Image analysis – Applications – Vehicle or traffic control
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-19
2007-06-19
Mehta, Bhavesh M (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Vehicle or traffic control
C340S995250, C701S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11107114
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for guiding a vehicle comprises a location module (e.g., location-determining receiver) for collecting preliminary location data for the vehicle. A vision module collects vision-derived location data for the vehicle during an evaluation time window. A location quality estimator estimates location quality data for the corresponding collected preliminary location data during an evaluation time window. A vision module estimates vision quality data for the corresponding collected vision-derived location data during the evaluation time window. A adjuster adjusts the preliminary location data to a revised location data based on the vision-derived location data such that the revised location data is registered with or generally coextensive with the vision-derived location data, if the vision quality data exceeds the minimum threshold level.
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Han Shufeng
Pickett Terence Daniel
Reid John Franklin
Deere & Company
Lavin Christopher
Mehta Bhavesh M
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