DETECTING VISUAL INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO AN ANIMAL
First Claim
1. A system for detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one processor programmed to;
receive, from an image capture device, at least one image of the vicinity of the vehicle;
analyze the at least one image using a truncated animal appearance template to detect visual information suspected to be associated with an animal, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to a portion of a body and one or more limbs of a suspected animal; and
initiate a vehicle response based on the detected visual information of the suspected animal in the at least one image.
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Abstract
A system for detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes at least one processor programmed to receive, from an image capture device, at least one image of the vicinity of the vehicle; analyze the at least one image using a truncated animal appearance template to detect visual information suspected to be associated with an animal, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to a portion of a body and one or more limbs of a suspected animal; and initiate a vehicle response based on the detected visual information of the suspected animal in the at least one image.
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1. A system for detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle, the system comprising:
at least one processor programmed to; receive, from an image capture device, at least one image of the vicinity of the vehicle; analyze the at least one image using a truncated animal appearance template to detect visual information suspected to be associated with an animal, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to a portion of a body and one or more limbs of a suspected animal; and initiate a vehicle response based on the detected visual information of the suspected animal in the at least one image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of images of the vicinity of the vehicle from one or more image capture devices; receiving a truncated animal appearance template, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to appearance of at least a portion of a body and one or more limbs of an animal without a shape of a head of the animal; processing the plurality of images using the truncated animal appearance template to detect, in at least one image from the plurality of images, visual information that corresponds to the truncated animal appearance template; and initiating a vehicle response when visual information corresponding to the truncated animal appearance template is detected in at least two images of the plurality of images. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A system for detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle, comprising:
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a camera configured to acquire a plurality of images of the vicinity of the vehicle; a storage unit storing a truncated animal appearance template, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to an appearance of at least a portion of a body and limbs of an animal without a shape of a head of the animal; and a processor configured to; process the plurality of images to detect in at least one of the plurality of images visual information that corresponds to the truncated animal appearance template; and initiate a response when visual information corresponding to the truncated animal appearance template is detected in the at least one image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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