Method for deriving at least one item of information from images of a stereo camera
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorMoritz Michael Knorr
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Abstract
A method for deriving at least one item of information from images of a stereo camera. A resource-saving and at the same time accurate derivation of information from the images is achieved by alternately using and processing the images with methods of monocular image processing and deriving at least one item of information from the results. A motor vehicle comprising a stereo camera and comprising a control device which carries out the method, are also described.
Claims10
A method for deriving at least one item of information from images of a stereo camera including a first camera and a second camera, the method comprising the following steps:
- capturing, at successive points in time, first images from the first camera, and second images from the second camera;
- in a monocular step, processing only a single new image at each respective point in time, wherein the single new image is selected alternately from the captured first images and second images to generate a time-alternating sequence of processed images using methods of monocular image processing, and outputting results of the monocular step including the time-alternating sequence of processed images;
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- in a derivation step, deriving at least one item of information from the results of the monocular step including the time-alternating sequence of processed images.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium on which is stored a computer program for deriving at least one item of information from images of a stereo camera including a first camera and a second camera, the computer program, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform the following steps:
- capturing, at successive points in time, first images from the first camera, and second images from the second camera;
- in a monocular step, processing only a single new image at each respective point in time, wherein the single new image is selected alternately from the captured first images and second images to generate a time-alternating sequence of processed images using methods of monocular image processing, and outputting results of the monocular step including the time-alternating sequence of processed images;
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- in a derivation step, deriving at least one item of information from the results of the monocular step including the time-alternating sequence of processed images.
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a stereo camera including a first camera which captures first images during operation, and a second camera which captures second images during operation, wherein the first images and the second images are captured at successive points in time;
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- a control device configured to derive at least one item of information from the captured first and second images of the stereo camera, the control device configured to:
- in a monocular step, process only a single new image at each respective point in time, wherein the single new image is selected alternately from the captured first images and second images to generate a time-alternating sequence of processed images using methods of monocular image processing, and output results of the monocular step including the time-alternating sequence of processed images;
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- in a derivation step, derive at least one item of information from the results of the monocular step including the time-alternating sequence of processed images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.