Method for stereo image object detection
First Claim
1. Method for stereo image object detection, comprising the following steps:
- first, recording at least one stereo image pair for an area of interest;
second, generating a structure class image pair from a respective recorded stereo image pair, by the steps offor each pixel in each recorded image of said recorded stereo image pair, determining digital values representative of differences between a brightness value for such pixel and brightness values for a plurality of predetermined ambient pixels; and
conjoining the resultant determined digital values in a predetermined sequence to form a digital value group, with identical digital value groups defining an independent structure class;
third, performing a correspondence analysis of the structure class image pair in whichfor each particular pixel in one structure class image of said structure class image pair, only those structure classes in the other structure class image of said structure class image pair are taken into account which have at least one ambient pixel that lies along an epipolar line corresponding to said particular pixel and has a brightness which differs by one or more brightness digital steps;
for each pixel of a structure class of one structure class image to be taken into account, pixels that lie within a predetermined disparity interval on the epipolar line and have the same structure class are searched, and a corresponding disparity value is determined; and
disparity values thus obtained corresponding to an assigned frequency increment are combined in a disparity histogram; and
fourth, identifying frequency point areas in the resultant disparity histogram and extracting an individual object from the pixel group that belongs to a particular grouping point range.
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Abstract
In a method for detecting and tracking objects by stereo image evaluation a part of structure class images is initially generated from a recorded stereo image pair. Differences in brightness of selected pixels in the environment are determined for each pixel as digital values, which are combined to form a digital value group, with identical groups defining their own structure classes. Structure classes which lack a brightness change along the epipolar line are discarded. Corresponding disparity values are then determined for the pixels in the other structure classes and are collected in a disparity histogram with a given frequency increment. The pixel group that belongs to a given grouping point area of the histogram is then interpreted as an object to be detected.
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1. Method for stereo image object detection, comprising the following steps:
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first, recording at least one stereo image pair for an area of interest; second, generating a structure class image pair from a respective recorded stereo image pair, by the steps of for each pixel in each recorded image of said recorded stereo image pair, determining digital values representative of differences between a brightness value for such pixel and brightness values for a plurality of predetermined ambient pixels; and conjoining the resultant determined digital values in a predetermined sequence to form a digital value group, with identical digital value groups defining an independent structure class; third, performing a correspondence analysis of the structure class image pair in which for each particular pixel in one structure class image of said structure class image pair, only those structure classes in the other structure class image of said structure class image pair are taken into account which have at least one ambient pixel that lies along an epipolar line corresponding to said particular pixel and has a brightness which differs by one or more brightness digital steps; for each pixel of a structure class of one structure class image to be taken into account, pixels that lie within a predetermined disparity interval on the epipolar line and have the same structure class are searched, and a corresponding disparity value is determined; and disparity values thus obtained corresponding to an assigned frequency increment are combined in a disparity histogram; and fourth, identifying frequency point areas in the resultant disparity histogram and extracting an individual object from the pixel group that belongs to a particular grouping point range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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