Navigation based on sensed looking direction of a pedestrian
AssigneeMobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
InventorsAmnon SHASHUA, Shai SHALEV-SHWARTZ, Shaked SHAMMAH
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for host vehicle navigation. Disclosed systems and methods may navigate the host vehicle based on surroundings of the host vehicle, including pedestrians present in the host vehicle's environment, or based on passengers within the host vehicles. For example, the systems and methods may navigate the host vehicle based on sensed activities of passengers, automated negotiation with pedestrians, sensed pedestrian eye contact, a sensed facing direction of a pedestrian, based on a movement direction and a speed of a pedestrian, based on a sensed pedestrian in a vicinity of a crosswalk, or based on a sensed number of pedestrians.
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1-140. (canceled)
A navigation system for a host vehicle, the navigation system comprising:
- at least one processing device comprising circuitry and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the circuitry cause the at least one processing device to:
- receive a plurality of images acquired by a camera, the plurality of images being representative of an environment of the host vehicle, wherein the environment includes at least one pedestrian;
- determine that one or more features of the at least one pedestrian's face are captured at a threshold resolution;
- analyze, based on the determination that the one or more features of the at least one pedestrian's face are captured at the threshold resolution, the at least one of the plurality of images to determine a looking direction of the at least one pedestrian;
- determine whether the at least one pedestrian is looking in a direction of the host vehicle based on the looking direction of the at least one pedestrian;
- select at least one navigational action for the host vehicle based on whether the at least one pedestrian is looking in the direction of the host vehicle;
- and
- cause the host vehicle to implement the at least one navigational action.
A method of navigating a host vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of images acquired by a camera, the plurality of images being representative of an environment of the host vehicle, wherein the environment includes at least one pedestrian;
- determining that one or more features of the at least one pedestrian's face are captured at a threshold resolution;
- analyzing, based on the determination that the one or more features of the at least one pedestrian's face are captured at the threshold resolution, the at least one of the plurality of images to determine a looking direction of the at least one pedestrian;
- determining whether the at least one pedestrian is looking in a direction of the host vehicle based on the looking direction of the at least one pedestrian;
- selecting at least one navigational action for the host vehicle based on whether the at least one pedestrian is looking in the direction of the host vehicle;
- and
- causing the host vehicle to implement the at least one navigational action.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of images acquired by a camera, the plurality of images being representative of an environment of a host vehicle, wherein the environment includes at least one pedestrian;
- determining that one or more features of the at least one pedestrian's face are captured at a threshold resolution;
- analyzing, based on the determination that the one or more features of the at least one pedestrian's face are captured at the threshold resolution, the at least one of the plurality of images to determine a looking direction of the at least one pedestrian;
- determining whether the at least one pedestrian is looking in a direction of the host vehicle based on the looking direction of the at least one pedestrian;
- selecting at least one navigational action for the host vehicle based on whether the at least one pedestrian is looking in the direction of the host vehicle;
- and
- causing the host vehicle to implement the at least one navigational action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.