US 11,961,274 B2
System and method for detecting and tracking an object
Benjamin Jafek, Somerville, MA (US); and Samvruta Tumuluru, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY, Manassas, VA (US)
Filed by Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,910.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,828, filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0012517 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 10/20 (2022.01); G06F 18/20 (2023.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/255 (2022.01) [G06F 18/295 (2023.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 10/759 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying a first image that is captured by a camera at a first time;
detecting a location of a first moving object in the first image;
determining a region of interest based at least partially upon the location of the first moving object in the first image, wherein the region of interest comprises a plurality of pixels in the first image, and wherein each pixel in the region of interest has a probability that is greater than a predetermined threshold that the first moving object will be located therein at a second time;
identifying a second image that is captured by the camera at the second time;
identifying the region of interest in the second image;
detecting a location of a second moving object in a portion of the second image that is outside of the region of interest.