Method for object recognition using queue-based model selection and optical flow in autonomous driving environment, recording medium and device for performing the method

An object recognition device using queue-based model selection and optical flow in an autonomous driving environment, the object recognition device comprising at least one processor configured to run software to execute instructions, thereby configuring the processor to:

• preprocess data through a dense flow in a form of a matrix by calculating an optical flow of images captured consecutively over time by a sensor for an autonomous vehicle,
• wherein the at least one processor is further configured to preprocess the data by min-max normalizing the matrix for the dense flow representing a magnitude;
• generate a confidence mask by generating a vectorized confidence threshold representing a probability that there is a moving object for each cell of the preprocessed matrix;
• map the images captured consecutively over time to the confidence mask;
• determine there is a moving object in the images when a confidence of each cell mapped to the confidence mask is lower than the corresponding confidence threshold;
• determine there is no moving object in the images when the confidence of each cell mapped to the confidence mask is higher than the corresponding confidence threshold;
• and
• select an object recognition model using a tradeoff constant between object recognition accuracy and queue stability in each time unit,
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to select an optimal object recognition model using a size of a stored queue based on Lyapunov optimization, and
• wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
• select a fastest object recognition model as the size of the queue is larger, and
• select a highest accuracy object recognition model as the size of the queue is smaller.