US 12,260,759 B2
Parking spot identification and annotation
Yecheng Lyu, Mountain View, CA (US); and Sihao Ding, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/300,705.
Prior Publication US 2024/0346930 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01)
CPC G08G 1/143 (2013.01) [G06V 20/586 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, located on a vehicle, comprising:
a memory that stores computer executable components; and
a processor that executes at least one of the computer executable components that:
identifies, using a neural network, a parking spot based on a digital image generated from image data captured by at least one sensor located onboard the vehicle, wherein the identifying comprises annotating the digital image by:
identifying, in the digital image, a first marker indicating a first side of the parking spot;
identifying, in the digital image, a second marker indicating a second side of the parking spot;
drawing a first line in the digital image that connects the first marker to the second marker, wherein the first line indicates an entrance to the parking spot; and
drawing a rectangle over the parking spot, wherein the rectangle comprises four lines representing four sides of the rectangle, wherein the first line is a first side of the rectangle, a second line of the rectangle corresponding to the first marker is a second side of the rectangle, a third line of the rectangle corresponding to the second marker is a third side of the rectangle, wherein the second side of the rectangle and third side of the rectangle are on opposite sides of the rectangle, and a fourth line of the rectangle corresponding to a fourth side of the rectangle indicates a rear portion of the parking spot, wherein a width of the rectangle is defined by a length of the first line, and a depth of the rectangle is at least the width of the rectangle; and
annotating the rectangle with at least one of:
an entrance point defined at the first side of the rectangle;
the width of the rectangle;
the depth of the rectangle; or
a location of the parking spot, wherein the location of the parking spot is based on GPS data.