System to determine distance to a lead vehicle
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1. A system implemented in a vehicle to detect a lead vehicle comprising:
- a camera which captures an image of the rear of the lead vehicle; and
an image processing system that receives image data from the camera, the image processing system being implemented with an algorithm that includes a preprocessing layer, an image segmentation layer, and a detection layer to analyze the image data to determine the relative distance between the vehicle and the lead vehicle.
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Abstract
A system implemented in a vehicle to detect a lead vehicle includes a camera which captures an image of the rear of the lead vehicle and an image processing system that receives image data from the camera. The image processing system is implemented with an algorithm that includes a preprocessing layer, an image segmentation layer, and a detection layer to analyze the image data to determine the relative distance between the vehicle and the lead vehicle.
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1. A system implemented in a vehicle to detect a lead vehicle comprising:
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a camera which captures an image of the rear of the lead vehicle; and
an image processing system that receives image data from the camera, the image processing system being implemented with an algorithm that includes a preprocessing layer, an image segmentation layer, and a detection layer to analyze the image data to determine the relative distance between the vehicle and the lead vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method to detect a lead vehicle in front of a vehicle comprising:
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capturing an image of the rear of the lead vehicle with a camera; and
processing image data from the camera with an algorithm that includes a preprocessing layer, an image segmentation layer, and a detection layer to determine the relative distance between the vehicle and the lead vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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