Systems and methods for projecting a location of a nearby object into a map according to a camera image
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1. An object projection system associated with a scanning vehicle, comprising:
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a memory including instructions and that is communicably coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing;
a projection module for determining a relative location of a nearby vehicle in relation to the scanning vehicle from an image without using sensor data from additional sensors about an external environment when the sensor data about the nearby vehicle from the additional sensors is unavailable and responsive to identifying the nearby vehicle in the image of the external environment surrounding the scanning vehicle, the image being generated by a camera,wherein the projection module determines the relative location of the nearby vehicle by (i) projecting a current centerline of a lane of the scanning vehicle along a roadway in the image, and (ii) determining a closest point of the current centerline to a bounding box that outlines the nearby vehicle, andwherein the projection module projects the nearby vehicle into a map according to at least the relative location determined from the image; and
a control module for controlling the scanning vehicle according to the map.
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Abstract
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to locating an object within an image and projecting the object into a map. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to identifying a nearby vehicle in an image of an external environment surrounding a scanning vehicle, determining a relative location of the nearby vehicle in relation to the scanning vehicle using the image. The method includes projecting the nearby vehicle into a map according to at least the relative location determined from the image. The method includes controlling the scanning vehicle according to the map.
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1. An object projection system associated with a scanning vehicle, comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory including instructions and that is communicably coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing; a projection module for determining a relative location of a nearby vehicle in relation to the scanning vehicle from an image without using sensor data from additional sensors about an external environment when the sensor data about the nearby vehicle from the additional sensors is unavailable and responsive to identifying the nearby vehicle in the image of the external environment surrounding the scanning vehicle, the image being generated by a camera, wherein the projection module determines the relative location of the nearby vehicle by (i) projecting a current centerline of a lane of the scanning vehicle along a roadway in the image, and (ii) determining a closest point of the current centerline to a bounding box that outlines the nearby vehicle, and wherein the projection module projects the nearby vehicle into a map according to at least the relative location determined from the image; and a control module for controlling the scanning vehicle according to the map. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
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responsive to identifying a nearby vehicle in an image of an external environment surrounding a scanning vehicle, the image being generated by a camera, determining a relative location of the nearby vehicle in relation to the scanning vehicle from the image without using sensor data from additional sensors about an external environment when the sensor data about the nearby vehicle from the additional sensors is unavailable, wherein the instructions to determine the relative location of the nearby vehicle include instructions to (i) project a current centerline of a lane of the scanning vehicle along a roadway in the image, and (ii) determine a closest point of the current centerline to a bounding box that outlines the nearby vehicle; project the nearby vehicle into a map according to at least the relative location determined from the image; and control the scanning vehicle according to the map. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of localizing objects around a scanning vehicle using an image generated by a camera, comprising:
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responsive to identifying a nearby vehicle in the image of an external environment surrounding the scanning vehicle, determining a relative location of the nearby vehicle in relation to the vehicle from the image without using sensor data from additional sensors about the external environment when the sensor data about the nearby vehicle from the additional sensors is unavailable, wherein determining the relative location of the nearby vehicle includes (i) projecting a current centerline of a lane of the scanning vehicle along a roadway in the image, and (ii) determining a closest point of the current centerline to a bounding box that outlines the nearby vehicle; projecting the nearby vehicle into a map according to at least the relative location determined from the image; and controlling the scanning vehicle according to the map. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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