribute of an image of an object according to a measured reflectance of the object. The image of the object thus formed may be realistic and may closely resemble the actual real-world appearance of the object. Such a method may, in particular, though not exclusively, be useful for providing a realistic image of a road surface and any road markings thereon to assist with navigation. Setting a value of an attribute of the image of the object may comprise generating an initial image of the object and adjusting a value of an attribute of the initial image of the object according to the measured reflectance of the object to form an enhanced image of the object. A method for use in navigation comprises providing a navigation system with data associated with an image formed using such a method. An image formed using such a method and a map database containing such an image are also disclosed. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029803 | Knee Airbag Module - A driver assistance system ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140037145 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING AN OBJECT IN A VISUAL SCENE - A profile of an object is extracted from an image of a visual scene and a center of the profile is then determined. A measurement vector is determined comprising a plurality of distances to the profile from the center, at a plurality of angles relative to and through the center. The measurement vector is filtered with a central moving average filter, and then compared with at least one stored vector representative of at least one type of reference object, wherein the central moving average filter is responsive to the type of the at least one type of reference object, responsive to which a determination is made as to whether or not the object corresponds to at least one reference object, so as to provide for identifying the object in the visual scene. | 02-06-2014 |
20140044312 | Method and apparatus for recognizing an intensity of an aerosol in a field of vision of a camera on a vehicle - A method for recognizing an intensity of an aerosol in a field of view of a camera of a vehicle includes: reading in image information of an image of the camera, providing a color indicator value for at least one subsection of the image, the color indicator value representing a relation between (i) a first parameter representing a value obtained with application of a first color filter to the image information in the subsection, and (ii) a second parameter representing a value obtained without application of a color filter, or with application of a second color filter differing from the first color filter, and providing a gradient indicator value representing a brightness difference of a different image region of the image, an aerosol intensity value being determined using the color indicator and the gradient indicator values. | 02-13-2014 |
20140050362 | ROUTE CHANGE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING IMAGE RECOGNITION INFORMATION - Provided is a route change determination system and method using image recognition information, which is capable of extracting position information having high precision similar to that of a high-precision DGPS device, while using a low-precision GPS device, in order to determine a change of a traveling route. | 02-20-2014 |
20140056479 | DETERMINATION OF TRAIN PRESENCE AND MOTION STATE IN RAILWAY ENVIRONMENTS - Foreground feature data and motion feature data is determined for frames of video data acquired from a train track area region of interest. The frames are labeled as “train present” if the determined foreground feature data value meets a threshold value, else as “train absent; and as “motion present” if the motion feature data meets a motion threshold, else as “static.” The labels are used to classify segments of the video data comprising groups of consecutive video frames, namely as within a “no train present” segment for groups with “train absent” and “static” labels; within a “train present and in transition” segment for groups “train present” and “motion present” labels; and within a “train present and stopped” segment for groups with “train present” and “static” labels. The presence or motion state of a train at a time of inquiry is thereby determined from the respective segment classification. | 02-27-2014 |
20140093131 | VISIBILITY IMPROVEMENT IN BAD WEATHER USING ENCHANCED REALITY - Methods and systems for improving driver visibility during bad weather and/or poor lighting for objects such as road signs, road lines, road markings, etc. The disclosed approach can enhance the captured images by exploiting priori knowledge about the scene and the objects that are stored in a database. In general, the orientation and location of a vehicle can be determined, and data can be retrieved which is indicative of stationary objects that are anticipated to be detectable at a current orientation and location of the vehicle. A captured scene is compared to data retrieved from the database using the information regarding the orientation and the location of the vehicle such that a matching scene indicates where objects are expected to appear in the captured scene and improve driver visibility with respect to the vehicle during poor driving conditions. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093132 | Collison Warning System - A method of estimating a time to collision (TTC) of a vehicle with an object comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of the object; and determining a TTC from the images that is responsive to a relative velocity and relative acceleration between the vehicle and the object. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093133 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS - Various techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using small form factor infrared imaging modules to monitor occupants in an interior compartment of a vehicle. For example, a vehicle-mounted system may include one or more infrared imaging modules, a processor, a memory, alarm sirens, and a communication module. The vehicle-mounted system may be mounted on, installed in, or otherwise integrated into a vehicle that has an interior compartment. The infrared imaging modules may be configured to capture thermal images of desired portions of the interior compartments. Various thermal image processing and analytics may be performed on the captured thermal images to determine the presence and various attributes of one or more occupants. Based on the determination of the presence and various attributes, occupant detection information and/or control signals may be generated. Occupant detection information may be used to perform various monitoring operations, and control signals may adjust various vehicle components. | 04-03-2014 |
20140098998 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE IN RESPONSE TO AN IMAGE - For controlling operation of a vehicle, at least one camera captures an image of a screen on which a user places an object having features distinguishing the user. A controller detects the features in the image and analyzes the features to distinguish the user. In response to distinguishing the user, the controller outputs signals for controlling operation of the vehicle. A projector receives information from the controller and projects the information onto the screen, so that the information is displayed on the screen for viewing by the user. | 04-10-2014 |
20140105464 | PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS AND PARKING ASSIST METHOD AND PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a parking assist apparatus, a parking assist method capable of more accurately recognizing a parking space and identifying and recognizing obstacles using a three-dimensional flash Lidar and a parking assist system using the same. The parking assist apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an information unit acquiring information collected by using a three-dimensional flash Lidar; and a determination unit determining at least any one of a parking space and presence and absence of obstacles using the information acquired by the information unit. | 04-17-2014 |
20140112542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING PARKING SPACE LINE MARKINGS FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a method for recognizing a parking space line marking for a vehicle, including: detecting, by a processor, a plurality of parking spaces from a portion of a parking space line marking in an image; calculating, by the processor, an overlap coefficient representing a degree of overlapping between the detected parking spaces; selecting, by the processor, a parking space having a largest brightness coefficient as a final parking space by determining overlap when the overlap coefficient has a predetermined magnitude and comparing the brightness degrees of the overlapped parking spaces. | 04-24-2014 |
20140112543 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device, includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, configured to: extract an edge where positions overlap with each other, by comparing a first edge image extracted from an image captured for a first time and a second edge image extracted from an image captured for a second time after the first time, the image for the first time and the image for the second first time being captured from a movable body, remove the extracted edge from at least one of the first edge image and the second edge image, perform matching processing on the first and second edge images in both or one of which the extracted edge has been removed, and estimate a movement amount of the movable body, by using a displacement amount between the first edge image and the second edge image which are subjected to the matching processing. | 04-24-2014 |
20140126778 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VEHICULAR IMAGE - An image processing method for generating a vehicular image includes the following steps: providing a first image, wherein the first image has a first specific region, and pixel data of each pixel in the first specific region is converted to a predetermined value; providing a second image, and overlapping the first image and the second image to form an overlapping region; comparing the predetermined value with pixel data of each pixel in the first image overlapped on the second image to generate a comparison result; and determining whether pixel data of each pixel in the overlapping region is pixel data of the first image or pixel data of the second image according to the comparison result, and accordingly generating the vehicular image. | 05-08-2014 |
20140133706 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON AN IMAGE - A machine may be configured as a vehicle identification machine to identify a model of a vehicle based on an image that depicts a dashboard of the vehicle. As configured, the machine may receive an image of the dashboard, where the image depicts a layout of instrumentation within the dashboard. The machine may identify the layout of instrumentation by processing the image. For example, the machine may process the image by determining a position of an instrument within the layout of instrumentation, determining an outline of instrument, or both. The machine may access a data record that correlates a model of the vehicle with the identified layout of instrumentation and, based on the data record, identify the model of the vehicle. The machine may then provide a notification that references the vehicle, references the identified model of the vehicle, or references both. | 05-15-2014 |
20140147008 | VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD - A vehicle detection apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a controller detecting a vehicle from an image obtained by photographing the vehicle. The controller extracts a plurality of line-segment components indicating a boundary between a specific region of the vehicle and a vehicle body and included in the image. The controller measures a position of the vehicle based on coordinate information between the extracted line-segment components and photographing position information of the image. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153782 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A WINDING ROAD - An imaging system and method are provided where the imaging system is configured to image a scene external and forward of a controlled vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images. A processor is communicatively connected to the image sensor and is configured to receive and analyze the image data. The processor is further configured to detect whether a road on which the controlled vehicle is traveling is a winding road and generate a signal in response to detection of a winding road. | 06-05-2014 |
20140177924 | FAULTY CART WHEEL DETECTION - A system and method of identifying carts exhibiting tendencies that are indicative of damaged or defective wheels. A shopping cart may be identified and tracked visually through one or more surveillance cameras. By comparing the cart's tracked movement to known symptomatic movement patterns, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. Alternatively, by analyzing movement and positioning of a cart's swiveling wheels, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. Alternatively, by identifying if a customer has abandoned a cart, the system may identify defective or damaged carts. A notification message may be transmitted to an associate to repair or replace the identified problematic cart. The notification may be displayed on a mobile computing device, a workstation, or other like systems. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185880 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAPPING AND DETECTION - A system and method provides maps identifying the 3D location of traffic lights. The position, location, and orientation of a traffic light may be automatically extrapolated from two or more images. The maps may then be used to assist robotic vehicles or human drivers to identify the location and status of a traffic signal. | 07-03-2014 |
20140219506 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR TRANSMITTING DATA ON A CURRENT VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT TO AN HEADLIGHT CONTROL UNIT OF A VEHICLE - A method for transmitting data on a current vehicle environment to a headlight control unit of a vehicle. In this context, the data were taken using a camera, a plausibility check being able to take place via an additional sensor system. The method includes a step of reading in object data concerning at least two objects; the object data representing information on objects, which have been classified in an image taken by the camera as an object. Furthermore, the method includes a step for forming object group data from the read-in object data of the at least two objects, the forming taking place while using at least two different parameters, which were provided from image data of the image taken by the camera. Finally, the method includes a step of transmitting the object group data as data on a current vehicle environment to the headlight control unit. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219507 | MACHINE VISION BASED OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - Machine vision based obstacle avoidance system is provided. The system utilizes a CCD camera to capture an image. A normalized image and dynamic masking is used in object detection. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219508 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BOOT LID OF A VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED VEHICLE - A method for controlling a vehicle lid of a vehicle includes the following steps: A user is identified in the vicinity of the lid; at least one image of the user is captured by a camera; the captured image is evaluated as to whether the lid needs to be opened; and if necessary, opening the lid. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219509 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE CHARACTERISTIC ANGLES AND DIMENSIONS OF WHEELS, STEERING SYSTEM AND CHASSIS OF VEHICLES IN GENERAL - A device for measuring the characteristic angles and dimensions of wheels, steering system and chassis of vehicles in general, comprising a plurality of three-dimensional optical readers which are functionally connected to a computer and can be arranged peripherally to a vehicle whose dimensions and characteristic angles of wheels, steering system and chassis are to be measured in such a manner that each one frames at least one wheel of the vehicle for the three-dimensional acquisition of an image of the wheel, each three-dimensional optical reader being provided with at least one fixed target for the setting and calibration of the measurement device, at least one camera of each three-dimensional optical reader being arranged in such a manner as to frame clearly and directly at least one fixed target of another three-dimensional optical reader for the setting and calibration of the measurement device by three-dimensional acquisitions of the fixed targets. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219510 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A vehicle ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140233805 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR RECOGNIZING A WEATHER CONDITION IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A method for recognizing a weather condition in the surroundings of a vehicle. The method includes a step of ascertaining at least one imaging feature in image information. The image information represents a depiction of at least a portion of the surroundings, and the imaging feature represents a light effect on a reflective or luminescent object in the portion of the surroundings. In addition, the method includes a step of determining weather information for characterizing the weather condition based on a comparison between the imaging feature and at least one expected value. | 08-21-2014 |
