Systems And Methods For Detecting Pedestrians In The Vicinity Of A Powered Industrial Vehicle
First Claim
1. A system mounted on a powered industrial vehicle for detecting and classifying in real time at least one obstruction in the scene around the vehicle, the vehicle capable of moving in multiple directions, the system comprising:
- (a) a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle; and
(b) a plurality of image processors operatively attached to each of said cameras, wherein said image processors each processes a plurality of image frames acquired respectively by said cameras, and when a pedestrian is present in the viewing zone viewed by one of said cameras, the image processor attached to said one camera identifies in at least one of the image frames at least a portion of an image of the detected pedestrian, thereby producing a detected pedestrian data object, and wherein said detected pedestrian data object is transferred from said one camera to another one of the cameras, thereby tracking the pedestrian.
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Abstract
A system mounted on a powered industrial vehicle for detecting classifying and tracking in real time at least one obstruction in the scene around the vehicle. The vehicle is capable of moving in multiple directions. The system includes a multiple cameras mounted on the vehicle, wherein the viewing zones viewed respectively by the cameras preferably encompass 360° horizontally around the vehicle. Each of the cameras is operatively attached to an image processor, which processes the image frames acquired respectively by the camera. When a pedestrian is present in the viewing zone viewed by one of the cameras, the image processor attached to the one camera identifies in at least one of the image frames at least a portion of an image of the detected pedestrian
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49 Claims
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1. A system mounted on a powered industrial vehicle for detecting and classifying in real time at least one obstruction in the scene around the vehicle, the vehicle capable of moving in multiple directions, the system comprising:
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(a) a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle; and (b) a plurality of image processors operatively attached to each of said cameras, wherein said image processors each processes a plurality of image frames acquired respectively by said cameras, and when a pedestrian is present in the viewing zone viewed by one of said cameras, the image processor attached to said one camera identifies in at least one of the image frames at least a portion of an image of the detected pedestrian, thereby producing a detected pedestrian data object, and wherein said detected pedestrian data object is transferred from said one camera to another one of the cameras, thereby tracking the pedestrian. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a system mounted on a powered industrial vehicle for detecting and classifying in real time at least one obstruction in the scene around the vehicle, the vehicle capable of moving in multiple directions, a method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle; and (b) processing said at least one image by image processors operatively attached to each of said cameras, wherein said image processors each processes a plurality of image frames acquired respectively by said cameras, and when a pedestrian is present in the viewing zone viewed by one of said cameras, the image processor attached to said one camera identifies in at least one of the image frames at least a portion of an image of the detected pedestrian, thereby producing a detected pedestrian data object, and wherein said detected pedestrian data object is transferred from said one camera to another one of the cameras, thereby tracking the pedestrian. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A system mounted on a powered industrial vehicle for detecting and classifying in real time at least one obstruction in the scene around the vehicle, the vehicle capable of moving in multiple directions, the system comprising:
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(a) a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle; and (b) a plurality of image processors operatively attached to each of said cameras, wherein said image processors each processes a plurality of image frames acquired respectively by said cameras, said image processors attach a respective camera unit identification code to each said image frames; and (c) a system processor which controls said cameras and processes each of said image frames acquired respectively by said cameras and transferred to said system processor, and when a pedestrian is present in the viewing zone viewed by one of said cameras, said system processor identifies in at least one of the image frames at least a portion of an image of the detected pedestrian, thereby producing a detected pedestrian data object, and notifies the vehicle operator on each detected pedestrian, and wherein said detected pedestrian data object is transferred from said one camera to another one of the cameras, thereby tracking the pedestrian.
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44. In a system mounted on a powered industrial vehicle for detecting and classifying in real time at least one obstruction in the scene around the vehicle, the vehicle capable of moving in multiple directions, a method comprising the steps of:
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(a) a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle; and (b) processing said at least one image by image processors operatively attached to each of said cameras, wherein said image processors each processes a plurality of image frames acquired respectively by said cameras, said image processors attach a respective camera unit identification code (ID) to each said image frames; and (c) transferring said image frames with said respective ID to a system processor wherein said system processor processes each of said image frames acquired respectively by said cameras and transferred to said system processor, and when a pedestrian is present in the viewing zone viewed by one of said cameras, said system processor identifies in at least one of said image frames at least a portion of an image of the detected pedestrian, thereby producing a detected pedestrian data object, and notifies the vehicle operator on each detected pedestrian. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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