Online Camera Alignment Using Ensembled Features From Multiple Views

A method for aligning one or more cameras of a vehicle with an object associated with the vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving at least two original images from the one or more cameras;
• identifying at least one target feature in the original images;
• selecting local regions of interest for the identified target feature in the original images;
• loading view settings for each local region of interest, the view settings for each local region of interest including at least a size and a resolution;
• creating one or more synthetic local images for each original image based on the local regions of interest and the loaded view settings;
• detecting at least one feature in the one or more synthetic local images;
• and
• aligning the camera with an object associated with the vehicle using the detected feature, wherein the object is the vehicle, the ground, or a second camera of the vehicle.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a control module, cause the control module to:

• receive at least two original images from one or more cameras of a vehicle;
• identify at least one target feature in the original images;
• select local regions of interest for the identified target feature in the original images;
• load view settings for each local region of interest, the view settings for each local region of interest including at least a size and a resolution;
• create one or more synthetic local images for each original image based on the local regions of interest and the loaded view settings;
• detect at least one feature in the one or more synthetic local images;
• and
• align the camera with an object associated with the vehicle using the detected feature, wherein the object is the vehicle, the ground, or a second camera of the vehicle.