Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining pixels beyond nominal maximum sensor depth
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Application No.: US17115254Application Date: 2020-12-08
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Publication No.: US11861857B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Subasingha Shaminda Subasingha , Yongzhe Chen , Mehran Ferdowsi , Samuel Holladay , Turhan Karadeniz , Robert Nicholas Moor , Joseph Patrick Warga , Harrison Thomas Waschura , Silas Kogure Wilkinson
- Applicant: Zoox, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Foster City
- Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Foster City
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06T7/521
- IPC: G06T7/521 ; G01S17/894 ; G01B11/22 ; B60W60/00 ; G01S17/931

Abstract:
Sensors, including time-of-flight sensors, may be used to detect objects in an environment. In an example, a vehicle may include a time-of-flight sensor that images objects around the vehicle, e.g., so the vehicle can navigate relative to the objects. The sensor may generate first image data at a first configuration and second image data at a second configuration. A disambiguated depth of a surface may be determined from the first image data and the second image data. If the disambiguated depth is greater than a nominal maximum depth of the sensor in the first configuration, an intensity of the surface may be determined from the first image data. If the intensity meets or exceeds a threshold intensity, the surface may be determined to be beyond the nominal maximum depth. If the intensity is less than the threshold intensity, an actual depth of the surface may be determined form the second image data as a distance less than the nominal maximum depth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220180538A1 DETERMINING PIXELS BEYOND NOMINAL MAXIMUM SENSOR DEPTH Public/Granted day:2022-06-09
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