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System and method for obstacle detection using fusion of color space information

US8475050B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2009
Grant dateJul 2, 2013
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20221
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method comprises receiving an image of the area, the image representing the area in a first color space; converting the received image to at least one second color space to produce a plurality of converted images, each converted image corresponding to one of a plurality of color sub-spaces in the at least one second color space; calculating upper and lower thresholds for at least two of the plurality of color sub-spaces; applying the calculated upper and lower thresholds to the converted images corresponding to the at least two color sub-spaces to segment the corresponding converted images; fusing the segmented converted images corresponding to the at least two color sub-spaces to segment the received image; and updating the segmentation of the received image based on edge density data in the received image.

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