Moving vehicle in cuboidal panorama
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorSultan Haider
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Abstract
A method for monitoring movement of a moving object and avoiding a collision with it comprises constructing a panoramic image from images of a rotating camera attached to the moving object, constructing a virtual cuboid around the moving object utilizing data from the panoramic image, calculating a difference between a position of the cuboid and a position of an obstacle, and changing a moving direction of the moving object if the difference between the position of the cuboid and the position of an obstacle is smaller than a threshold value to avoid the obstacle.
Claims15
A method for monitoring movement of a moving object, comprising:
- a) constructing a panoramic image from images of a rotating camera attached to the moving object;
- b) constructing a virtual cuboid around the moving object utilizing data from the panoramic image;
- c) calculating a difference between a position of the cuboid and a position of an obstacle;
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- d) changing a moving direction of the moving object if the difference between the position of the cuboid and the position of an obstacle is smaller than a threshold value to avoid the obstacle.
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