Method and system for vehicular guidance using a crop image
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1. A method of guiding a vehicle, the method comprising:
- collecting color image data to distinguish crop image data from background image data;
wherein the collecting further comprises classifying image data as crop image data if a green-red difference associated with a pixel is greater than a first threshold value and if a green-blue difference associated with the pixel is greater than a second threshold value, and wherein the green-red difference (Dg−
r) is defined as Dg−
r=G−
R and the green-blue difference (Dg−
b) is defined as Dg−
b=G−
B, where R,G,B are the pixel'"'"'s red, green and blue component, respectively, in RGB color space;
defining a series of scan line segments generally perpendicular to a transverse axis of the vehicle or of an imaging system;
determining, by a data processor, a scan-line-image-parameter level for each of the scan line segments, the scan-line-image-parameter level comprising a color-related parameter level; and
identifying a preferential heading of the vehicle that is generally aligned with respect to a crop feature, associated with crop image data, based on the determined scan-line-image-parameter level meeting or exceeding a maximum value or minimum threshold value.
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Abstract
The method and system for vehicular guidance comprises an imaging device for collecting color image data. A definer defines a series of scan line segments generally perpendicular to a transverse axis of the vehicle or of the imaging device. An image parameter evaluator determines scan line image parameter data for each of the scan line segments. An alignment detector (e.g., search engine) identifies a preferential heading of the vehicle that is generally aligned with respect to a crop feature, associated with the image data, based on the determined scan line image parameter meeting or exceeding a maximum value or minimum threshold value.
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1. A method of guiding a vehicle, the method comprising:
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collecting color image data to distinguish crop image data from background image data;
wherein the collecting further comprises classifying image data as crop image data if a green-red difference associated with a pixel is greater than a first threshold value and if a green-blue difference associated with the pixel is greater than a second threshold value, and wherein the green-red difference (Dg−
r) is defined as Dg−
r=G−
R and the green-blue difference (Dg−
b) is defined as Dg−
b=G−
B, where R,G,B are the pixel'"'"'s red, green and blue component, respectively, in RGB color space;defining a series of scan line segments generally perpendicular to a transverse axis of the vehicle or of an imaging system; determining, by a data processor, a scan-line-image-parameter level for each of the scan line segments, the scan-line-image-parameter level comprising a color-related parameter level; and identifying a preferential heading of the vehicle that is generally aligned with respect to a crop feature, associated with crop image data, based on the determined scan-line-image-parameter level meeting or exceeding a maximum value or minimum threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system of guiding a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an imaging device for collecting color image data; a discriminator for classifying image data as crop image data if a green-red difference associated with a pixel is greater than a first threshold value and if a green-blue difference associated with the pixel is greater than a second threshold value, wherein the green-red difference (Dg−
r) is defined as Dg−
r=G−
R and the green-blue difference (Dg−
b) is defined as Dg−
b=G−
B, where R,G,B are the pixel'"'"'s red, green and blue component, respectively, in RGB color space;a definer for defining a series of scan line segments generally perpendicular to a transverse axis of the vehicle or of an imaging system; an image parameter evaluator for determining a scan-line-image-parameter level for each of the scan line segments, the image parameter level comprising a color-related parameter; and an alignment detector for identifying a preferential heading of the vehicle that is generally aligned with respect to a crop feature, associated with the collected image data, based on the determined scan-line-image-parameter level meeting or exceeding a maximum value or minimum threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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