Image analysis – Applications – Vehicle or traffic control
Reexamination Certificate
2004-01-29
2010-02-09
Le, Brian Q (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Vehicle or traffic control
Reexamination Certificate
active
07660436
ABSTRACT:
A stereo vision based collision avoidance systems having stereo cameras that produce imagery that is processed to produce a depth map of a scene. A potential threat is detected in the depth map. The size, position, and velocity of the detected potential threat are then estimated, and a trajectory analysis of the detected potential threat is determined using the estimated position and the estimated velocity. A collision prediction based on the trajectory analysis is determined, and then a determination is made as to whether a collision is imminent based on the collision prediction and on the estimated size of the potential threat.
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Camus Theodore Armand
Chang Peng
Autoliv Electronics
Le Brian Q
Lowenstein & Sandler PC
Sarnoff Corporation
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