20140241584 | Method and Apparatus for Estimating the Distance from Trailer Axle to Tongue - A system includes a processor configured to receive a trailer image. The processor is also configured to identify an axle in the trailer image and identify a tongue-end in the trailer image. Further, the processor is configured to receive a tire image, including a wheel diameter provided on a tire. The processor is additionally configured to retrieve the wheel diameter from the tire image. The processor is also configured to identify a wheel, having an indentified diameter corresponding to the wheel diameter, in the first image. Additionally, the processor is configured to calculate a distance from the axle to the tongue-end using the identified diameter. | 08-28-2014 |
20140241585 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM AN OBJECT ATTACHED TO A VEHICLE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for obtaining information from objects attached to a vehicle. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for receiving one or more camera images from a front-facing camera attached to a vehicle; locating, from the one or more camera images, one or more region of interest (ROI) images; processing the one or more ROI images; outputting the one or more processed ROI images to a display within the vehicle; receiving radio frequency identification (RFID) information from a RFID reader attached to a front portion of the vehicle; and outputting one or more commands based at least in part on one or more of the RFID information or the processing of the one or more ROI images. | 08-28-2014 |
20140247968 | Method for Fog Detection - A method for detecting fog by use of a camera image or a video image includes the taking of a two-dimensional image with at least one color channel or several color channels as a function of two independent location coordinates. The method determines a two-dimensional gray-scale function for the at least one color channel or for each of the several color channels, which defines the value of the gray scale as a function of the two independent location coordinates of the two-dimensional image. Then, the method performs a two-dimensional Fourier transformation of the two-dimensional gray-scale function depending on two independent frequency coordinates. | 09-04-2014 |
20140270379 | AUTOMATED CAMERA WASH FOR VEHICLES - A system to remove debris from a vehicle camera lens using washer fluid from the vehicle's washer system is disclosed. The system analyzes a captured image and determines if the image is obstructed by debris. If the image is determined to be obstructed, the system automatically sprays the camera lens with fluid to remove the debris. The system includes a method of determining obstruction by comparing an image with a reference image. The system includes a method of determining obstruction by analyzing relative movement within a reference area of the image. The system also prevents the draining of the washer fluid due to a false obstruction reading or debris that does not come off after a few sprayings. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT NAVIGATION AND WORKING EDGE POSITIONING USING AN IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE THAT PROVIDES DISTANCE INFORMATION - A system and method for automatically controlling working edges on a heavy equipment vehicle is provided. A GNSS/INS system determines a location of the vehicle. A vision system calculates a location of the working edge in a vision system coordinate system by obtaining images of a target connected to the working edge using a camera with a fixed field view that obtains distance information for each pixel in the fixed field of view. The location is then transformed to the navigation system coordinate system. The transformed location information is used by a working edge control system to control the placement of the working edge. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270381 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED IN-FIELD HIERARCHICAL TRAINING OF A VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods and systems for detecting one or more vehicles in video captured from a deployed video camera directed at a parking region. According to one exemplary embodiment, disclosed is a method of training a deployed classifier associated with the video camera, where a generic classifier is initially used to obtain high confidence training samples from the video camera, the high confidence training samples subsequently used to train the deployed classifier. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270382 | System and Method for Identifying Handwriting Gestures In An In-Vehicle Information System - An in-vehicle information system includes a camera and a controller that accept gesture input. A controller receives frames of video data and generates trajectory data for a movement of a hand in the video data. The controller uses a first hidden Markov model (HMM) to decode a sequence of strokes from the trajectory data, removes a starting and ending stroke to form an edited stroke sequence, and re-normalizes the strokes in the edited stroke sequence. The controller uses a second HMM corresponding to a predetermined set of characters to identify a character corresponding to the re-normalized edited stroke sequence. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270383 | Intelligent Observation And Identification Database System - An intelligent video/audio observation and identification database system may define a security zone or group of zones. The system may identify vehicles and individuals entering or exiting the zone through image recognition of the vehicle or individual as compared to prerecorded information stored in a database. The system may alert security personnel as to warrants or other information discovered pertaining to the recognized vehicle or individual resulting from a database search. The system may compare images of a suspect vehicle, such as an undercarriage image, to standard vehicle images stored in the database and alert security personnel as to potential vehicle overloading or foreign objects detected, such as potential bombs. The system may further learn the standard times and locations of vehicles or individuals tracked by the system and alert security personnel upon deviation from standard activity. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270384 | METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE OF VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS - Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods of capturing Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) from images captured by a mobile device. Capturing VIN data can be useful in several applications, for example, insurance data capture applications. There are at least two types of images supported by this technology: (1) images of documents and (2) images of non-documents. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270385 | METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE OF VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS IN A NON-DOCUMENT - Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods of capturing Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) from images captured by a mobile device. Capturing VIN data can be useful in several applications, for example, insurance data capture applications. There are at least two types of images supported by this technology: (1) images of documents and (2) images of non-documents. | 09-18-2014 |
20140294240 | DRIVER RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RECOGNITION METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A driver recognition system for a vehicle includes a camera taking an image of a driver's foot, and a central processing unit receiving image information from the camera, analyzing the image information, and delivering a signal in accordance with an analyzed result. A control unit is installed to receive the signal delivered from the central processing unit and output a control command so as to set a driving environment and a driving mode in accordance with the received signal. A control execution unit operates in accordance with the command received from the control unit, and an operator set in accordance with the operation of the control execution unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294241 | VEHICLE HAVING GESTURE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle having a gesture detection system and a gesture detection method of a vehicle are provided. The system includes an ignition key that has a first light source disposed on a first side of the ignition key and an imaging device that is disposed at one side of a vehicle body to detect the image of the first light source. An image processor is configured to processes the image detected by the imaging device to detect a movement trace of the first light source and a controller configured to execute a function based on the shape or characteristics of the movement trace detected by the image processor. Accordingly, the function of a vehicle is controlled by operating an ignition key through a first light source or source second light source disposed on the ignition key. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294242 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON AN IMAGE - A machine may be configured as a vehicle identification machine to identify a model of a vehicle based on an image that depicts a dashboard of the vehicle. As configured, the machine may receive an image of the dashboard, where the image depicts a layout of instrumentation within the dashboard. The machine may identify the layout of instrumentation by processing the image. For example, the machine may process the image by determining a position of an instrument within the layout of instrumentation, determining an outline of instrument, or both. The machine may access a data record that correlates a model of the vehicle with the identified layout of instrumentation and, based on the data record, identify the model of the vehicle. The machine may then provide a notification that references the vehicle, references the identified model of the vehicle, or references both. | 10-02-2014 |
20140307922 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING SITUATION BASED ON IMAGE USING TEMPLATE - The present invention relates to a method and device for recognizing a situation based on an image using a template. The present invention provides the device for recognizing a situation based on an image. The device includes a camera unit capturing an image which is divided into a plurality of regions and having a template for each of the regions, the template defining characteristics of each of the regions, and a control unit detecting an object in the image and determining the situation surrounding the object according to the template mapped to the region to which the detected object belongs. In addition, the present invention provides the method of operating the device for recognizing a situation. | 10-16-2014 |
20140314279 | 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 vanishing point for each of a plurality of sample images. Features within each of the plurality of sample images are identified, the current image generated by the camera is monitored, and features within the current image are identified. The current image is matched 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. A vanishing point for the current image is determined based upon the matching and the exemplary vanishing point for each of the matched sample images. The vanishing point for the current image is utilized to define a clear path of travel, and the clear path of travel is utilized to navigate the vehicle. | 10-23-2014 |
20140321711 | VEHICLE ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD - An example vehicle assistance method includes obtaining a surroundings image captured by a camera. The method then creates a 3D surroundings model according to the surroundings image and the distances between each object recorded in the obtained surroundings image and the camera. Next, the method determines whether or not one or more second vehicles or passers-by appear in the created 3D surroundings model. If yes, the method then determines the shortest distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle or passer-by, and determines whether or not the shortest distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle or passer-by appearing in the created 3D surroundings model is less than a safe distance. If yes, the method drives a driving device to turn on a pair of lights. | 10-30-2014 |
20140341434 | DYMANIC FUSION METHOD AND DEVICE OF IMAGES - A dynamic fusion method of images includes: receiving broadcast information from surrounding vehicles of a host vehicle; determining whether at least one of the surrounding vehicles travels in the same lane as the host vehicle to become a neighboring vehicle of the host vehicle according to the broadcast information; determining whether the neighboring vehicle is too close to the host vehicle and blocks the view of the host vehicle; and performing a transparentization or translucentization process on the neighboring vehicle in an image captured by the host vehicle when the neighboring vehicle blocks the view of the host vehicle. | 11-20-2014 |
20140341435 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTING APPARATUS FOR RAILROAD RAILS - A displacement detecting apparatus is provided with a self-position detector for detecting a position and an orientation of the apparatus relative to a preset reference position and a preset reference orientation. Displacement of a rail at an upper surface reference point and a side surface reference point relative to a preset reference position is calculated from imaged image data of the surfaces of the rail using an optical cutting method, and the calculated displacement of the rail is corrected using data obtained from the self-position detector, thereby compensating for errors caused by differences in position and orientation of the apparatus associated with a vehicle running motion. By doing so, the displacement detecting apparatus is superior in maintenance and unlikely to cause measurement errors. | 11-20-2014 |
