Detecting and locating actors in scenes based on degraded or supersaturated depth data
US10915783B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 14, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 9, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10028
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging device may capture images of a scene, where the scene includes retroreflective materials. Where visual images and depth images are captured from a scene, and the depth images have ratios of supersaturated pixels that are less than a predetermined threshold, a location map of the scene is generated or updated based on the depth images. Where the ratios are greater than the predetermined threshold, the location map of the scene is generated or updated based on the visual images. Additionally, where each of a plurality of imaging devices detect concentrations of supersaturated pixels beyond a predetermined threshold or limit within their respective fields of view, an actor present on the scene may be determined to be wearing retroreflective material, or otherwise designated as a source of the supersaturation, and tracked with the scene based on coverage areas that are determined to have excessive ratios of supersaturated pixels.
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