Detecting visual information corresponding to an animal
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1. A system for detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one processor programmed to;
receive, from an image capture device, at least one first visual image of the vicinity of the vehicle;
analyze the at least one first image using a truncated animal appearance template to detect first visual information suspected to be associated with an animal, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to a portion of a body and one or more limbs of a suspected animal;
receive, from the image capture device, at least one second visual image of the vicinity of the vehicle, the at least one second image being captured later in time than the at least one first image;
analyze the at least one second image using the truncated animal appearance template to detect second visual information suspected to be associated with the animal; and
initiate a vehicle response based on consistency of the first detected visual information of the suspected animal in the at least one first visual image with the second detected visual information of the suspected animal in the at least one second visual image.
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A system for detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes at least one processor programmed to receive, from an image capture device, at least one image of the vicinity of the vehicle; analyze the at least one image using a truncated animal appearance template to detect visual information suspected to be associated with an animal, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to a portion of a body and one or more limbs of a suspected animal; and initiate a vehicle response based on the detected visual information of the suspected animal in the at least one image.
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1. A system for detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle, the system comprising:
at least one processor programmed to; receive, from an image capture device, at least one first visual image of the vicinity of the vehicle; analyze the at least one first image using a truncated animal appearance template to detect first visual information suspected to be associated with an animal, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to a portion of a body and one or more limbs of a suspected animal; receive, from the image capture device, at least one second visual image of the vicinity of the vehicle, the at least one second image being captured later in time than the at least one first image; analyze the at least one second image using the truncated animal appearance template to detect second visual information suspected to be associated with the animal; and initiate a vehicle response based on consistency of the first detected visual information of the suspected animal in the at least one first visual image with the second detected visual information of the suspected animal in the at least one second visual image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a first plurality of visual images of the vicinity of the vehicle from one or more image capture devices; receiving a truncated animal appearance template, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to appearance of at least a portion of a body and one or more limbs of an animal without a shape of a head of the animal; processing the first plurality of visual images using the truncated animal appearance template to detect, in at least one image from the first plurality of images, first visual information that corresponds to the truncated animal appearance template; receiving, from the one or more image capture devices, a second plurality of visual images of the vicinity of the vehicle, the second plurality of visual images being captured later in time than the first plurality of visual images; processing the second plurality of visual images using the truncated animal appearance template to detect, in at least one image from the second plurality of images, second visual information that corresponds to the truncated animal appearance template; and initiating a vehicle response when visual information corresponding to the truncated animal appearance template is detected in the at least one image of the first plurality of images and the at least one image of the second plurality of images. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A system for detecting an animal in a vicinity of a vehicle, comprising:
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a camera configured to acquire a first plurality of visual images of the vicinity of the vehicle during a first time period and a second plurality of visual images of the vicinity of the vehicle during a second time period later than the first time period; a storage unit storing a truncated animal appearance template, wherein the truncated animal appearance template corresponds to an appearance of at least a portion of a body and limbs of an animal without a shape of a head of the animal; and a processor configured to; process the first plurality of visual images to detect in at least one of the first plurality of images first visual information that corresponds to the truncated animal appearance template; process the second plurality of visual images to detect, in at least one of the second plurality of images second visual information that corresponds to the truncated animal appearance template; and initiate a response when visual information corresponding to the truncated animal appearance template is detected in the at least one image of the first plurality of images and the at least one image of the second plurality of images. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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