20140348389 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES BASED ON A DETECTED GAZE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling devices based on a detected gaze. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for executing computer executable instructions by one or more processors for controlling one or more devices attached to a vehicle based at least in part on a detected direction of observation of an occupant of the vehicle, the method further includes receiving one or more images from at least one camera attached to the vehicle; locating, from the one or more images, one or more body features associated with the occupant; determining a direction of gaze from the one or more located body features; and controlling the one or more devices based at least in part on the direction of gaze. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TRAFFIC MONITORING VIDEO - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for detecting a traffic monitoring video. The method comprises: determining a background reference model; determining a target area image in the traffic monitoring video according to the background reference model; updating the background reference model by using the target area image; summating all target points in detection area of each frame of image in the traffic monitoring video according to the updated background reference model to obtain a total area of all the target points; segmenting the frame with the biggest total area to obtain a target area at the best position; and extracting vehicle information from the target area at the best position. By using the present invention, the accuracy of a detection result in a complex environment may be improved. | 11-27-2014 |
20140376777 | Method Of Locating A Sensor And Related Apparatus - A method of localising a vehicle hosting a sensor comprises capturing data from the sensor providing a sensed scene around the vehicle at a current time, processing the sensed scene to extract a set of features from the sensed scene and determine a position of the vehicle from the sensed scene in relation to a previous position of the sensor, comparing the extracted set of features to one or more stored experiences, wherein each stored experience comprises a plurality of sets of features, where each set of features has been determined from a previously sensed scene, to ascertain whether the sensed scene can be recognised within any of the stored experiences, and if the extracted set of features of the sensed scene are recognised then that stored experience is used to produce an estimate of the position of the vehicle at the current time with respect to the stored experience. | 12-25-2014 |
20150010212 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A VEHICLE IN A TRAFFIC LANE OF A ROAD AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ALIGNMENT AND RISK OF COLLISION BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES - A method of determining positioning of a subject automobile vehicle in a traffic corridor of a traffic lane, including: a) acquiring a number of traffic corridors of the traffic lane, b) acquiring an image of the traffic lane on which there appears at least one lateral part of the traffic lane, c) acquiring a datum relating to a direction of traffic flow of the subject automobile vehicle on the traffic lane, and d) deducing the positioning of the subject automobile vehicle in one of the traffic corridors of the traffic lane, as a function of the number of traffic corridors, the datum relating to the direction of traffic flow, and the image acquired. | 01-08-2015 |
20150030207 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE MIRROR ADJUSTMENT - Technologies are generally described for methods and systems effective to adjust a position of a mirror in a vehicle. In an example, a method for adjusting a position of a mirror in a vehicle may include a processor effective to receive an image of an operator of a vehicle. The processor may identify a reference point in the image and depth data. The processor may generate a mirror adjustment signal based on the depth data and the reference point. The processor may further send the mirror adjustment signal to the mirror to adjust a position of the mirror. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036885 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ONLINE CALIBRATION OF VEHICLE CAMERAS - A method for determining the orientation of a video camera attached to a vehicle relative to the vehicle coordinate system, comprising:
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20150043779 | VEHICLE PATH ASSESSMENT - A number of variations include a vehicle path assessment system. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043780 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING ELEMENTS IN RELIEF ON THE SURFACE OF A TYRE - A method of determining relief elements on a tyre surface includes capturing a three-dimensional image of the surface and assigning to each pixel (i, j) of the image a grey-level value proportional to a topographic elevation of a point corresponding to the pixel, so as to obtain a starting image (f). The method also includes transforming the starting image (f) by a first top-hat operation, with aid of a first structuring element, so as to obtain an image (f | 02-12-2015 |
20150043781 | OPENING/CLOSING BODY INSPECTION APPARATUS AND OPENING/CLOSING BODY INSPECTION METHOD - An opening/closing body inspection apparatus evaluates the closing performance of an opening/closing body open-and-closably attached to an opening/closing body support member. The apparatus includes a marker configured to be attached to the opening/closing body, a load-detecting device for detecting a load upon the opening/closing body attached to the marker, an image-capturing device for capturing an image of the movement path of the marker as the marker moves in tandem with the motion of the opening/closing body being closed by the load, an image-processing device for analyzing image data obtained by the image-capturing device, and a performance-assessing device for assessing the closing performance of the opening/closing body on the basis of the movement distance calculated by the image-processing device and the load detected by the load-detecting device. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043782 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETECTING AND DISPLAYING OBSTACLES AND DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE OBSTACLES - A method of detecting and displaying the obstacles and data related to obstacles on a digital display starts with a detection processing unit receiving a digital video input signal from a first camera and depth data from a second camera. Digital input video input signal may include images of an area surrounding the vehicle. Digital video input signal may be analyzed to determine whether an obstacle is present in the area. When an obstacle is detected, the depth data may be analyzed to obtain a distance associated with the obstacle. Digital video output may be generated that includes the digital video input signal and a display of the distance associated with the obstacle. The display of the distance may be overlaid on the display of the obstacle. Digital video output may then be transmitted to the display device to be displayed to the user. Other embodiments are also described. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049913 | ROAD SURFACE SLOPE-IDENTIFYING DEVICE, METHOD OF IDENTIFYING ROAD SURFACE SLOPE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE ROAD SURFACE SLOPE IDENTIFICATION - Disparity information is generated from a plurality of imaged images imaged by a plurality of imagers. Disparity histogram information that shows disparity value frequency distribution in each of line regions obtained by plurally-dividing the plurality of imaged images in a vertical direction is generated. A group of disparity values or disparity value range that is consistent with a feature in which a disparity value becomes smaller as it approaches an upper portion of the imaged image from a disparity value or a disparity value range having frequency that exceeds a predetermined specified value is selected. A slope condition of a road surface in front of a driver's vehicle with respect to a road surface portion on which the driver's vehicle travels is identified in accordance with the selected group of disparity values or disparity value range. | 02-19-2015 |
20150055831 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A LANE - An apparatus for recognizing a lane is provided. The apparatus performs a near-field white line recognition process and calculates road parameters (lane position, lane inclination, lane curvature and lane width) near the vehicle. The road parameters are calculated using the extended Kalman filter. In the calculation, the calculated lane curvature is used as a lane curvature to be included in predicted values. The apparatus outputs the calculated road parameters to a warning/vehicle-control apparatus. | 02-26-2015 |
20150063646 | ON-STREET PARKING MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE VIA A CAMERA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - Methods, systems and processor-readable media for identifying a vehicle for street parking management. An initial identification of one or more vehicles detected parked along a street can be generated based on one or more of a group of factors. The initial identification can be communicated to a user of the vehicle by transmitting an image indicative of the vehicle parked along the street (e.g., via a mobile communications device). An operation can then be implemented for requesting a confirmation or a non-confirmation as to whether the vehicle detected and displayed on the image is associated with the user. Upon confirmation, an operation can be implemented for identifying the at least one vehicle as the initial identification. Upon non-confirmation, an operation can be implemented to query to identify the vehicle associated with the user from among a group of vehicles displayed via the image. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063647 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBSTACLE - An apparatus and a method for detecting an obstacle are provided. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store program instructions and a processor that is configured to execute the program instructions. The program instructions when executed are configured to compensate a position of a second image based on a first image based on a moving distance of a vehicle between the first image and the second image captured at different times and respectively generate a difference image based on a difference between the first image and the second image and between the first image and the second image in which the position is compensated. In addition, binarization is performed of the difference image and a synthetic image is generated for the two difference images. Then, the obstacle is detected by selecting a pixel corresponding to an area where the bit value is detected from the synthetic image. | 03-05-2015 |
20150063648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING ROAD SHAPE - A method and an apparatus are provided to recognize a shape of a road on which a vehicle is traveling. Road edge shapes on a left side and a right side of the vehicle are recognized, from positions of roadside objects detected based on detection information from an on-board radar. Lane shapes that are shapes of lane boundary lines on the left side and the right side of the vehicle are recognized, from positions of lane boundary lines detected based on an image captured by an on-board camera. For each of the left side and the right side, such that the recognized road edge shape and the recognized lane shape are compared with each other, and the road shape is identified based on the comparison results. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071496 | method and control and recording device for the plausibility checking for the wrong-way travel of a motor vehicle - A method is described for the plausibility checking for wrong-way travel of a motor vehicle on a directional roadway of the road, at least one visual road feature being recorded and, with the aid of the visual road feature, it is determined whether the motor vehicle is located on a directional roadway. Furthermore, a control and recording device for the plausibility checking for wrong-way travel of a motor vehicle on a directional roadway of a road is provided, having a recording arrangement for recording at least one visual road feature and a determining arrangement for determining, with the aid of the visual road feature, whether the motor vehicle is located on a directional roadway. | 03-12-2015 |
20150078624 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A vehicle-in-question position detection unit ( | 03-19-2015 |
20150086077 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ALERTING A DRIVER THAT VISUAL PERCEPTION OF PEDESTRIAN MAY BE DIFFICULT - A pedestrian perception alert system configured to issue a warning during real-time when a driver's visual detection of a pedestrian is difficult, and a method thereof is provided. The system includes a video camera, an alert for issuing a warning, a processor, and a Pedestrian Detection Unit (“PDU”). The PDU analyzes the video camera image to detect a pedestrian. A Global Clutter Analysis Unit (“GCAU”) generates a global clutter score. A Local Pedestrian Clutter Analysis Unit (“LPCAU”) generates a local pedestrian clutter score. The processer processes the global clutter score and local pedestrian clutter score so as to generate a pedestrian detection score. The alert is actuated when the pedestrian detection score is outside of a predetermined threshold so as to notify the driver that perception of a pedestrian is difficult at that time. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086078 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EGO MOTION OF AN OBJECT - A method for estimating ego motion of an object moving on a surface, the method including generating at least two composite top view images of the surface on the basis of video frames provided by at least one onboard video camera of the object moving on the surface; performing a region matching between consecutive top view images to extract global motion parameters of the moving object; calculating the ego motion of the moving object from the extracted global motion parameters of the moving object. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086079 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND IMAGE SENSOR - A vehicle control system includes a light-receiving section which has a plurality of filters having different pass bands, and a plurality of light-receiving elements, each of which receives incident light via any one of the filters; an image data generation section which, when receiving general image data which is an output of the light-receiving section, extracts outputs of the light-receiving elements correlated to the filters to generate discrete image data, which is image data for each of the filters; an image data processing section which detects at least one object, based on the discrete image data generated by the image data generation section or composite image data generated by combining the discrete image data; and a vehicle control section which performs vehicle control, according to the object detected by the image data processing section. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086080 | ROAD VERTICAL CONTOUR DETECTION - A driver assistance/control system includes a camera operatively connectible to a processor mountable in a host vehicle. A vertical deviation in road contour is detected while the host vehicle is moving. First, second and third images of the road are captured from the camera. By matching image points of the road in the first image and corresponding image points of the road in the second image, a first homography is computed which transforms the first image of the road to the second image of the road. A second homography is computed which transforms the second image of the road to the third image of the road. A chained homography is computed by chaining the first and second homographies. By using the chained homography as an initial guess, a third homography is computed which transforms the first image of the road to the third image of the road. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086081 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON AN IMAGE - A machine may be configured as a vehicle identification machine to identify a model of a vehicle based on an image that depicts a dashboard of the vehicle. As configured, the machine may receive an image of the dashboard, where the image depicts a layout of instrumentation within the dashboard. The machine may identify the layout of instrumentation by processing the image. For example, the machine may process the image by determining a position of an instrument within the layout of instrumentation, determining an outline of instrument, or both. The machine may access a data record that correlates a model of the vehicle with the identified layout of instrumentation and, based on the data record, identify the model of the vehicle. The machine may then provide a notification that references the vehicle, references the identified model of the vehicle, or references both. | 03-26-2015 |
