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Systems and methods for projecting a location of a nearby object into a map according to a camera image

  • US 10,409,288 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2017
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object projection system associated with a scanning vehicle, comprising:

  • 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, 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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