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Pedestrian face detection

  • US 10,082,796 B2
  • Filed: 10/27/2016
  • Issued: 09/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A controller for a vehicle, comprising a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions, the processor programmed to:

  • detect a pedestrian in a camera image;

    determine whether a face of the pedestrian is present in the image;

    detect a lane adjacent the vehicle and on an opposite side of the vehicle from the pedestrian;

    determine that the adjacent lane has sufficient space free of obstacles;

    cause the vehicle to change lanes based on an absence of the face and on the adjacent lane having sufficient space free of obstacles;

    maintain the vehicle in a present lane based on a lack of the adjacent lane, the adjacent lane having insufficient space free of obstacles, or the presence of the face;

    determine whether the vehicle contains occupants; and

    actuate brakes to brake based on the absence of the face and an absence of occupants.

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