Object tracking
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsPeter Gao, Gautier Minster, Elliot Branson, Stuart Glaser
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for tracking an object. The system includes a data receiving module receiving two dimensional imaging data including an object and height map data correlating ground height and location. A two dimensions to three dimensions transformation module determines a location of the object in three dimensional space based on the two dimensional imaging data and the height map data. A tracking module tracks the object using the location of the object.
Claims20
An object tracking system, comprising:
- a data receiving module configured to, by a processor, receive two dimensional imaging data including at least one object and to receive height map data correlating ground height and location;
- a two dimensions to three dimensions transformation module configured to, by a processor, determine a location of the at least one object in three dimensional space based on the two dimensional imaging data and the height map data;
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- a tracking module configured to, by a processor, track at least one object using the location of the at least one object.
An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
- a sensor system comprising at least one camera for obtaining two dimensional imaging data;
- a data receiving module configured to receive two dimensional imaging data including at least one object and to receive height map data correlating ground height and location;
- a processor configured to:
- determine a location of the at least one object in three dimensional space based on the two dimensional imaging data and the height map data;
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- track at least one object using the location of the at least one object and to responsively output tracking data;
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- an autonomous vehicle control module configured to exercise autonomous vehicle control based, in part, on the tracking data.
A method of tracking at least one object, comprising:
- receiving, via a processor, two dimensional imaging data including at least one object and receiving height map data correlating ground height and real world location;
- determining, via a processor, a real world location of the at least one object in three dimensional space based on the two dimensional imaging data and the height map data;
- tracking, via a processor, at least one object using the location of the at least one object for use in autonomous vehicle control.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.