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US 12,214,732 B2Granted
Rear camera triangulation mirror
AssigneeContinental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
InventorsKyle P Carpenter, Danny Bynum, Matthew Donald Berkemeier
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Abstract
A camera system for a vehicle provides for the generation of different perspectives with a single camera to improve location accuracy. The camera system includes a camera configured for generating an image of an area proximate the vehicle and a mirror mounted proximate the camera and within a field of view of the camera. The mirror provides a secondary view of the area proximate the vehicle to the camera that is included as part of a single image.
Claims10
A camera system for a vehicle comprising:
- a camera configured for generating an image of an area proximate the vehicle;
- and
- a mirror mounted proximate the camera and within a field of view of the camera, the mirror mounted to provide a secondary view of the area proximate the vehicle to the camera;
- and
- a controller in communication with said camera and programmed to
- receive an image from the camera including a primary view of the area proximate the vehicle and the secondary view of the area proximate the vehicle viewed in the mirror,
- identify an object within the primary view and the secondary view,
- determine an angle between the camera and a point on the mirror corresponding with the reflection of the object, and
- determine a position of the object relative to the vehicle using the image of the object identified in the primary view, the image of the object identified in the secondary view, and the determined angle.
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A method of locating an object proximate a vehicle comprising:
- capturing an image of an environment surrounding a vehicle and a reflection within a mirror with a single camera;
- identifying an object within the environment;
- identifying a reflection of the object within the mirror;
- determining an angle between the camera and a point on the mirror corresponding with the reflection of the object;
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- determining a position of the object relative to the vehicle using the identified object, and the reflection of the object, and the determined angle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.