Systems, apparatus, and methods for generating enhanced images
AssigneeWaymo LLC
InventorsJia Feng, Damien Kelly, Ignacio Garcia Dorado, Xiaoying He, Benjamin Frevert, Nirav Dharia
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Abstract
Described examples relate to an apparatus comprising a first sensor configured to scan an area of interest during a first time period and a second sensor configured to capture a plurality of images of a field of view. The apparatus may include at least one controller configured to receive the plurality of images captured by the second sensor, compare the timestamp information associated with at least one image of the plurality of images to at least one time period of the first time period, and select a base image from the plurality of images based on the comparison.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first sensor configured to scan an area of interest during a first time period, wherein the first sensor is configured to capture or detect sensor data at one or more times of the first time period,
- a second sensor configured to capture a plurality of images of a field of view;
- at least one controller configured to:
- receive the plurality of images captured by the second sensor, each image associated with timestamp information, wherein the timestamp information for each of the plurality of images includes an exposure time;
- compare the exposure time associated with each image of the plurality of images to the one or more times of the first time period;
- determine a time difference between the exposure time of each image and each of the one or more times of the first time period;
- and
- select a base image from the plurality of images based on the time differences.
A method comprising:
- causing, by a computing device, a first sensor to scan an area of interest during a first time period, wherein the first sensor captures or detects sensor data at one or more times of the first time period;
- receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of images captured by a second sensor, each image associated with a field of view of the second sensor and timestamp information, wherein the timestamp information for each of the plurality of images includes an exposure time;
- comparing, by the computing device, the exposure time associated with each image the plurality of images to the one or more times of the first time period;
- and
- selecting, by the computing device, a base image from the plurality of images based on the time differences.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- causing a first sensor to scan an area of interest during a first time period, wherein the first sensor captures or detects sensor data at one or more times of the first time period;
- receiving a plurality of images captured by a second sensor, each image associated with a field of view of the second sensor and timestamp information, wherein the timestamp information for each of the plurality of images includes an exposure time;
- comparing the exposure time associated with each image the plurality of images to the one or more times of the first time period;
- and
- selecting, by the computing device, a base image from the plurality of images based on the time differences.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.