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Object detection for an autonomous vehicle

  • US 9,672,446 B1
  • Filed: 05/06/2016
  • Issued: 06/06/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An object detection system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:

  • a memory to store an instruction set; and

    one or more processors to execute instructions from the instruction set to;

    process sensor data obtained for a road segment on which the autonomous vehicle is being driven, wherein the processed sensor data includes one or more images;

    compare the one or more images to three-dimensional (3D) environment data for the road segment to determine a plurality of pixels in the one or more images that correspond to objects not previously identified in the 3D environment data; and

    analyze the plurality of pixels to classify the objects not previously identified in the 3D environment data.

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