Apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJi Hee Han, Jung Phil Kwon
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Abstract
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle includes a sensor having at least one camera to obtain information about objects positioned around the vehicle. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to detect at least one object image from an image obtained from the camera. The controller predicts a position of each object on the image currently obtained, based on information about objects recognized from an image previously obtained. The controller recognizes an object by analyzing correlation between two objects based on an object image detected at the predicted position and an object image previously recognized.
Claims20
An apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor including at least one camera to obtain information about objects positioned around the vehicle;
- and
- a controller configured to
- detect at least one object image from an image obtained from the camera,
- predict a position of each object on the image currently obtained, based on information about objects recognized from an image previously obtained,
- recognize an object by analyzing correlation between two objects based on an object image detected at the predicted position and an object image previously recognized,
- extract a first image, which corresponds to a front surface or a rear surface, of the object image,
- extract a second image, which corresponds to a side surface, and
- analyze the correlation between the two objects by comparing a feature value of the first image and a feature value of the second image, with a feature value of a third image corresponding to the front surface or the rear surface and a feature value of a fourth image, respectively,
- wherein the third image and the fourth image are extracted from the object image previously recognized.
A method for controlling a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining an image about objects positioned around the vehicle from at least one camera;
- detecting at least one object image from the image obtained to predict a position of each object on the image currently obtained, based on information about objects recognized from an image previously obtained;
- and
- recognizing an object by analyzing correlation between two objects based on an object image detected at the predicted position and an object image previously recognized,
- wherein the recognizing of the object comprises
- extracting a first image, which corresponds to a front surface or a rear surface, of the object image,
- extracting a second image, which corresponds to a side surface,
- analyzing the correlation between the two objects by comparing a feature value of the first image and a feature value of the second image, with a feature value of a third image corresponding to the front surface or the rear surface and a feature value of a fourth image, respectively,
- wherein the third image and the fourth image are extracted from the object image previously recognized.
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