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Damage recognition assist system

US9672440B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 2015
Grant dateJun 6, 2017
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3253
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A damage recognition assist system of a vehicle, the system includes at least one vehicle camera adapted to provide a stream of camera frames including camera images of the vehicle's surrounding and of areas or parts of the vehicle's chassis; a monitoring unit adapted to detect an imminent interaction of the vehicle with an external object and to identify areas or parts of the vehicle's chassis possibly affected by the detected interaction; a comparison unit adapted to compare recent camera images of the possibly affected areas or parts of the vehicle's chassis with previous camera images of the same areas included in reference camera frames to determine the state and level of damage of the vehicle's chassis due to the detected interaction.

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