Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for dynamically ascertaining alignment of vehicular cameras
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Application No.: US15830116Application Date: 2017-12-04
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Publication No.: US10654423B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Nikhil Gupta , Hilda Faraji , Daan He , Ghanshyam Rathi
- Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Main IPC: B60R11/04
- IPC: B60R11/04 ; G06T7/80 ; G03B43/00 ; G06T3/40 ; H04N17/00

Abstract:
A method for dynamically ascertaining alignment of a vehicular camera relative to a vehicle to which the camera is attached includes determining a plurality of steering angle ranges for the vehicle, each of which is a range of steering angles that approximates straight vehicle motion over less than two seconds of travel time of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion and turning. Image data captured by a camera of the vehicle is processed to determine a central vanishing point when the vehicle is in motion and moving straight. A plurality of feature points are selected in the image frames for each steering angle range, and a vanishing point for a plurality of tracked motion trajectories for each steering angle range is determined. An alignment of the camera is determined based at least in part on the determined central vanishing point and a determined vanishing line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180086284A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY ASCERTAINING ALIGNMENT OF VEHICULAR CAMERAS Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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