US 12,014,508 B2
Distance determination from image data
Zafar Iqbal, Hayward, CA (US); Hitha Revalla, San Jose, CA (US); Apurbaa Mallik, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Gurjeet Singh, Castro Valley, CA (US); and Vijay Nagasamy, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,596.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123899 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 7/50 (2017.01) [G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
receive image data from a camera;
generate a depth map from the image data;
detect an object in the image data;
apply a bounding box circumscribing the object to the depth map;
determine a depth value of a closest pixel in the bounding box from among the pixels of the depth map in the bounding box, the closest pixel being closest to the camera of the pixels in the bounding box;
mask the depth map by setting depth values for the pixels in the bounding box in the depth map to the depth value of the closest pixel in the bounding box; and
determine a distance to the object based on the masked depth map.