Vehicle equipped with a system for detecting the distance of an object in front of the vehicle on the basis of a communication of a v2x type with other vehicles and on the basis of a detection of position
EP4523197A1Pending Publication Date: 2025-03-19CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA
0 Cites 0 Cited by
Patent Information
- Application Number
- EP2023725836
- Authority / Receiving Office
- EP · EP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2022-05-10
- Filing Date
- 2023-05-04
- Publication Date
- 2025-03-19
AI Technical Summary
Technical Problem
Stereovision systems for determining vehicle distance from objects in front, while simple and inexpensive, suffer from increasing measurement errors with distance and are limited by the short baseline between cameras, affecting precision.
Method used
A vehicle system that communicates with adjacent vehicles using V2X technology to share image and position data, effectively increasing the baseline between video cameras and enhancing distance calculation precision by processing stereoscopic-image data from multiple vehicles.
Benefits of technology
This approach significantly improves distance detection precision by extending the baseline between cameras, enabling more accurate detection of objects in front of vehicles while maintaining a low-cost and simple system.
✦ Generated by Eureka AI based on patent content.
Abstract
A vehicle (1) comprises a video camera (2) for forming an image of the scene in front of the vehicle (1), an electronic control unit (E) configured for receiving a signal from the video camera (2) and processing first image data on the basis of said signal, a location module (L) configured for sending to said electronic control unit (E) first position data of the vehicle, and a communication module (M) configured for receiving, from a communication module (M) of another adjacent vehicle, second image data obtained on the basis of the signal of a video camera (20) provided on the adjacent vehicle (10) for forming an image of the scene in front of the adjacent vehicle (10), and second position data of the adjacent vehicle (10). The electronic control unit (E) of the vehicle (1) is moreover configured for determining the distance between the vehicle (1) and the adjacent vehicle (10) on the basis of the first position data and of the second position data, and for processing stereoscopic-image data on the basis of the first image data, of the second image data, and of the distance (b) determined between the vehicle (1) and the adjacent vehicle (10), and for calculating, as a function of the stereoscopic-image data, the distance of the vehicle from an object (X) in front of the vehicle.
Need to check novelty before this filing date? Find Prior Art