20150092988 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - An object detection system including multiple detecting means identifies other-vehicle information data acquired by using the multiple detecting means, determines whether or not the other-vehicle information data acquired by using the multiple detecting means | 04-02-2015 |
20150092989 | VEHICLE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle external environment recognition device includes a three-dimensional position deriving module that derives three-dimensional positions in real space of subject parts in images that are obtained by imaging a detection area, an object identifying module that groups the subject parts of which differences in the three-dimensional position are within a predetermined range to identify an object, an edge intensity deriving module that horizontally divides an area containing the object to set divided areas, and derives an edge average that is an average value of edge intensities based on a luminance value of each pixel within each of the divided areas; and a floating matter identifying module that compares the edge average with a predetermined threshold, and identifies the object to be likely floating matters when the edge average is less than the threshold. | 04-02-2015 |
20150092990 | FILTERING DEVICE - When a positional relationship between reference blocks differs from a positional relationship between comparison blocks, a filtering device replaces the corresponding comparison blocks to update positional relationship information (order of correlations and the positional relationship thereof) into a state where the information should be and, thus, appropriately derives a difference value of an object so that the positional relationship between the reference blocks become identical to the positional relationship between the comparison blocks. | 04-02-2015 |
20150098621 | VIDEO BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED SIDE-BY-SIDE TRAFFIC LOAD BALANCING - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for side-by-side traffic location load balancing are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more video images of a side-by-side traffic location, determines a number of cars in a first lane and a number of cars in a second lane of the side-by-side traffic location based upon the one or more video images, calculates a delta between the number of cars in the first lane and the number of cars in the second lane and recommends the first lane or the second lane based upon the delta and a respective weighting factor associated with the first lane and the second lane to provide a load balance of the cars at the side-by-side traffic location. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098622 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM OF AROUND VIEW MONITORING SYSTEM - An image processing method and system of an AVM system are provided. The method includes photographing, by a controller, an environment around a vehicle to generate a top view image and creating a difference count map by comparing two top view images photographed at time intervals. Partial regions in the created difference count map are extracted and an object recognizing image is generated by continuously connecting the extracted regions of the difference count map. Accurate positions and shapes of objects positioned around the vehicle may be recognized, and more accurate information regarding the objects around the vehicle may be provided to a driver. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098623 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus that, based on an image imaged by a camera installed on a car and distance to a measurement point on a peripheral object computed by a range sensor installed on the car, draws virtual three-dimensional space in which a surrounding environment around the car is reconstructed. The image processing apparatus includes: an outline computation unit configured to compute an outline of an intersection plane between a plurality of grid planes defined in a predetermined coordinate system and the peripheral object; and an image processing unit configured to draw the outline computed by the outline computation unit on a corresponding peripheral object arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space; and the plurality of grid planes are configured with planes which are perpendicular to an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis in the predetermined coordinate system, respectively. | 04-09-2015 |
20150098624 | PARKING SUPPORT APPARATUS - A parking support apparatus includes: a captured image acquisition unit acquiring a captured image from an image capturing unit which images surrounding scenery of a vehicle; a target destination section setting unit setting a target destination section which is located around the vehicle and at which the vehicle arrives, based on the image; a vertex coordinates calculation unit calculating coordinates of a vertex of the section; an intersection coordinates calculation unit calculating coordinates of the vehicle at an intersection between a parallel line parallel to the vehicle in a width direction and frame lines configuring the section in a top view when the vertex is closer to a center side of the vehicle than the parallel line; and a destination frame superposition unit superposing a destination frame onto the image by linearly connecting positions in the image corresponding to the vertex on a side separated farther from the vehicle than the parallel line among the vertexes, and the intersection. | 04-09-2015 |
20150104070 | DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING PARKING LOTS IN REMOTELY-SENSED IMAGES - Processing and analyzing at least one remotely-sensed image to automatically detect and identify parking lots within a region of the remotely-sensed image. This may include: (1) receiving a remotely-sensed image having zero or more parking lots; (2) identifying a set of pixels related to parking lot features within the remotely-sensed image; (3) identifying at least one parking row within the remotely-sensed image; and (3) identifying a parking lot based on the identified parking rows. Identifying at least one parking lot may further include using first, second, third, and fourth level modules, such as a concrete/asphalt detection module, a road marking detection module, a vehicle detection module, and a Hough aggregation for parking row detection module. | 04-16-2015 |
20150104071 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL PREDICTION - An aerial image relates to a geographic area. The aerial image is analyzed to identify at least one traffic signal in the geographic area. Based at least in part on analyzing the aerial image, a timing prediction is determined for the at least one traffic signal. | 04-16-2015 |
20150104072 | LANE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING PHOTOGRAPHING UNIT - A lane detection method includes acquiring an image in front of a vehicle using a photographing unit provided in the vehicle, detecting, from the acquired image, a positive edge (P.E.) in which a right pixel has a higher brightness value than a brightness value of a left pixel, detecting, from the acquired image, a negative edge (N.E.) in which a left pixel has a higher brightness value than a brightness value of a right pixel, generating a first expansion image by expanding a pixel by a length corresponding to a width of a lane on a right side of the positive edge (P.E.), generating a second expansion image by expanding the pixel by the length corresponding to the width of the lane on a left side of the negative edge (N.E.), and detecting the lane by combining the first expansion image and the second expansion image. In addition, a lane detection system includes a photographing unit that is provided in a vehicle to acquire an image in front of the vehicle, an edge detection unit that detects, from the image in front of the vehicle, a positive edge (P.E.) in which a right pixel has a higher brightness value than a brightness value of a left pixel and a negative edge (N.E.) in which a left pixel has a higher brightness value than a brightness value of a right pixel, an edge expansion unit that generates a first expansion image by expanding a pixel by a length corresponding to a width of a lane on a right side of the positive edge (P.E.) and generates a second expansion image by expanding the pixel by the length corresponding to the width of the lane on a left side of the negative edge (N.E.), and a lane detection unit that detects the lane by combining the first expansion image and the second expansion image. | 04-16-2015 |
20150110357 | DETECTING MULTI-OBJECT ANOMALIES UTILIZING A LOW RANK SPARSITY MODEL - Methods and systems for detecting anomalies in transportation related video footage. In an offline training phase, receiving video footage of a traffic location can be received. Also, in an offline training phase, event encodings can be extracted from the video footage and collected or compiled into a training dictionary. One or more input video sequences captured at the traffic location or a similar traffic location can be received in an online detection phase. Then, an event encoding corresponding to the input video sequence can be extracted. The event encoding can be reconstructed with a low rank sparsity prior model applied with respect to the training dictionary. The reconstruction error between actual and reconstructed event encodings can then be computed in order to determine if an event thereof is anomalous by comparing the reconstruction error with a threshold. | 04-23-2015 |
20150117714 | DRIFT-ASSESSMENT DEVICE - A drift-assessment device includes a turn information detection unit that detects turn information of a vehicle, an image recognition and detection unit that detects position information of the vehicle relative to a lane, a vehicle speed detection unit that detects a vehicle speed, a selection unit that selects the image recognition and detection unit when the vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined vehicle speed and selects the turn information detection unit when the vehicle speed is less than the predetermined vehicle speed, and a drift-assessment unit that determines the drift of the vehicle based on the position information of the vehicle relative to the lane when the selection unit selects the image recognition and detection unit and determines the drift of the vehicle based on the turn information of the vehicle when the selection unit selects the turn information detection unit. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117715 | RECOGNITION OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS - A recognition object detecting apparatus is provided which includes an imaging unit which generates image data representing a taken image, and a detection unit which detects a recognition object from the image represented by the image data. The imaging unit has a characteristic in which a relation between luminance and output pixel values varies depending on a luminance range. The detection unit binarizes the output pixel values of the image represented by the image data by using a plurality of threshold values to generate a plurality of binary images, and detects the recognition object based on the plurality of binary images. | 04-30-2015 |
20150125039 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided is a lane departure warning system and method. The lane departure warning system includes an edge style classification map capture module, a road marker seed region detection module, a lane detection module, and a lane departure warning module, which can detect, by using an edge style classification map, and through road marker seed region detection and lane detection, lane edge pixels and identify real road marker edge pixels under a circumstance that there is no obvious gradient change or light is reflected or an obstacle exists, thereby determining a complete lane, and effectively finding a Region Of Interest (ROI) to simplify a procedure of lane detection. | 05-07-2015 |
20150125040 | TRAVEL AMOUNT ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TRAVEL AMOUNT ESTIMATING METHOD - A processor generates a first road surface image from an image at a first time captured by an imaging device mounted on a moving body, and generates a second road surface image from an image at a second time after the first time. Next, the processor determines direction information depending on a direction of travel of the moving body between the first time and the second time from an amount of turn of the moving body between the first time and the second time. Then, the processor determines a relative positional relationship between the first road surface image and the second road surface image by using the amount of turn and the direction information, and determines an amount of travel of the moving body between the first time and the second time on the basis of the relative positional relationship. | 05-07-2015 |
20150131864 | WHEEL SLIP OR SPIN NOTIFICATION - Described embodiments include a system and method. A digital imaging device is configured to capture images of a region of a contact between a wheel of a terrestrial vehicle and a surface (“contact region”). A correlator is configured to correlate a first digital image of the contact region captured at a first time with a second digital image of the contact region captured at a second time. A kinematics circuit determines an incremental slide or slip of the wheel relative to the surface. A fraction status circuit combines at least two instances of the incremental slide or slip into data indicative of a slide or slip by the terrestrial vehicle relative to the surface. A communications circuit outputs an electronic signal indicative of the data indicative of a slide or slip by the terrestrial vehicle. | 05-14-2015 |
