Large animal detection and intervention in a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAlireza Rahimpour, Navid Fallahinia, Devesh Upadhyay, Justin Miller
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Abstract
A far-infrared camera mounted in a vehicle generates an image frame. When an image of a large animal is identified in the image frame, a pixel intensity of the large animal image is determined. An estimated distance to the large animal from the far-infrared camera based on the pixel intensity is determined. When the animal is classified as a tracked animal, and future trajectories of the tracked animal and the vehicle intersect, a component in the vehicle is actuated.
Claims20
A computing device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor such that the computing device is programmed to:
- upon identifying an image of a large animal in an image frame obtained with a far-infrared camera mounted to a vehicle:
- determine a pixel intensity of the large animal image,
- determine an estimated distance to the large animal from the far-infrared camera based on the pixel intensity, and
- upon classifying the large animal as a tracked animal and upon determining that a future trajectory of the tracked animal and a future trajectory of the vehicle intersect, actuate a component in the vehicle.
A method of predicting a future trajectory of a large animal and actuating a component, the method comprising the steps of:
- upon identifying an image of a large animal in an image frame obtained with a far-infrared camera mounted to a vehicle:
- determining a pixel intensity of the large animal image;
- determining an estimated distance to the large animal from the far-infrared camera based on the pixel intensity;
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- upon classifying the large animal as a tracked animal and on upon determining that the future trajectory of the tracked animal and the future trajectory of the vehicle intersect, actuating a component in the vehicle.
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