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Method for determining whether a vehicle can pass through an object by means of a 3-D camera

  • US 9,495,603 B2
  • Filed: 07/06/2012
  • Issued: 11/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining whether a vehicle can pass through or pass under an object, while the vehicle is driving on a roadway, wherein the roadway is part of a ground, said method comprising steps:

  • with a 3-D camera, recording at least one image of surroundings ahead of the vehicle, to provide image data;

    ascertaining at least one trajectory along which the vehicle is likely to move;

    from at least the image data of the 3-D camera, detecting an object that includes an upper portion located above the trajectory,from at least the image data of the 3-D camera, detecting whether the object includes at least one connection portion that connects the upper portion to the ground, from at least the image data of the 3-D camera, determining dimensions and a shape of a 2-dimensional entry area that is bounded vertically between the upper portion of the object and the roadway, and that is bounded laterally by any said connection portion that has been detected, anddetermining whether it is possible for the vehicle driving along the trajectory to pass through the 2-dimensional entry area by fitting vertically and laterally in the 2-dimensional entry area.

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