US 12,330,679 B2
Systems and methods for vehicle navigation
Andras Ferencz, Princeton, NJ (US); and Ora Zackay, Hod Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to Mobileye Vision Technologies, Ltd., Jerusalem (IL)
Filed by Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd., Jerusalem (IL)
Filed on May 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,146.
Application 18/204,146 is a continuation of application No. 16/781,350, filed on Feb. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,697,427.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,981, filed on Jan. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/800,845, filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382422 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC B60W 60/001 (2020.02) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2552/30 (2020.02); B60W 2552/53 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/20 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A navigation system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
at least one processor comprising circuitry and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions that when executed by the circuitry cause the at least one processor to:
receive at least one captured image including a representation of at least one road feature in an environment of the vehicle, the at least one captured image being captured by a camera of the host vehicle;
generate a warped image based on the received at least one captured image, wherein the warped image simulates a view of the at least one road feature in the environment of the vehicle from a simulated viewpoint elevated relative to an actual position of the camera and based on a simulated camera optical axis angled downward by an angle of between twenty-five degrees and sixty-five degrees relative to an actual optical axis of the camera, wherein generating the warped image includes adding at least one additional pixel to the warped image;
identify a representation of the at least one road feature in the warped image, wherein the representation of the at least one road feature in the warped image is transformed in one or more respects relative to the representation of the at least one road feature in the at least one captured image;
determine a navigational action for the vehicle based on the identified at least one road feature represented in the warped image; and
cause at least one actuator system of the vehicle to implement the determined navigational action.