20150139498 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIRE SIDEWALL CRACK ANALYSIS - An apparatus and method for detecting cracks in automotive tires using an automated optical imaging system that captures an image of the tire, converts the captured image into a grayscale image and next to a binary image, detects discrete shapes from the binary image, bounding each of the discrete shapes by baseline border shapes, and selects a predetermined baseline border shape. The apparatus and method optionally determine if the discrete shape has a tapered end, and if a tapered end is confirmed, calculate a level of jaggedness for the discrete shape, and measure the maximum width of a discrete shape having a predetermined baseline border shape, a tapered end, and a jagged outline, for comparison with industry standards for tire crack widths. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139499 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus that obtains a synthesized image of a subject viewed from an arbitrary viewpoint includes a calculator, a storage, and a synthesizer. The calculator calculates a correction value for a pixel value of a pixel that partially constitutes the picked-up images on the basis of a brightness of each of the plurality of picked-up images. The storage stores the correction value for each of the pixels. The synthesizer obtains a pixel value of a pixel in the synthesized image that corresponds to the pixel that partially constitutes the picked-up images by correcting a pixel value of the pixel that partially constitutes the picked-up images on the basis of a positional relationship of the pixel in the picked-up images, a correspondence relationship between the picked-up images and the synthesized image, and the correction value, and thereby generates the synthesized image. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139500 | Method and System for Optimizing Image Processing in Driver Assistance Systems - An imager simulator configured to be used in lieu of an imager within a vehicle is provided. The imager simulator includes an image source configured to store pre-determined reference data; and an imager interface unit configured to generate image data based on the pre-determined reference data. The image data conforms to a pre-determined format; and wherein the pre-determined format corresponds to a format of image data generated by the imager. | 05-21-2015 |
20150146930 | IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS MOUNTED TO VEHICLE - An image analysis apparatus picks up an image of a region ahead of a vehicle using a camera, and allows a control unit to analyze picked-up image data generated by the camera to learn a focus-of-expansion position. The control unit controls the learning performance as follows. Specifically, the control unit does not start the learning performance for the focus-of-expansion position until a state where a detection value of a vehicle speed exceeds a reference speed exceeds a specified duration of time. When the state where a detection value of a vehicle speed exceeds a reference speed exceeds the specified duration of time, the learning performance for the focus-of-expansion position is started from this time point. The specified duration of time may be determined on the basis of statistics on the durations of simulated runs of the vehicle performed on a chassis dynamometer in a vehicle inspection. | 05-28-2015 |
20150293207 | Method for Determining, in a Fixed 3D Frame of Reference, the Location of a Moving Craft, and Associated Computer Program and Device - Method for locating, in a fixed frame of reference (RG), a moving craft from the craft, comprising two characteristic points, the rolling and pitching of the craft in the fixed frame of reference having been determined, so as to determine the yawing and/or the coordinates of the craft in the fixed frame of reference: a/ a local frame of reference (R | 10-15-2015 |
20150294160 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, OBJECT DETECTION PROGRAM AND DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MOVEABLE APPARATUS - An object detection apparatus mountable to a moveable apparatus for detecting an object existing outside the moveable apparatus by capturing a plurality of images using a plurality of imaging devices mounted to the moveable apparatus and generating a disparity image from the captured images includes a map generator to generate a map indicating a frequency profile of disparity values correlating a horizontal direction distance of the object with respect to a movement direction of the moveable apparatus, and a distance to the object in the movement direction of the moveable apparatus based on the disparity image, an isolated area detection unit to detect an isolated area based on the frequency profile, an isolated area divider to divide the isolated area into two or more isolated areas based on the frequency profile in the isolated area, and an object detector to detect an object based on the divided isolated area. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294162 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE RECORDED IN BLACK BOX FOR VEHICLE - The apparatus for processing an image recorded in a black box for a vehicle includes an information collector, a mode determiner, an encoder and a controller. The information collector is configured to collect information on a road on which a vehicle is being driven. The mode determiner is configured to determine an inter mode when the road information collected by the information collector indicates a suburban road and determine an intra mode when the road information indicates a city road. The encoder is configured to encode the image recorded in the black box. The controller is configured to control the encoder to encode the image with an encoding mode determined by the mode determiner. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294164 | LANE MARK RECOGNITION DEVICE - An edge image generating unit | 10-15-2015 |
20150294165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERIODIC LANE MARKER IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING - A system and method are disclosed for determining the presence and period of dashed line lane markers in a roadway. The system includes an imager configured to capture a plurality of high dynamic range images exterior of the vehicle and a processor, in communication with the at least one imager such that the processor is configured to process at least one high dynamic range image. The period of the dashed lane markers in the image is calculated for detecting the presence of the dashed lane marker and for tracking the vehicle within the markers. The processor communicates an output for use by the vehicle for use in lane departure warning (LDW) and/or other driver assist features. | 10-15-2015 |
20150294168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADAPTIVE THRESHOLD BASED OBJECT DETECTION - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for detecting an object in an image are disclosed. For example, the method receives the image, calculates a score for each one of a plurality of locations in the image, performs a box plot of the score of the each one of the plurality of locations of the image, identifies an outlier score that falls outside of the box plot, determines that a distance ratio of the outlier score is less than a predefined distance ratio and detects the object in a location of the plurality of locations of the image corresponding to the outlier score. | 10-15-2015 |
20150302257 | On-Vehicle Control Device - An on-vehicle control device includes: an image acquiring unit that acquires a captured image from an image-capturing device, the image-capturing device capturing an image of surroundings of a vehicle; a judged range dividing unit that divides a predetermined judged range of an image-capturing range of the image-capturing device into a plurality of regions; a feature point extracting unit that extracts a feature point having predetermined characteristics in the surroundings of the vehicle from the image acquired by the image acquiring unit; a point accumulating unit that accumulate points for a region where there is the feature point extracted by the feature point extracting unit, among the plurality of regions, for a plurality of images acquired by the image acquiring unit in time series; and a judging unit that judges whether a foreign matter is adhered to the image-capturing device based on scores resulting from accumulating points of the plurality of regions. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302261 | On-Vehicle Image Processing Apparatus - An on-vehicle image processing apparatus includes: a photographing device configured to photograph a road surface around a vehicle so as to obtain a photographed image; an image creation section configured to create an overhead view image showing a situation where a circumference of the vehicle is looked down from above the vehicle, based on the obtained photographed image; an extraction section configured to extract a road surface sign around the vehicle by using the created overhead view image; a detection section configured to detect one or more noises among at least a road surface noise, an obstruction noise, and an attached substance noise that are to be observed when the extraction section extracts the road surface sign; and a parking frame recognition section configured to recognize a parking frame based on one of a partial photographing region in the photographed image and a partial overhead view region in the overhead view image, depending on the detected noise. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302611 | VEHICLE DIMENSION ESTIMATION FROM VEHICLE IMAGES - A method and system for determining one or more dimension estimations for a vehicle. A sequence of image frames of a vehicle is received, and a digital representation of the vehicle is extracted from each image in the sequence of image frames. A bounding box is determined for the vehicle based upon the extracted digital representation for each digital representation of the vehicle and at least one dimension of the vehicle is estimated based upon the determined bounding box. An indication of the at least one estimated dimension is output. The indication of at least one estimated dimension is transferred as an input to a comparison technique for further processing the indication of the at least one estimated dimension. The comparison technique can include a parking determination process configured to determine a recommended spot for the vehicle based upon the indication of the at least one estimated dimension. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310281 | Methods and Systems for Object Detection using Multiple Sensors - Methods and systems for object detection using multiple sensors are described herein. In an example embodiment, a vehicle's computing device may receive sensor data frames indicative of an environment at different rates from multiple sensors. Based on a first frame from a first sensor indicative of the environment at a first time period and a portion of a first frame that corresponds to the first time period from a second sensor, the computing device may estimate parameters of objects in the vehicle's environment. The computing device may modify the parameters in response to receiving subsequent frames or subsequent portions of frame of sensor data from the sensors even if the frames arrive at the computing device out of order. The computing device may provide the parameters of the objects to systems of the vehicle for object detection and obstacle avoidance. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310282 | LANE MARK RECOGNITION DEVICE - A lane mark recognition device detects an edge located in a proximal area in front of the vehicle, and determines a lane mark candidate on the basis of the detected edge and an edge that is located in a distal area farther than the proximal area in front of the vehicle and that is continuous with the edge. Therefore, an edge of another vehicle (leading vehicle) or the like located in the distal area in a captured image is not detected as a lane mark candidate (is excluded as a non lane mark candidate). | 10-29-2015 |
20150310283 | LANE RECOGNITION DEVICE - A demarcation line candidate recognizing unit recognizes demarcation line candidates which are candidates for a pair of right and left demarcation lines demarcating a lane based on edge points having predetermined continuity in an image captured by a camera. A demarcation line candidate modifying unit excludes edge points whose corresponding positions in a real space are a predetermined distance or more away from the camera in the case where parallelism between the pair of right and left demarcation line candidates recognized by the demarcation line candidate recognizing unit is equal to or less than a predetermined level and re-recognizes the pair of right and left demarcation line candidates based on the edge points having predetermined continuity among the edge points which have not been excluded. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310285 | Vehicle-Mounted Image Processing Device - Provided is a vehicle-mounted image processing device capable of recognizing the outside of a vehicle based on an image taken by a vehicle-mounted camera more precisely. A vehicle-mounted image processing device of the present invention includes: an image acquisition unit ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150310286 | VEHICLE RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle recognition device | 10-29-2015 |
20150310287 | GAZE DETECTION AND WORKLOAD ESTIMATION FOR CUSTOMIZED CONTENT DISPLAY - A vehicle controller identifies a vehicle display within a driver field of view, identifies elements of viewable content including primary elements of viewable content deemed high priority for a current driving situation and secondary elements of viewable content that are driver-specified and deemed safe to display in accordance with a driver workload estimation, receives viewable content, and displays the identified elements of the viewable content on the vehicle display. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310304 | METHOD OF RAINDROP DETECTION ON A VEHICLE WINDSCREEN AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of raindrop detection on a vehicle windscreen by capturing images using a camera which is at least focused on the windscreen, including a step of detecting edges ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150310313 | VISIBILITY ESTIMATION DEVICE, VISIBILITY ESTIMATION METHOD, AND SAFE DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A device to estimate visibility change of surroundings, including: an image recognition unit that detects a landmark by analyzing an image; an information storage unit that records, as a detection history in the past, an image analysis result of the landmark detected by the image recognition unit and a detection position when the landmark is detected by the image recognition unit; and a visibility judgment unit that estimates, when the landmark corresponding to the detection history recorded in the information storage unit is detected again by the image recognition unit, change in visibility on the basis of comparison between a detection position when detected again and the detection position in the past recorded in the information storage unit. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317525 | ROAD VERTICAL CONTOUR DETECTION - Various driver assistance systems mountable in a host vehicle and computerized methods for detecting a vertical deviation of a road surface. The driver assistance system includes a camera operatively connectible to a processor. Multiple consecutive image frames are captured from the camera including a first image of the road and a second image of the road. Based on the host vehicle motion, the second image is warped toward the first image to produce thereby a warped second image. Image points of the road in the first image and corresponding image points of the road in the warped second image are tracked. Optical flow is computed between the warped second image to the first image. The optical flow is compared with an optical flow based on a road surface model to produce a residual optical flow. The vertical deviation is computed from the residual optical flow. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317535 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE-BASED VISIBILITY RANGE ESTIMATION - A method for image-based visibility range estimation for a vehicle includes: ascertaining a depiction of an object of the surroundings in an image of an image detection device of the vehicle, the object having an extension in the direction of travel of the vehicle, the image showing a depiction of surroundings ahead of the vehicle; segmenting the depiction of the object in order to obtain first and second object ranges of the object having respective first and second distances to the image detection device within respective tolerance ranges; determining a first object luminance of the first object range and a second object luminance of the second object range; and determining an atmospheric extinction coefficient correlated to the visibility range, using the first and second object luminances, and the first and second distances. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317536 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING DATA - A method for identifying a best item among a plurality of respective different items includes selecting a current best score, identifying a set of attributes associated with each of the items, and for each of the sets of attributes: determining a best possible score for a subset of the set of attributes, if the best possible score is greater than the current best score, determining an actual score for the set of attributes, and if the actual score for the set of attributes is greater than the current best score, setting the current best score as the actual score for the set of attributes. After both of the determining steps and the setting step for each of the sets of attributes, the item associated with the current best score is identified. | 11-05-2015 |
