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US 2019/0057264 A1Published application
Detecting objects in vehicles
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid J. Schmidt, Richard Alan Kreder
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Abstract
A computing device in a vehicle, programmed to acquire a first image of a vehicle interior, and, detect an object by comparing the first image of the vehicle interior with a previously acquired second image. The computing device can be further programmed to subtract the second image from the first image to produce a difference image.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- acquiring a first image of a vehicle interior;
- and
- detecting an object by determining that the first image lacks a pattern included in a stored second image.
A computer apparatus, programmed to:
- acquire a first image of a vehicle interior;
- and
- detect an object by comparing the first image of the vehicle interior with a previously acquired second image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.