US 12,236,629 B2
Operating a motor vehicle with stereo camera and LIDAR
Turgay Isik Aslandere, Aachen/NRW (DE); Evangelos Bitsanis, Aachen/NRW (DE); Michael Marbaix, Haillot (BE); Alain Marie Roger Chevalier, Henri-Chapelle (BE); and Frederic Stefan, Aachen/NRW (DE)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/037,127.
Claims priority of application No. 102019126398.0 (DE), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0097710 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 7/70 (2017.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 7/70 (2017.01) [B60W 60/001 (2020.02); G01S 17/931 (2020.01); G05D 1/0248 (2013.01); G05D 1/0251 (2013.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2420/408 (2024.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a motor vehicle, comprising:
capturing sensor data that includes image data, via a stereo camera system, and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data, via a LIDAR sensor;
receiving a request signal that indicates a quality of the sensor data for a determination of an orientation of a road user; and
determining the orientation of the road user based on a relevant portion of the LIDAR data and the image data when the request signal indicates the quality of the sensor data is at or above the predetermined quality; wherein the relevant portion of the LIDAR data is determined based on the image data.