20150321694 | REFINED ROW GUIDANCE PARAMETERIZATION WITH HOUGH TRANSFORM - Systems and techniques for refined row guidance parameterization with Hough transform are described herein. An electronic representation of a field (ERF) can be received. A steering variable calculation can be performed by executing a cascaded Hough transform on the ERF. An intermediate value used in calculating the steering variable can be selected. A refined intermediate value can be identified from the intermediate value by measuring a difference between the intermediate value and an anchor value. The steering variable calculation can be adjusted using the refined intermediate value | 11-12-2015 |
20150324648 | IMAGE FILTER BASED ON ROW IDENTIFICATION - System and techniques for an image filter based on row identification are described herein. A crop row center represented in an image of a crop row can be calculated. A filter corresponding to a set of expected crop characteristics of the crop row can be obtained. Elements in the image can then be categorized based on applying the filter to the image when the filter anchored on the crop row. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324649 | Method and Device for Analyzing Trafficability - The invention relates to a method for analyzing trafficability using a computer, said method comprising the following steps:
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20150332089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PEDESTRIANS USING A SINGLE NORMAL CAMERA - The present application provides pedestrian detection system and method. A pedestrian detection method includes: obtaining an image captured by a camera; identifying a pedestrian candidate in the image; transforming the image into a top view image; calculating the actual height of the pedestrian candidate based on the top view image and extrinsic parameters of the camera; and determining whether the pedestrian candidate is a true positive by determining whether the actual height of the pedestrian candidate is within a predetermined pedestrian height range. The system and method of the present application have lower cost and higher accuracy compared with conventional technologies. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332101 | LANE BOUNDARY LINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR RECOGNIZING LANE BOUNDARY LINE ON ROADWAY - A boundary line recognition apparatus receives detection results transmitted from camera devices and a laser radar device performing different optical detection methods. These detection results indicate information regarding a lane boundary line of a vehicle lane on a roadway on which an own vehicle drives. The apparatus further obtains surrounding environmental information of the own vehicle on the roadway, and selects at least one of the camera devices and the laser radar device suitable for correctly recognizing the lane boundary line on the basis of the environmental information. The apparatus finally recognizes the lane boundary line with high accuracy on the basis of the detection result transmitted form one or more devices selected based on the environment information. | 11-19-2015 |
20150332104 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TRAFFIC SIGNS - Systems and methods are provided for detecting traffic signs. In one implementation, a traffic sign detection system for a vehicle include at least one image capture device configured to acquire at least one image of a scene including a traffic sign ahead of the vehicle. The traffic sign detection system also includes a data interface and at least one processing device programmed to receive the at least one image via the data interface, transform the at least one image, sample the transformed at least one image to generate a plurality of images having different sizes, convolve each of the plurality of images with a template image, compare each pixel value of each convolved image to a predetermined threshold, and select local maxima of pixel values within local regions of each convolved image as attention candidates, the local maxima being greater than the predetermined threshold. | 11-19-2015 |
20150336521 | VEHICLE ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS TRIGGERING BASED ON IMAGE RECOGNITION AND RADIO FREQUENCY - Described herein is a system and method of activating vehicle electromechanical systems based on image recognition and radio frequency systems. The system includes radio frequency (RF) antennas for receiving wireless communication signals from a transponder. A RF controller verifies that the transponder is associated with the vehicle. Upon detection and verification of the transponder, a camera system captures images and an image processing engine determines if the images contain valid gestures associated with commands for the electromechanical systems. A controller triggers the electromechanical systems to perform the command if the gesture is valid. For example, the command may be an activation or deactivation command. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339533 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TARGET OBJECT IN BLIND AREA OF VEHICLE - A method for detecting a target object in a blind area of a vehicle is provided by embodiments of the application. The method includes: acquiring at least one frame of an image generated by shooting a blind area of a vehicle by a shooting device; extracting an image feature of an area where at least one predetermined detection gate is located in the image; and matching the image feature of the area where the predetermined detection gate is located with a matching template of the predetermined detection gate to determine a target object. An apparatus for detecting a target object in a blind area of a vehicle is further provided by embodiments of the application. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339811 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HAZINESS DETECTION - A method performed by an electronic device is described. The method includes determining a haziness confidence level based on multiple modalities. The method also includes determining whether to perform an action based on the haziness confidence level. The method may include performing the action, including performing haziness reduction based on the haziness confidence level. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339924 | PARKING SPACE OCCUPANCY - Systems and methods for determining park stall occupancy are disclosed herein. The systems and methods include receiving a three dimensional representation of a parking stall in a parking lot. The systems and methods also include processing the three dimensional representation to determine occupancy of the parking stall. The parking stall has a boundary relative to the area. | 11-26-2015 |
20150347848 | PROVIDING VEHICLE OWNER'S MANUAL INFORMATION USING OBJECT RECOGNITION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - There is provided a communication system that includes a vehicle and a mobile device, and a method uses that system to provide vehicle owner's manual information. The method includes the steps of: receiving a digital image of a portion of a vehicle; identifying an object of the vehicle in the digital image; associating the object with at least one reference object image stored in an object library comprising a plurality of reference object images; displaying owner's manual information based on the association; and storing at least a portion of the digital image in the object library as a new reference object image for future identifications. | 12-03-2015 |
20150354976 | TOP-DOWN REFINEMENT IN LANE MARKING NAVIGATION - Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, top-down refinement in lane marking navigation is provided. The system may include one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to cause the system to receive from one or more cameras one or more images of a roadway in a vicinity of a vehicle, the roadway comprising a lane marking comprising a dashed line, update a model of the lane marking based on odometry of the one or more cameras relative to the roadway, refine the updated model of the lane marking based on an appearance of dashes derived from the received one or more images and a spacing between dashes derived from the received one or more images, and cause one or more navigational responses in the vehicle based on the refinement of the updated model. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356357 | A METHOD OF DETECTING STRUCTURAL PARTS OF A SCENE - A method of detecting the structural elements within a scene sensed by at least one sensor within a locale, the method comprising: a) capturing data from the sensor, which data provides a first representation of the sensed scene at the current time; b) generating a second representation of the sensed scene where the second representation is generated from a prior model of the locale; and c) comparing the first and second representations with one another to determine which parts of the first representation represent structural elements of the locale. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356359 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A parking assistance system includes: a color/IR detector which detects, from a camera image captured with a camera, marker candidates that are areas in each of which an intensity of a color component or an infrared (IR) component exceeds a threshold; a marker position calculator which calculates positions of the marker candidates in the camera image; and a validity verifier which determines whether the marker candidates are valid as the markers, based on the positions of the marker candidates and a predetermined positional relationship of the markers. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE REAL TRAFFIC FLOW OF AN AREA - A system and method for measuring the real traffic flow of an area is provided. The system uses images of vehicles and pedestrians taken from the sky in time intervals of an area. It also uses continuous tracking data for vehicles and pedestrians, provided by navigator manufacturers, map providers, route applications or by phone carriers. Both, images and continuous tracking data, are combined and processed by a processor that applies an image pattern recognition software to the images so that each vehicle and pedestrian comprised in the images is recognized and labeled for which a tracking data is available. The system identifies those vehicles and pedestrians contained in both databases and apply a weight to them. Then, the system is able to estimate the flow and the total number of vehicles and pedestrians for a particular time and area. Additionally, the system is able to calculate a pattern and a profile for each vehicle or pedestrian based on the continuous tracking data. | 12-10-2015 |
20150363651 | VISION-BASED WET ROAD SURFACE DETECTION USING TEXTURE ANALYSIS - A method for determining a wet road surface condition for a vehicle driving on a road. A first image exterior of the vehicle is captured by an image capture device. A second image exterior of the vehicle is captured by the image capture device. A section of the road is identified in the first and second captured images. A texture of the road in the first and second images captured by a processor are compared. A determination is made whether the texture of the road in the first image is different from the texture of the road in the second image. A wet driving surface indicating signal is generated in response to the determination that the texture of the road in the first image is different than the texture of the road in the second image. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363652 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided herein is a control method of an electronic apparatus. The control method of an electronic apparatus includes: generating signal type information using an image data of a signal region portion of a signal lamp in a driving-related image data of a vehicle; and performing a driving-related guide of the vehicle using the generated signal type information. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363654 | VISION-BASED WET ROAD SURFACE DETECTION USING MIRRORED AND REAL IMAGES - A method for determining a wet road surface condition on a road. An image exterior of the vehicle is captured by an image capture device. A real object and a virtual object are detected in the captured image. A feature point is identified on the real object and on the virtual object. A potential virtual object associated with the real object is identified on a ground surface of the road in the captured image. The feature point detected on the real object is compared with the feature point detected on the virtual object. A determination is made whether the ground surface includes a mirror effect reflective surface in response to the feature point detected on the real object matching the feature point detected on the virtual object. A wet driving surface indicating signal is generated in response to the determination that the ground surface includes a mirror effect reflective surface. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363657 | ALERTNESS LEVEL DETECTION APPARATUS AND ALERTNESS LEVEL DETECTION METHOD - An alertness level detection apparatus, which is equipped to a vehicle and detecting alertness level of a driver, includes a stimulus information acquirer detecting stimulus applied to driver's visual sensation within driver's visual field under a state in which the driver watches in travel direction of the vehicle and acquiring stimulus information related to occurrence time and occurrence position of the stimulus within the driver's visual field, a face image generator generating a face image of the driver, a line-of-sight position detector detecting line-of-sight position of the driver by analyzing the face image, a moving time duration detector detecting moving time duration taken for the driver to move the line of sight to the occurrence position of the stimulus immediately after the occurrence time of the stimulus, and an alertness level determiner determining the alertness level of the driver based on the moving time duration. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363668 | TRAFFIC LANE BOUNDARY LINE EXTRACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EXTRACTING TRAFFIC LANE BOUNDARY LINE - A traffic lane boundary line extraction apparatus includes: an image-data-acquiring-unit configured to acquire vehicle outside image data captured by a travelling vehicle; a candidate-area-detection-unit configured to detect a candidate area of a traffic lane boundary line from a road surface part of the vehicle outside image data; a road-surface-area-setting-unit configured to set a road surface area corresponding to the candidate area in the road surface part of the vehicle outside image data for each of the candidate area; a luminance-calculation-unit configured to calculate a representative luminance of the candidate area, and a representative luminance of the road surface area; and if a difference between the representative luminance of the candidate area and the representative luminance of the road surface area is greater than a predetermined threshold value, a candidate area evaluation unit configured to evaluate that the candidate area is suitable for the traffic lane boundary line. | 12-17-2015 |
