System and method for autonomous valet parking using plenoptic cameras

Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for autonomously valet parking a vehicle based on images obtained from a plurality of plenoptic (light field) cameras. According to one embodiment, an autonomous valet parking system comprises a plenoptic camera configured to: obtain an image externa...

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Main Authors Elie Larry Dean, Rhode Douglas Scott
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.01.2017
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
CONTROLLING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
MEASURING
MEASURING ANGLES
MEASURING AREAS
MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS
PHYSICS
REGULATING
SIGNALLING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TESTING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
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Summary:Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for autonomously valet parking a vehicle based on images obtained from a plurality of plenoptic (light field) cameras. According to one embodiment, an autonomous valet parking system comprises a plenoptic camera configured to: obtain an image external to a vehicle, and for the image, generate a depth map including location information for an object in the image; and a controller configured to: using the depth map, generate an occupancy map indicating whether each of a plurality of regions surrounding the vehicle is occupied; and using the occupancy map, control the vehicle to navigate to a desired parking space.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514834203