US 12,715,362 B2 · Edge-assisted occlusion mitigation

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for removing vehicle induced line-of-sight occlusions. Such systems and methods may comprise: (1) obtaining an image frame captured by an image sensor in a vehicle, the image frame comprising an object in an environment surrounding the vehicle; (2) detecting an occlusion event based on a vehicle structure occluding the object from an occupant of the vehicle; (3) modifying the image frame based on a metric of computation resources of the vehicle; (4) generating a data object representative of the occlusion event from the modified image frame; and (5) outputting the data object to a rendering device, wherein the rendering device renders a graphical visualization of the data object on a display viewable by the occupant of the vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

obtaining an image frame captured by an image sensor in a vehicle;
estimating a region of the image frame occluded from view of an occupant of the vehicle by a structure of the vehicle;
detecting an object in the image frame using an object detection algorithm;
responsive to determining that the detected object at least partially overlaps with the estimated region, detecting an occlusion event associated with the structure of the vehicle occluding the object from the view of the occupant of the vehicle;
modifying the image frame;
generating a data object representative of the occlusion event from the modified image frame;
and
outputting the data object to a rendering device, wherein the rendering device renders a graphical visualization of the data object on a display viewable by the occupant of the vehicle.

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Edge-assisted occlusion mitigation

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Abstract

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