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Method and system for processing an image and determining viewpoints of objects

US11335024B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE · BE

Inventors

Sven Meier · Brussels, BE
Norimasa Kobori · Nagoya, JP
Wadim Kehl · San Francisco, US
Fabian Manhardt · Garching bei München, DE
Federico Tombari · Zug, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2017
Grant date	May 17, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/20084
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method for processing an image include inputting the image to a neural network configured to: obtain a plurality of feature maps, each feature map having a respective resolution and a respective depth, perform a classification on each feature map to deliver, for each feature map: the type of at least one object visible on the image, the position and shape in the image of at least one two-dimensional bounding box surrounding the at least one object, at least one possible viewpoint for the at least one object, at least one possible in-plane rotation for the at least one object.

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