US 10,650,254 B2Granted

Forward-facing multi-imaging system for navigating a vehicle

AssigneeMobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.

InventorsAmnon Shashua, Gaby Hayon, Yossi Hadad, Efim Belman, Eyal Bagon

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Abstract

Systems and methods use cameras to provide autonomous navigation features. In one implementation, a driver-assist system is provided for a vehicle. The system may include one or more image capture devices configured to acquire images of an area forward of the vehicle. The system may also include at least one processing device configured to receive, via one or more data interfaces, the images. The at least one processing device may be further configured to analyze the images acquired by the one or more image capture devices and cause at least one navigational response in the vehicle based on monocular and/or stereo image analysis of the images.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A tri-focal camera system for a vehicle, the system comprising:

a first image capture device configured to acquire a first plurality of images of an area forward of the vehicle, wherein the first image capture device has a first angular field of view;
a second image capture device configured to acquire a second plurality of images of an area forward of the vehicle, wherein the second image capture device has a second angular field of view greater than the first angular field of view;
and
a third image capture device configured to acquire a third plurality of images of an area forward of the vehicle, wherein the third image capture device has a third angular field of view greater than the second angular field of view,
wherein the first image capture device, the second image capture device, and the third image capture device are mounted such that the first angular field of view at least partially overlaps the third angular field of view, and the second angular field of view at least partially overlaps the third angular field of view.

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Facts

Application: 15/982,105Filed 17 May 2018 · continuation
Priority: 14 Oct 2013
Published: US 2018/0268226 A120 Sep 2018
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G06V 20/588
Exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle: recognition of the road, e.g. of lane markings; Recognition of the vehicle driving…
G05D 1/0251
Using a video camera in combination with image processing means: extracting 3D information from a plurality of images taken from different…
G06T 7/285
Analysis of motion: using a sequence of stereo image pairs
G06V 20/56
Context or environment of the image: exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle

Family

Application61/890,412Us provisional application · filed 14 Oct 2013
Application62/040,224Us provisional application · filed 21 Aug 2014
Application62/040,269Us provisional application · filed 21 Aug 2014
Application14/513,542Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Oct 2014
US 2018/0268226 A1Pre-grant publication · published 20 Sep 2018
US 10,318,823 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2015/0103159 A1Published application
US 10,650,254 B2This patent

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