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- Patent Title: Depth dependent pixel filtering
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Application No.: US17115320Application Date: 2020-12-08
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Publication No.: US11954877B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- 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 ; B60W60/00 ; G01B11/22 ; G01S17/894 ; 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. Sensor data generated by the time-of-flight sensor can include returns associated with highly reflective objects that cause glare. In some examples, a depth of a sensed surface is determined from the sensor data and additional pixels at the same depth are identified. The subset of pixels at the depth are filtered by comparing a measured intensity value to a threshold intensity value for the depth. Other threshold intensity values can be applied to subsets of pixels at different depths.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220180539A1 DEPTH DEPENDENT PIXEL FILTERING Public/Granted day:2022-06-09
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