US 11,685,392 B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for classifying digital images
Aaron Scott Chan, San Jose, CA (US); and Kenneth J. Sanchez, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,866.
Application 17/859,866 is a continuation of application No. 16/735,198, filed on Jan. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,417,121.
Application 16/735,198 is a continuation of application No. 14/994,308, filed on Jan. 13, 2016, granted, now 10,565,460.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/102,672, filed on Jan. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0343659 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06F 18/2413 (2023.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); H04N 19/17 (2014.01); H04N 19/423 (2014.01); G06T 7/33 (2017.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 50/08 (2013.01) [B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 21/01542 (2014.10); B60R 21/01552 (2014.10); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06F 18/2413 (2023.01); G06T 7/337 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06V 20/593 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/11 (2022.01); H04N 19/17 (2014.11); H04N 19/423 (2014.11); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8006 (2013.01); B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0872 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0095 (2013.01); B60W 2540/22 (2013.01); B60W 2540/26 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/30 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/3015 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/3017 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system for classifying image features associated with at least one occupant within an associated vehicle, the system comprising:
a module stored on a memory that, when executed by a processor, is configured to receive a signal from at least one vehicle interior sensor for acquiring vehicle interior data, wherein the vehicle interior data is representative of at least one image sequence of at least one vehicle occupant;
a vehicle interior data normalization module stored on the memory that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to generate normalized vehicle occupant data based on the vehicle interior data, wherein the normalized vehicle occupant data is representative of vehicle occupant postures normalized for a range of different drivers; and
a feature classification module stored on the memory that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to classify three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least a portion of the at least one vehicle occupant into a respective driver behavior, wherein classification of the three-dimensional coordinate spatial locations of at least the portion of the at least one vehicle occupant determines one of an approximate size and shape of an object in the vehicle occupant's hands, including whether a hand of the vehicle occupant is empty.