CPC G06T 7/246 (2017.01) [G06T 7/507 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An electronic processing system, comprising:
a processor;
memory communicatively coupled to the processor; and
logic communicatively coupled to the processor to:
analyze an electronic image to determine indirect information including shadow information and reflection information,
provide the indirect information to a vehicle guidance system of an autonomous vehicle,
detect an object based on the indirect information by creating a shadow depth map containing a distance of the object from a light source and determining, for every pixel, when a point on a ground is shaded by projecting a depth value from the shadow depth map back onto the ground,
add the detected object to a scene,
make an autonomous vehicle guidance decision based on the scene to which the detected object is added, and
track the detected object based on the indirect information.
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