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Rear-view multi-functional camera system with three-dimensional data analysis features

  • US 8,953,014 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2013
  • Issued: 02/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A rear-view camera system for a vehicle, the rear-view camera system comprising:

  • a first camera positioned with a first field of view;

    a second camera positioned with a second field of view, the second view of view partially overlapping with the first field of view;

    an electronic control unit configured toreceive image data from the first camera,receive image data from the second camera,generate three-dimensional data regarding objects detected in a portion of the second field of view that overlaps with the first field of view, the three-dimensional data being generated based on the image data from the first camera and the image data from the second camera,analyze movement, relative to the vehicle, of an object in the portion of the second field of view that overlaps with the first field of view based on the three-dimensional data,analyze movement, relative to the vehicle, of an object in a portion of the first field of view that does not overlap with the second field of view based on two-dimensional data from the first camera, andanalyze movement, relative to the vehicle, of an object in a portion of the second field of view that does not overlap with the first field of view based on two-dimensional data from the second camera.

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