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Controlling host vehicle based on detected door opening events

  • US 10,262,217 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2017
  • Issued: 04/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for navigating a host vehicle based on detecting a door opening event in an environment of the vehicle, the system comprising:

  • at least one processing device programmed to;

    receive, from an image capture device, at least one image associated with the environment of the host vehicle;

    analyze the at least one image to identify a side of a parked vehicle;

    identify, in the at least one image, a first structural feature of the parked vehicle in a forward region of the side of the parked vehicle and a second structural feature of the parked vehicle in a rear region of the side of the parked vehicle;

    identify, in the at least one image, a door edge of the parked vehicle in a vicinity of the first and second structural features;

    determine, based on analysis of one or more subsequent images received from the image capture device, a change of an image characteristic of the door edge of the parked vehicle; and

    alter a navigational path of the host vehicle based at least in part on the change of the image characteristic of the door edge of the parked vehicle.

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