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Stereo vision for sensing vehicles operating environment

US9819925B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 17, 2015
Grant dateNov 14, 2017
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2013/0092
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle including a chassis, a drive system carrying the chassis, and a vision system carried by the chassis. The vision system having a stereo visible light camera producing a colorized 3D point cloud and a stereo long wave infrared camera producing 3D data. The vision system being configured to fuse the 3D data with the 3D point cloud thereby producing an enhanced 3D point cloud.

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