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Method of processing sensor data for navigating a vehicle

US9135510B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The University of Sydney · AU

Inventors

Thierry Peynot · Sydney, AU
Christopher Brunner · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 24, 2011
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 4, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for and method of processing sensor data for the purpose of navigating a vehicle (for example an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle), the sensor data being from a sensor (for example a camera) mounted on the vehicle. The method can include can include: for a number of time-steps, measuring a value of a parameter of a scene using the sensor to produce a sequence of images of the scene; determining a value of one or more image quality metrics (for example, spatial entropy and spatial information) in each image in the sequence; and identifying as either valid or invalid, a sub-sequence of images in the sequence based on the determined metric values.

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