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Method for detecting an optical structure

US8237794B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rainer Moritz · Echterdingen, DE
Alexander Maass · Ludwigsburg, DE
Jens Schick · Herrenberg, DE
Alexander Wuerz-Wessel · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2005
Grant date	Aug 7, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T7/80
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for detecting an optical structure from image sequences of an image recording system. An optical flow field is derived from the image sequences of the image recording system. The vectors of the optical flow field are broken down into components by projection onto a coordinate system of the image recorded by the image recording system. At least one component of the flow vectors is analyzed for a change of direction. The image elements containing a change of direction of a vector component are connected to form a curve.

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