US 11,930,302 B2
Enhanced sensor operation
Robert Parenti, Dearborn, MI (US); Adil Siddiqui, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Canton, MI (US); and Yasodekshna Boddeti, East Lansing, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US); and Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US); and Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/171,352.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256123 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 7/188 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00742 (2013.01); B60H 1/00871 (2013.01); B60R 21/01538 (2014.10); B60R 21/01542 (2014.10); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.05); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a three-dimensional image sensor;
a two-dimensional image sensor; and
a computer communicatively coupled to the three-dimensional image sensor and the two-dimensional image sensor, the computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
receive a two-dimensional image of an object from the two-dimensional image sensor;
output, from a machine learning program trained to identify one or more reference points in an input two-dimensional image, a reference point of the object in the two-dimensional image;
when a similarity measure based on a distance between the reference point and a three-dimensional reference point is below a threshold, collect three-dimensional image data of the object from the three-dimensional image sensor;
output a new three-dimensional reference point based on the collected three-dimensional image data; and
deactivate the three-dimensional image sensor upon outputting the new three-dimensional reference point.