Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
701523000 | Using imaging device | 18 |
20130231861 | TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAYING PROGRAM EXECUTED BY TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device mounted on a movable body, includes: an image capturing unit; a determining unit which determines whether to preferentially display an actually captured guide image using a captured image captured by the image capturing unit or a map guide image using map information, based on a relationship between an image capturing direction of the image capturing unit and a traveling direction of the movable body; and a display controlling unit which displays either the actually captured guide image or the map guide image based on a determination by the determining unit. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately determine whether to preferentially display the actually captured guide image or the map guide image. | 09-05-2013 |
20130297205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION - The system for indoor navigation includes a global coordinate generator for dividing an indoor space, extracting a feature point where images photographed by cameras installed at predetermined locations overlap, and generating a global coordinate of the feature point, a database for storing information about the image and global coordinate of the feature point generated by the global coordinate generator, and a mobile device for extracting a feature point from an image of a surrounding environment photographed by a camera thereof, comparing the extracted feature point with the feature point stored in the database, and estimating location and direction thereof by using a global coordinate of a coincident feature point. | 11-07-2013 |
20140058668 | TRAILER TARGET PLACEMENT ASSIST SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle trailer backup assist system and method includes a hitch angle detection apparatus and a target monitor controller. The target monitor controller processes images acquired of the trailer towed by a towing vehicle to assist with placement of a target on the trailer. The target monitor controller also monitors the target and provides feedback to the user as to proper positioning of the target on the trailer. A target move detection routine detects movement of a target by processing the pixels of the image to determine if a new trailer has been connected. Further, a trailer connection monitoring routine monitors for a changed trailer based on loss of the hitch angle or target for a predetermined time period. | 02-27-2014 |
20140188385 | System and Method of Locating Prey - A method includes receiving location data corresponding to a physical location of a user at a computing device and receiving prey data corresponding to a relative position of an animal at the computing device from a gun scope. The method further includes determining a location of the animal relative to the computing device based on the location data and the prey data. | 07-03-2014 |
20140244169 | Verfahren zum Bestimmen von Lagedaten eines Fahrzeuges - A method for determining location data for a vehicle, a control apparatus for performing the method, and to a vehicle having the control apparatus. The method includes measuring the driving dynamics data for the vehicle, measuring at least one distance of the vehicle from a stationary object and recording a distance, and filtering the driving dynamics data on the basis of the recorded distance. | 08-28-2014 |
20140249752 | LOCALISING A VEHICLE ALONG A ROUTE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for localizing a vehicle along a route. The method comprises initially surveying the route to be traversed by the vehicle by creating a plurality of orthographic images of the route, at a plurality of locations along the route and subsequently passing the vehicle along the route while obtaining a current view of the route. The method further comprises resolving a pose of the vehicle relative to a survey trajectory by maximising a relation between the orthographic images and the current view. | 09-04-2014 |
20140297179 | PHYSICAL OBJECT SEARCH - A method and system for searching for items is provided. The method includes receiving, from a user, description data describing search requirements associated with a requested physical object to be located. Locations of the user are monitored and a request to locate the physical object is transmitted to video data retrieval devices. In response, video data associated with associated physical objects and location data for associated locations are retrieved. Distances and relative velocities between current locations of the user and each location of each physical object are calculated. In response, recommendations associated with traveling to view each physical object are generated and presented to the user. | 10-02-2014 |
20140350852 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN A STREAM OF SENSOR DATA - A device for detecting objects in a stream of sensor image data corresponding to images of vehicle surroundings detected by a surroundings sensor of a vehicle includes:
| 11-27-2014 |
20140379257 | 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. | 12-25-2014 |
20150025800 | Method for Monitoring Vehicle Driving State and Vehicle Navigation Device for Achieving the Same - A method for monitoring a vehicle driving state, includes obtaining a first image for a scene in front of a vehicle so as to recognize a lane the vehicle currently travels in, obtaining a second image having a driving-restriction board, and recognizing, from the board, driving-restriction information for a region where the vehicle is currently in. The method further includes determining whether a vehicle driving state and the driving-restriction information match, and generating a message for warning if the vehicle driving state and the driving-restriction information do not match. | 01-22-2015 |
20150081214 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DAMAGED SECTIONS OF A ROUTE - A method and system for examining velocity differences in a vehicle speed of a vehicle and the angular speed of the axles and/or wheels of the vehicle system traveling along a route to determine if the route is damaged and/or to identify the location of the potentially damaged section of the route. The differences may represent wheel creeps of the vehicle system. | 03-19-2015 |
20150120191 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A navigation system is disclosed. The navigation system includes an image capturing device, a positioning device, and a processing device. The image capturing device is configured to capture an image of an object fed by a user. The positioning device is configured to obtain positioning information of the navigation system. The processing device is configured to: calculate a feature code based on features of a logo in the image; retrieve a piece of address information of a location corresponding to the feature code from a database; and calculate a route from the current location to the location corresponding to the piece of address using the positioning information and the piece of address information. A navigation method is also provided. | 04-30-2015 |
20150292888 | NAVIGATION BASED ON AT LEAST ONE SENSOR AND A THREE DIMENSIONAL MAP - The invention relates to a method for navigation of an aerial vehicle. The method comprises providing a sensor image from an aerial vehicle sensor. The method also comprises to repeatedly, until at least one predetermined criterion is reached, perform the step of setting input data, where the input data comprises information related to pitch angle, roll angle, yaw angle and three-dimensional position of the aerial vehicle, the step of providing a two-dimensional image from a database based on the input data, where the database comprises three-dimensional geo-referenced information of the environment, and the step of comparing the sensor image and the two dimensional image from the database. The method further comprises using the input data for which the two images correspond best to each other for determining at least one of the following quantities pitch angle, roll angle, yaw angle and three-dimensional position of the aerial vehicle. The invention also relates to a system, a computer program and a computer program product. | 10-15-2015 |
20150300834 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS HAVING LANE GUIDANCE FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - Disclosed are a navigation apparatus having lane recognition function and a method for the same. The navigation apparatus may comprise an image acquisition part configured to acquire an image about lanes; and a control part configured to recognize a lane in which a vehicle on driving is located and to provide lane guidance information based on the recognized lane and a configured driving route. Thus, lane change guidance information can be provided in consideration of the number of lanes and distances between intersection points thereby enabling users to drive more stably and efficiently in complex areas. | 10-22-2015 |
20150330793 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING INITIAL DATA FOR DETERMINING POSITION DATA OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining initial data for determining position data of a vehicle based on driving dynamics data, the method including: assigning a determined environment status at a determined position of the vehicle to the determined position of the vehicle; detecting an environment status; and—using the determined position as initial data if a contrast of the detected environment status and the determined environmental status satisfies a predetermined condition. | 11-19-2015 |
20160123757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF TACTICAL INFORMATION IN COMBAT VEHICLES - The invention pertains to a system, a method, a computer program and a combat vehicle with an integrated system, for processing of tactical information. The system comprises at least one sensor for registration of at least one image sequence display at least a portion of the surroundings of the combat vehicle. The system further comprises a navigation module arranged to register a current position of the vehicle. The system further comprises a tactical data module for storage of tactical information and an information processing unit arranged to process said image sequence to superimpose the tactical information onto said image sequence. | 05-05-2016 |
20160154408 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VSLAM OPTIMIZATION | 06-02-2016 |
20160202081 | NAVIGATION METHOD BASED ON A SEE-THROUGH HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE | 07-14-2016 |