20150369701 | Method and Device for vehicle measurement - A method for checking the correct positioning of a vehicle on a measuring station for vehicle measurement includes: a) taking images of at least two tires of the vehicle; b) identifying features, in the images taken, which describe at least one area of the respectively recorded tire; c) fitting a mathematical model to the identified features; d) determining the extent of the flattening of each tire from the fitted mathematical model; e) comparing the flattening of the at least two tires. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371092 | LOW-SPEED IMPACT DETECTION SENSOR ARRAY - A vehicle system has a sensor array and a processing device. The sensor array includes a first group of sensors and a second group of sensors. The sensors of the first group are offset relative to the sensors in the second group. The processing device is configured to determine a general shape of an impact object based at least in part on signals received from the sensor array. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371097 | IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE FOR TRAFFIC SIGN BOARD RECOGNITION - The present invention can improve the recognition performance of a traffic sign board, improve the recognition performance of a reflective traffic sign board and a light emitting type traffic sign board by adjusting an exposure of a camera, improve the recognition performance of the reflective traffic sign board and the light emitting type traffic sign board by adjusting gain of an image signal, and improve the recognition performance of the reflective traffic sign board and the light emitting type traffic sign board by simultaneously adjusting the exposure of the camera and the gain of the image signal. In an image recognition system for a vehicle for traffic sign board recognition according to the present invention, an exposure time of a camera lens or gain of an image output from an image sensor is adjusted to generate at least one image group including a plurality of frames in which the exposure time and the gain are different from each other, sign board regions of the plurality of frames are compared with each other, and an image nearest to a predetermined set value is selected. | 12-24-2015 |
20150377607 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DISTANCE INFORMATION BASED ON STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A distance measurement method determines the distance of a sensor system to a physical object. The method includes obtaining at least a pair of stereoscopic images including the physical object, and applying to each element of at least a portion of a first image of the pair of stereoscopic images and to each element of at least a portion of a second image of the pair of stereoscopic images at least two differently shaped or sized filters, respectively. Correlation values for each filter applied to the first and second image are determined, and, combined correlation values are determined for the applied filters by combining the determined correlation values for each applied filter. The combined correlation values are evaluated for different disparities for an extremum value of the combined correlation values. A distance value to the physical object is calculated and output based on a disparity value at which the extremum occurs. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379334 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An object recognition apparatus | 12-31-2015 |
20150379372 | OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An object recognition apparatus | 12-31-2015 |
20160012298 | LANE BOUNDARY LINE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OF RECOGNIZING LANE BOUNDARY LINES ON ROADWAY | 01-14-2016 |
20160012299 | LANE BOUNDARY LINE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OF RECOGNIZING LANE BOUNDARY LINES ON ROADWAY | 01-14-2016 |
20160012300 | LANE BOUNDARY LINE RECOGNITION DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
20160012301 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING NON-MOTORIZED ROAD USERS | 01-14-2016 |
20160026879 | TRAFFIC LANE MARKING RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND TRAFFIC LANE MARKING RECOGNITION PROGRAM - A traffic lane marking recognition apparatus includes a candidate detecting unit, a gap detecting unit, and a recognition reducing unit. The candidate detecting unit detects a lane dividing line candidate which is a candidate for a lane dividing line that defines a traffic lane on a road, based on an image of the road captured by an on-board camera that is mounted in a vehicle. The gap detecting unit detects a gap included in the lane dividing line candidate detected by the candidate detecting unit. When the gap is detected by the gap detecting unit, the recognition reducing unit reduces a probability of recognition of the lane dividing line candidate as a lane dividing line to a first probability that is lower than the probability when the gap detecting unit does not detect the gap, in a region from the gap closest to the vehicle towards a direction away from the vehicle. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026882 | Method for the Operation of an Assistance System of a Motor Vehicle, as well as Assistance System - The invention relates to a method ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160042236 | BOUNDARY LINE RECOGNIZER DEVICE - This invention is provided with: a camera for capturing the image of a travel path; an edge point extraction unit for extracting edge points on the basis of the brightness of an image captured by the camera; a candidate line extraction unit for extracting, on the basis of the succession of the extracted edge points, a candidate line for a boundary line demarcating the travel path; a frequency calculation unit for calculating, on the basis of edge points belonging to the candidate line extracted by the candidate line extraction unit, the frequency distribution of the edge points for a parameter that specifies the width of the boundary line; a probability generation unit for calculating, on the basis of the frequency distribution calculated by the frequency calculation unit, the distribution for the probability that the candidate line at the parameter is the boundary line; and a boundary line recognition unit for recognizing the boundary line on the basis of the probability distribution calculated by the probability generation unit. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042239 | Variable Speed Sign Value Prediction and Confidence Modeling - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for predicting the value of a variable speed sign (VSS) and determining the predicted value's associated confidence level. Highly assisted driving (HAD) vehicles may read or capture images of the VSS. The speed limit values, images, or videos of the VSS are reported and received by a network and database for analysis. A predicted speed limit value is determined for the variable speed sign from at least a portion of the received traffic data. A confidence level is also calculated for the predicted speed limit value for the variable speed sign. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042240 | GAZE DIRECTION DETECTION DEVICE, AND GAZE DIRECTION DETECTION METHOD - A gaze direction detection device according to the present technology includes a detector for detecting a gaze of a driver over a predetermined period of time, a determiner for outputting second gaze information indicating that the driver is gazing, from first gaze information detected by the detector, a generator for generating a gaze distribution from the second gaze information output by the determiner, and a corrector for correcting the first gaze information detected by the detector, where the corrector calculates a center of a reference distribution that is set in advance and a center of the gaze distribution generated by the generator, and causes the center of the reference distribution and the center of the gaze distribution to overlap each other, and then calculates a correction parameter based on a difference between the reference distribution and the gaze distribution, and corrects the first gaze information with the correction parameter. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048733 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING LANE OF ROAD - A method for detecting lanes on the road is disclosed. The method including: a phase that generates at least one spatiotemporal image by storing along the time axis at least one line image that contains pixels corresponding to at least one horizontal line established in a road video; a phase that detects, in lane patterns contained in each of the at least one spatiotemporal image, two or more lane points that correspond to the present moment; and a phase that detects lanes by tracing the two or more lane points over time in each of the at least one spatiotemporal image. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055382 | VEHICLE DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS - A vehicle discrimination apparatus specifies a vehicle area in which a vehicle is photographed from an image including the vehicle and discriminates a vehicle passing through a road based on an image which a photographing device such as a camera installed at a side of the road or above the road photographs. The vehicle discrimination apparatus includes an image acquisition section, a first search window setting section, a feature amount calculation section, a likelihood calculation section, a vehicle area determination section, a template creation section, a template storage section, a tracking area setting section, a second search window setting section, a candidate area determination section, a selection section, and a detection section. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055383 | LANE BOUNDARY LANE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR RECOGNIZING LANE BOUNDARY LINES ON ROADWAY - In a lane boundary line recognition device, a calculation section calculates a degree of uncertainty which affects a correct recognition of white lines on a roadway of a vehicle. A learning section updates a learning value of the degree of uncertainty. A recognition suppression section suppresses execution of a recognition process of recognizing white lines on the roadway when the updated learning value is more than a threshold value. An environment change judgment section judges whether or not a road environment has changed. A learning resetting section resets the learning value of the degree of uncertainty to a previous learning value when the detection result of the environment change judgment section indicates an occurrence of change of the road environment. | 02-25-2016 |
20160055385 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TRAFFIC SIGNS - Systems and methods are provided for detecting traffic signs. In one implementation, a traffic sign detection system for a vehicle include at least one image capture device configured to acquire at least one image of a scene including a traffic sign ahead of the vehicle. The traffic sign detection system also includes a data interface and at least one processing device programmed to receive the at least one image via the data interface, transform the at least one image, sample the transformed at least one image to generate a plurality of images having different sizes, convolve each of the plurality of images with a template image, compare each pixel value of each convolved image to a predetermined threshold, and select local maxima of pixel values within local regions of each convolved image as attention candidates, the local maxima being greater than the predetermined threshold. | 02-25-2016 |
20160063332 | COMMUNICATION OF EXTERNAL SOURCED INFORMATION TO A DRIVER - The disclosure includes a system and method for spatial information for a heads-up display. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive object-to-vehicle (X2V) data from a first processor-based mobile computing device that broadcasts an object's position, generate object data including an object path from a second processor-based computing device programmed to perform the generating, determine vehicle data including a vehicle path, estimate a danger index for the object based on the vehicle data and the object data, identify a graphic that is a representation of the object, and position the graphic to correspond to a user's eye frame. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063333 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processor which: receives a captured-image from an image acquisition part acquiring the captured-image from a camera that captures an image of a vicinity of a vehicle; project data of the captured-image onto a virtual projection plane provided in the vicinity of the vehicle; and correct deformation of the captured-image caused by projection of the captured-image onto the virtual projection plane. In a case of presence of a command indicative of enlarging a portion of the captured-image, the image processor corrects the deformation of the captured-image by using a greater correction amount than that used in a case of absence of the input of the command indicative of enlarging the portion of the captured-image. Accordingly, in a case where a portion of an image of a vicinity of a vehicle is enlarged, deterioration of image quality can be suppressed as much as possible. | 03-03-2016 |
20160070965 | DETECTION SYSTEM FOR COLOR BLIND DRIVERS - A detection system for vehicle operation according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, at least one camera operable to generate an image and a display unit operable to communicate information on a display. A controller is coupled to the at least one camera. The controller is configured to command the display unit to communicate the information in response to detecting data within the image corresponding to visible light emitted in at least one predetermined frequency range. A controller and a method of detecting a traffic device are also disclosed. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070986 | DOMAIN ADAPTATION FOR IMAGE CLASSIFICATION WITH CLASS PRIORS - In camera-based object labeling, boost classifier ƒ | 03-10-2016 |
20160078306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS FROM FRONT VIEW VEHICLE IMAGES - A system and method for detecting a seat belt violation in a vehicle. The method may include receiving an image including a region of interest where a seat belt is visible if the seat belt is buckled. One or more first features may be extracted from the image. The one or more first features may be compared to one or more second features extracted from a plurality of sample images. It may be determined whether the seat belt is buckled in the image based upon the comparison. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078763 | PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM - A parking assist system includes an electronic control unit configured to: set at least one candidate position that is a candidate for a target position of a moving path of a vehicle on the basis of at least one of a detection result of an obstacle and a detection result of a parking boundary; set an orientation of the vehicle at each of the at least one candidate position, as a candidate position vehicle orientation, on the basis of at least one of the detection result of the obstacle and the detection result of the parking boundary; rank each of the at least one candidate position on the basis of an orientation of the vehicle and the candidate position vehicle orientation; and determine one of the ranked at least one candidate position as the target position. | 03-17-2016 |
