Systems and methods for processing time of flight sensor data
AssigneeVerity AG
InventorsAnton Josef Ledergerber, Markus Florian Hehn, Tomislav Horvat
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for processing time of flight (ToF) data generated by a ToF camera. Such systems and methods may comprise receiving the ToF data comprising fine depth data and coarse depth data of an environment, processing the received coarse depth data in real time to generate one of a coarse three-dimensional (3D) representation or an intensity image of the environment, storing the received fine depth data and the coarse depth data, and processing the stored fine depth data and the coarse depth data, at a later time, to generate a fine 3D representation of the environment.
Claims22
A method for processing time of flight (ToF) data generated by a ToF camera of an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the autonomous vehicle, the ToF data comprising fine depth data and coarse depth data of an environment;
- processing, at the autonomous vehicle, the received coarse depth data in real time to generate one of a coarse three-dimensional (3D) representation or an intensity image of the environment;
- storing, at the autonomous vehicle, the received fine depth data and the coarse depth data;
- and
- transmitting the stored fine depth data and the stored coarse depth data from the autonomous vehicle to a remote computing device, to enable the remote computing device to perform processing, at a later time, of the stored fine depth data and the coarse depth data to generate a fine 3D representation of the environment.
A system for processing time of flight (ToF) data generated by a ToF camera of an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:
- memory;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- receive, at the autonomous vehicle, the ToF data comprising fine depth data and coarse depth data of an environment;
- process, at the autonomous vehicle, the received coarse depth data in real time to generate one of a coarse three-dimensional (3D) representation or an intensity image of the environment;
- store, at the autonomous vehicle, the received fine depth data and the coarse depth data;
- and
- transmit the stored fine depth data and the stored coarse depth data from the autonomous vehicle to a remote computing device, to enable the remote computing device to perform processing, at a later time, of the stored fine depth data and the coarse depth data to generate a fine 3D representation of the environment.
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a time of flight (ToF) camera configured to generate ToF data of an environment outside of the autonomous aerial vehicle, wherein the ToF data comprises fine depth data and coarse depth data;
- memory;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- receive the ToF data;
- process the received coarse depth data in real time to generate one of a coarse three-dimensional (3D) representation or an intensity image of the environment;
- store, in the memory, the received fine depth data and the coarse depth data;
- and
- transmit the stored fine depth data and the stored coarse depth data from the autonomous vehicle to a remote computing device, to enable the remote computing device to perform processing, at a later time, of the stored fine depth data and the coarse depth data to generate a fine 3D representation of the environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.