Methods for detecting, identifying and displaying object information with a multi-camera vision system
First Claim
1. A method of identifying an object of interest in a zone of a region about a moving vehicle based on sizes of object images, comprising:
- acquiring a scene image in a different field of view for each in a series of at least two zones of the region about the structure where a first zone is relatively close to the structure and a second zone, separate and distinct from the first zone, extends farther away from the structure than the first zone, wherein;
a first of the scene images is acquired with an image acquisition depth of field setting that sufficiently resolves an image of a first object positioned in the first zone for identification as a first object type with template matching criteria, while an image of a second object of the first object type positioned in the second zone cannot be sufficiently resolved in the first of the scene images for identification as a first object type with the template matching criteria; and
a second of the scene images is acquired with an image acquisition depth of field setting that sufficiently resolves an image of a second object positioned in the second zone for identification as a first object type with the template matching criteria, while an image of the first object of the first object type positioned in the first zone cannot be sufficiently resolved in the second of the scene images for identification as a first object type with the template matching criteria.
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Abstract
Methods for detecting, identifying and displaying object information with a multi-camera vision system. In one embodiment presence of an object is detected in a region extending above a surface and positioned beyond a border, the region including at least first and second zones. A frame of image data is acquired which spans a field of view angle corresponding to a portion of a region from a position along the border. Object detection criteria are applied to analyze and classify an image of an object among a set of object types. A determination is made whether the object is present in the first zone based on application of a first series of scan windows varying in size over a first range of window sizes relative to the size of the image frame, this only permitting detection of images limited in size to a first range of image sizes.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of identifying an object of interest in a zone of a region about a moving vehicle based on sizes of object images, comprising:
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acquiring a scene image in a different field of view for each in a series of at least two zones of the region about the structure where a first zone is relatively close to the structure and a second zone, separate and distinct from the first zone, extends farther away from the structure than the first zone, wherein; a first of the scene images is acquired with an image acquisition depth of field setting that sufficiently resolves an image of a first object positioned in the first zone for identification as a first object type with template matching criteria, while an image of a second object of the first object type positioned in the second zone cannot be sufficiently resolved in the first of the scene images for identification as a first object type with the template matching criteria; and a second of the scene images is acquired with an image acquisition depth of field setting that sufficiently resolves an image of a second object positioned in the second zone for identification as a first object type with the template matching criteria, while an image of the first object of the first object type positioned in the first zone cannot be sufficiently resolved in the second of the scene images for identification as a first object type with the template matching criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 18, 19)
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4. A method of detecting the presence of an object in a region extending above a surface and positioned beyond a border, the region including at least first and second zones, each zone having a different spacing from the border, the method including:
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acquiring a frame of image data, spanning a field of view angle corresponding to a portion of the region, from a position along the border; applying object detection criteria to analyze an image of an object in the frame of data, including application of a template matching process to classify the object among a set of object types, wherein a determination is made whether the object is present in the first zone based on an effective application of a first series of scan windows, effectively varying in size over a first range of window sizes relative to the size of the image frame which application of the first range of window sizes only permits detection of images limited in size to a first range of image sizes; and wherein a determination is made whether the object is present in the second zone based on an effective application of a second series of scan windows effectively varying in size over a second range of window sizes relative to the size of the image frame which application of the second range of window sizes only permits detection of images limited in size to a second range of image sizes. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20)
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12. A method of displaying position information of objects, comprising:
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classifying different identified objects with different image acquisition devices, each image acquisition device including a camera that captures an image of an object in a field of view having a field of view angle relative to an optical axis, and a processing unit performing the classification according to object type; for each in a plurality of objects detected with at least one image acquisition device, processing acquired optical information to determine position information for the object, relative to said at least one image acquisition device with which the object is detected, including (i) distance between the object and said one image acquisition device based on approximate size of the object image and (ii) angle of object image position in the field of view of said one image acquisition device; for each detected object, transforming the position information of the object as determined with said at least one image acquisition device, and relative to the position of the said one image acquisition device, to revised position information based on a common reference position so that the position of each in the plurality of detected objects is defined relative to the common reference position; and transmitting the revised position information from each detected object from the plurality of image acquisition devices so as to simultaneously display the position of each detected object on a display screen. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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