According to an aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of identifying a potential obstacle to a moving vehicle, during a vehicle driving period. The method may comprise: receiving a first image of an environment in which the vehicle is located during the driving period from an image capture device, the environment comprising one or more objects physically located within the environment; receiving an optical signal from an optical distance measurement device, the optical signal having been reflected from one or more objects physically located within the environment, the optical signal comprising one or more optical signal data points; determining a distance value associated with one or more of the optical signal data points; selecting the optical signal data points associated with a distance value equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value; selecting a plurality of image pixels comprised within the received image associated with the selected optical signal data points; and identifying the one or more objects associated with the selected plurality of image pixels comprised within the received first image from an analysis of the selected plurality of image pixels. The first image of the environment may comprise a viewpoint of the environment with respect to a reference point. The first image may comprise a point-of-view image from the viewpoint of the vehicle, e.g. an image of the vehicle's field of view (FOV). The viewpoint of the environment may comprise at least a portion of the environment comprised within the vehicle's intended travel path. In this way the first image comprises objects that could potentially pose an obstacle to the vehicle based on its intended travel path.
Object identification and motion tracking
2017-04-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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