Systems and methods for detecting pedestrians in the vicinity of a powered industrial vehicle
US7576639B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/247
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system mounted on a powered industrial vehicle for detecting classifying and tracking in real time at least one obstruction in the scene around the vehicle. The vehicle is capable of moving in multiple directions. The system includes a multiple cameras mounted on the vehicle, wherein the viewing zones viewed respectively by the cameras preferably encompass 360° horizontally around the vehicle. Each of the cameras is operatively attached to an image processor, which processes the image frames acquired respectively by the camera. When a pedestrian is present in the viewing zone viewed by one of the cameras, the image processor attached to the one camera identifies in at least one of the image frames at least a portion of an image of the detected pedestrian.
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