System and method for insight-triggered opportunistic imaging in a vehicle
AssigneeRm Acquisition, LLC
InventorAndreas U. Kuehnle
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Abstract
A system and method for insight-triggered opportunistic imaging in a vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, a plurality of images are captured opportunistically using an image capture device in a vehicle. A compressive sensing sampling technique is used to store a subset of image pixels of at least some of the plurality of images. A retention filter is applied to the plurality of images to select a subset of the plurality of images to retain based on a signal from a sensor in the vehicle. The retained image information can be sent to an entity external to the vehicle for processing.
Claims22
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors in a vehicle comprising an image capture device, cause the one or more processors to:
- cause the image capture device to capture a plurality of images at a regular frequency;
- cause the image capture device to capture a plurality of additional images in response to available processing time of the one or more processors being above a threshold;
- and
- implement a retention filter to select a subset of the plurality of additional images to retain based on a signal from at least one sensor in the vehicle.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors in a vehicle comprising an image capture device, cause the one or more processors to:
- cause the image capture device to capture a plurality of images at a regular frequency;
- cause the image capture device to capture a plurality of additional images in response to available processing time of the one or more processors being above a threshold;
- and
- select a subset of the plurality of additional images to retain based on at least one signal from at least one sensor in the vehicle,
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
- store only a subset of image pixels of each image in the subset of the plurality of additional images.
A method comprising:
- performing in one or more processors in a vehicle:
- capturing a plurality of images using an image capture device in the vehicle based on an available processing time of the one or more processors;
- using a compressive sensing sampling technique to store a subset of image pixels of at least some of the plurality of images;
- and
- applying a retention filter to the plurality of images to select a subset of the plurality of images to retain based on a signal from a sensor in the vehicle.
A system comprising:
- means for causing an image capture device in a vehicle to capture a plurality of images based on an available processing time of one or more processors that capture an image;
- means for sampling a subset of image pixels of at least some of the plurality of images;
- and
- means for filtering the plurality of images by selecting a subset of the plurality of images to retain based on a signal from a sensor in the vehicle.
An opportunistic data capture system with subsequent curation, the system comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- one or more processors configured to:
- capture data in response to available processing time;
- and
- apply a retention filter to the captured data to select a subset of the captured data to retain in the memory based on a signal from a sensor in a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.