Method, device, computer program, and machine-readable storage medium for the detection of an object

US11455791B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Florian Faion · Staufen, DE
• Alexandru Paul Condurache · Renningen, DE
• Claudius Glaeser · Ditzingen, DE
• Florian Drews · Renningen, DE
• Jasmin Ebert · Heidelberg, DE
• Lars Rosenbaum · Lahntal, DE
• Rainer Stal · Zürich, CH
• Sebastian Muenzner · Stuttgart, DE
• Thomas Gumpp · Dillingen/Saar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 2020
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06N3/04
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for the detection of an object in an environment of a vehicle as a function of sensor signals of a sensor for acquiring the environment of the vehicle. The method includes: processing the sensor signals using a region proposal network to obtain at least one object hypothesis per anchor, the object hypothesis including an object probability and a bounding box; selecting the best object hypothesis on the basis of a quality model, the quality model being a function of the anchor and the bounding box of the object hypothesis; identifying redundant object hypotheses relative to the selected object hypothesis, the redundant object hypotheses being identified as a function of the anchors of the redundant object hypotheses, using a target function assigned to the region proposal network; and fusing the selected object hypothesis with the identified redundant object hypotheses for the object detection.