METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A VEHICLE WITH VISION-BASED ADJUSTMENT
First Claim
1. A method for guiding a vehicle, the method comprising:
- determining preliminary guidance data for the vehicle based a location-determining receiver associated with the vehicle during an evaluation time window;
collecting vision data from a vision module associated with the vehicle during the evaluation time window;
determining vision guidance data from the collected vision data;
estimating vision quality data for the vision guidance data during the evaluation time window, the vision quality data based on a regression path and density grid points; and
adjusting the preliminary guidance data to a revised guidance data based on the vision guidance data such that the revised guidance data is registered with or generally coextensive with the vision guidance data data, if the vision quality data exceeds a minimum threshold.
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Abstract
Preliminary guidance data is determined for the vehicle during an evaluation time window. A vision module collects vision data from a vision module during the evaluation time window. Vision guidance data is determined from the collected vision data. A vision quality estimator estimates vision quality data for at least one of the vision data and the vision guidance data during the evaluation time window. The vision quality data is based on a regression path and density grid points. An adjuster adjusts the preliminary guidance data to a revised guidance data based on the vision guidance data such that the revised guidance data is registered with or generally coextensive with the vision guidance data, if the vision quality data exceeds a minimum threshold.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for guiding a vehicle, the method comprising:
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determining preliminary guidance data for the vehicle based a location-determining receiver associated with the vehicle during an evaluation time window;
collecting vision data from a vision module associated with the vehicle during the evaluation time window;
determining vision guidance data from the collected vision data;
estimating vision quality data for the vision guidance data during the evaluation time window, the vision quality data based on a regression path and density grid points; and
adjusting the preliminary guidance data to a revised guidance data based on the vision guidance data such that the revised guidance data is registered with or generally coextensive with the vision guidance data data, if the vision quality data exceeds a minimum threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for estimating a vision quality data for guidance of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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organizing a collected image into crop pixels and non-crop pixels;
defining a density grid based on the number of crop pixels within each grid cell;
defining a density grid points as those grid cells whose values are greater than a threshold;
arranging a regression path based on the density grid points, the regression path representing a possible position and possible orientation of a crop row or a windrow; and
determining a confidence index as vision quality data based on the defined density grid points and the regression path, the confidence index for application to a vehicle controller or an adjuster for steering a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for guiding a vehicle, the system comprising:
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a location module for determining a preliminary guidance data for the vehicle during an evaluation time window;
a vision module for collecting vision data associated with the vehicle during the evaluation time window;
an image processing system for determining vision guidance data from the collected vision data;
a vision quality estimator for estimating vision quality data for the vision guidance data during the evaluation time window, the vision quality data based on a regression path and density grid points; and
an adjuster for adjusting the preliminary guidance data to a revised guidance data based on the vision guidance data such that the revised guidance data is registered with or generally coextensive with the vision-derived location data, if the vision quality data exceeds a minimum threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A system for estimating a vision quality data for guidance of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an organizer for organizing a collected image into crop pixels and non-crop pixels;
a density grid definer for defining a density grid based on the number of crop pixels within each grid cell;
a filter for defining a density grid points as those grid cells whose values are greater than a threshold;
an arranger for arranging a regression path based on the density grid points, the regression path representing a possible position and possible orientation of a crop row or a windrow; and
an estimator for determining a confidence index as vision quality data based on the defined density grid points and the regression path, the confidence index for application to a vehicle controller or an adjuster for steering a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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