20160098605 | LANE BOUNDARY LINE INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - In a lane boundary line information acquiring device, a detection unit detects lane boundary lines. A driving environment acquiring unit acquires a driving environment. A probability information acquiring unit acquires probability information containing a probability of presence of a lane boundary line, etc. based on the detected lane boundary lines and the acquired driving environment. A position information acquiring unit acquires position information of the own vehicle. A memory unit associates the probability information with the position information of the own vehicle. Where the position information is acquired by the position information acquiring unit at a time when the probability information acquiring unit acquires the probability information, and stores the probability information associated with the position information into the memory unit. A readout unit reads out the probability information associated with the position information at a location in front of the own vehicle. | 04-07-2016 |
20160107689 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVER ASSISTANCE - A driver assisting apparatus including a top view image output unit that outputs a top view image at a view point at which a surrounding of the vehicle is downwardly watched from a top, a lane detecting unit that detects a left lane boundary of the vehicle and a right lane boundary of the vehicle from the top view image using a top hat filter, a speed measuring unit that outputs a speed of the vehicle, and an integrated control unit that selects and operates one of a parking assisting function and a lane departure warning function in accordance with the speed. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110606 | IMAGE RECOGNIZING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECOGNIZING METHOD - An image recognizing apparatus, including: a camera which outputs at least one of a front image and a rear image of a vehicle; a disturbance estimating unit which outputs an image which is estimated as a disturbance according to a visibility of an image; a disturbance classifying unit which outputs a cause of disturbance according to a brightness of a pixel in the disturbance estimated image; a disturbance result determining unit which determines whether the disturbance is generated in the image in accordance with accumulated cause of the disturbance; and an image recognizing unit which informs the driver that the image is not recognized when it is determined that disturbance occurs in the image. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110619 | SMART PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS AND METHOD - A smart parking assist apparatus and method are provided. The smart parking assist apparatus operates a smart parking assist function after a vehicle stops and searches a parking slot using a plurality of imaging devices. In addition, the searched parking slot is set to a target parking slot and parking slot information regarding the target parking slot is output. The apparatus recognizes a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to the target parking slot and sets a parking reference line based on the recognized information, after the parking slot information is output. The vehicle is then operated to be parked in the target parking slot based on the parking reference line. | 04-21-2016 |
20160110621 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE AT A VEHICLE INCLUDING AN EYE TRACKING DEVICE - Systems and methods for a vehicle including an eye tracking device. The systems and methods use input from the eye tracking device. The systems and methods are configured to communicate with a driver based on input from the eye tracking device. For example, the systems and methods are configured to generate indicators on a display based on input from the eye tracking device. | 04-21-2016 |
20160117562 | TRAFFIC SIGN RECOGNIZING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus for recognizing a traffic sign and an operating method thereof. The apparatus for recognizing a traffic sign according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an image obtaining unit configured to obtain an image from a vehicle to a predetermined range; a region of interest designating unit configured to recognize a traffic sign within the image, and designate an area including the traffic sign as a region of interest; a valid area extracting unit configured to extract a valid area except for an area of a first color from the region of interest, and calculate valid area data; and a similarity calculating unit configured to calculate similarity of the traffic sign by using the valid area data. | 04-28-2016 |
20160129838 | WIDE ANGLE REAR AND SIDE VIEW MONITOR - A wide angle rear and side view monitor that eliminates blind spots. A roof mounted camera has a wide angle lens, preferably providing a viewing radius of 210 degrees. The images captured by the camera are presented on a display contained with a blind spot monitor. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132734 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for detecting an object for a vehicle, the apparatus including: a camera unit configured to output a surrounding image of a vehicle; an object candidate extracting unit configured to extract an object candidate from the output surrounding image of the vehicle; a height reference filtering unit configured to output a filtered image by excluding an object having a height equal to or smaller than a threshold value from the extracted object candidate; and an object recognizing unit configured to detect a specific object from the output filtered image. | 05-12-2016 |
20160137206 | Continuous Occlusion Models for Road Scene Understanding - Systems and methods are disclosed for road scene understanding of vehicles in traffic by capturing images of traffic with a camera coupled to a vehicle; generating a continuous model of occlusions with a continuous occlusion mode for traffic participants to enhance point track association accuracy without distinguishing between moving and static objects; applying the continuous occlusion model to handle visibility constraints in object tracks; and combining point track association and soft object track modeling to improve 3D localization accuracy. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140402 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING PAINTED ROAD MARKINGS IN AN AUTOMOTIVE DRIVER-VEHICLE-ASISTANCE DEVICE - An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of arranging a digital camera on a vehicle body, operating the digital camera to provide an image file depicting an image of a scene related to vehicle operation on a road, in a computer memory, receiving from the memory the image file depicting pixels of an image of the scene related to vehicle operation on a road, and using an analysis of the pixels to generate an illumination invariant image of the scene. A further process step includes using the illumination invariant image to analyze the road scene for painted road markings. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140403 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL VEHICLE MANEUVERING ASSISTANCE - Arrangements relate to providing multi-directional assistance while maneuvering a vehicle. The vehicle can have an exterior with a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The vehicle can include a side camera provided on one of the first lateral side or the second lateral side. The side camera can be movable between a plurality of facing positions. It can be determined whether a current facing position of the side camera matches a current vehicle movement direction. If it is determined that the current facing position of the side camera does not match the current vehicle movement direction, the facing position of the side camera can be automatically adjusted so that the facing position of the side camera matches the current vehicle movement direction. | 05-19-2016 |
20160140416 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING PAINTED ROAD MARKINGS IN AN AUTOMOTIVE DRIVER-VEHICLE-ASISTANCE DEVICE - An automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. The method includes the steps of arranging a digital camera on a vehicle body, operating the digital camera to provide an image file depicting an image of a scene related to vehicle operation on a road, in a computer memory, receiving from the memory the image file depicting pixels of an image of the scene related to vehicle operation on a road, and using an analysis of the pixels to generate an illumination invariant image of the scene. A further process step includes using the illumination invariant image to analyze the road scene for painted road markings | 05-19-2016 |
20160140703 | SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING VEHICLE BODY AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for inspecting a vehicle body includes: an image processing unit photographing at least one pattern image projected onto a surface of the vehicle body, comparing the at least one photographed pattern image to a reference pattern image, and determining whether a defective portion is formed on the vehicle body based on the comparison of the at least one photographed pattern image to the reference pattern image; a moving unit moving the image processing unit in a length direction and a height direction of the vehicle body; and a motion control unit controlling movement of the moving unit. | 05-19-2016 |
20160148059 | TRAVEL LANE MARKING RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A travel lane marking recognition apparatus includes a recognizing unit that is mounted to a vehicle. The recognizing unit uses a recognition model to recognize a lane marking that demarcates a lane on a road, based on an image of an area ahead of the vehicle captured by an on-board camera. The recognition model is configured by a plurality of recognition models that includes at least two recognition models among a first-order model that takes into consideration a straight line, a second-order model that takes into consideration a steady curve, and a third-order model that takes into consideration a clothoid curve. The recognizing unit is configured to recognize the lane marking by integrating recognition results acquired using the plurality of recognition models based on a state of the vehicle. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148072 | ASSISTED SURVEILLANCE OF VEHICLES-OF-INTEREST - A computer-implemented image processing method includes accessing image data representing a plurality of images of a plurality of vehicles and reading a data model representing a predefined vehicle attribute. The method further includes processing a portion of the image data to detect a vehicle feature of at least one of the vehicles represented in at least one of the images based on the predefined vehicle attribute, and processing the portion of the image data to generate vehicle data representing the detected vehicle feature. | 05-26-2016 |
20160155328 | VIDEO BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED SIDE-BY-SIDE DRIVE THRU LOAD BALANCING | 06-02-2016 |
20160162741 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNNEL DECISION - The present invention provides a tunnel decision apparatus, including: a camera which outputs an image in front of a vehicle; a road area classifying unit which detects a vanishing point from the image in front of a vehicle to output at least one of a road area and a non-road area; a pattern detecting unit which detects at least one of a lamp pattern from the non-road area and a lane pattern from the road area; and a tunnel decision unit which determines whether the vehicle enters a tunnel in consideration of at least one of the lamp pattern and the lane pattern. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162761 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OCR-FREE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER LOCALIZATION - Methods and systems for localizing numbers and characters in captured images. A side image of a vehicle captured by one or more cameras can be preprocessed to determine a region of interest. A confidence value of series of windows within regions of interest of different sizes and aspect ratios containing a structure of interest can be calculated. Highest confidence candidate regions can then be identified with respect to the regions of interest and at least one region adjacent to the highest confidence candidate regions. An OCR operation can then be performed in the adjacent region. An identifier can then be returned from the adjacent region in order to localize numbers and characters in the side image of the vehicle. | 06-09-2016 |
20160167932 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY LANDING CONTAINERS ON A LANDING TARGET USING A CONTAINER CRANE | 06-16-2016 |
20160171278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ONE OR MORE ROAD CONDITIONS BASED ON AERIAL IMAGERY | 06-16-2016 |
20160171314 | UNSTRUCTURED ROAD BOUNDARY DETECTION | 06-16-2016 |
20160171316 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE RAY BASED SCENE ANALYSIS OF SEMANTIC TRAFFIC SPACES AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH SYSTEM | 06-16-2016 |
20160176358 | EARLY DETECTION OF TURNING CONDITION IDENTIFICATION USING PERCEPTION TECHNOLOGY | 06-23-2016 |
20160180144 | BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNITY INFORMATION BROKERAGE | 06-23-2016 |
20160180177 | FUSED RAISED PAVEMENT MARKER DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING USING LIDAR AND CAMERA | 06-23-2016 |
20160180178 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | 06-23-2016 |
20160180186 | VEHICLE TYPE RECOGNITION METHOD AND FAST VEHICLE CHECKING SYSTEM USING THE SAME METHOD | 06-23-2016 |
20160180192 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTIALLY OCCLUDED OBJECT DETECTION | 06-23-2016 |
20160188983 | LANE BOUNDARY LINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A lane boundary line recognition apparatus acquires an image. Based on edge points extracted from the image, a lane boundary line candidate is extracted, and a lane boundary line probability thereof is calculated. A lane boundary line candidate of which the lane boundary line probability exceeds a threshold is recognized. As the threshold, a first threshold, larger than a second threshold in normal mode, is set when a first condition is met and also a second condition is met. The first condition is that a single lane boundary line is recognized on a roadside side of a lane in which the own vehicle is traveling, and a composite lane boundary line is recognized on a side opposite the roadside side. The second condition is that a state in which a lane boundary line cannot be recognized on at least the opposite side continues for a predetermined amount of time. | 06-30-2016 |
20160189366 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An industrial vehicle positioning system and method are presented. The system includes a first imaging subsystem for acquiring a first indicia image and a second imaging subsystem for acquiring a second indicia image. An image analysis subsystem is configured for analyzing the first indicia image to acquire a first location designation, and for analyzing the second indicia image to acquire a second location designation. A processor is configured for determining the location of the industrial vehicle based upon the first location designation and the second location designation. | 06-30-2016 |
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20190147254 | Autonomous Vehicle Lane Boundary Detection Systems and Methods | 05-16-2019 |
20190147258 | DRIVING ORIENTED DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER SYSTEM | 05-16-2019 |
20190147259 | DRIVING ORIENTED DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER SYSTEM | 05-16-2019 |
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