EP2718869A2 - Method and device for detecting objects in the area surrounding a vehicle - Google Patents
Method and device for detecting objects in the area surrounding a vehicleInfo
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- the present invention relates to a method for detecting objects in an environment of a vehicle, to a corresponding device and to a corresponding computer program product.
- DE 10 2007 001 099 A1 relates to an evaluation device for a driver assistance system for a vehicle, having an input for receiving image information recorded by a camera, a first component for finding an image section containing a predetermined shape in first image information received by the camera, a second component for requesting second image information, wherein the second image information is a renewed recording of an image section found by the first component with improved contrast over the first image information. Furthermore, a third component is present for identifying a traffic sign in the second image information and an output for outputting a signal relating to a traffic sign identified by the third component.
- the present invention provides a method for detecting objects in an environment of a vehicle, furthermore a device which uses this method and finally a corresponding computer program product according to the main claims.
- Advantageous embodiments emerge from the respective subclaims and the following description.
- the present invention provides a method for detecting objects in an environment of a vehicle, the method comprising the following steps:
- Extracting an image section from the second image of the vehicle camera wherein the image section preferably represents a smaller area of the surroundings of the vehicle than the first image, wherein when extracting a position of the image section in the second image is determined on the basis of at least one parameter represents information about a drive of the vehicle and / or a position of an infrastructure element in front of the vehicle and / or is independent of a moving object, which was detected in a previous step in the image section;
- the present invention further provides an apparatus adapted to perform the steps of the method according to the invention in corresponding devices. Also by this embodiment of the invention in the form of a device, the object underlying the invention can be solved quickly and efficiently.
- the present invention provides an apparatus for detecting objects in an environment of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising the steps of:
- an interface for reading in a first image of a vehicle camera which represents the environment of the vehicle and which was taken at a first exposure time and reading a second image of the vehicle camera, which was taken after the first image and with a second exposure time, which differs from the first Exposure time is different; a unit for extracting an image section from the second image of the vehicle camera, the image section preferably representing a smaller area of the surroundings of the vehicle than the first image, wherein upon extraction a position of the image section in the second image is determined on the basis of at least one parameter representing information about a travel of the vehicle and / or a position of an infrastructure element in front of the vehicle and / or independent of a moving object detected in a previous step in the image section;
- a device can be understood as meaning an electrical device which processes sensor signals and outputs control or information signals in dependence thereon.
- the device may have an interface, which may be formed in hardware and / or software.
- the interfaces may be part of a so-called system ASIC, which includes various functions of the device.
- the interfaces are their own integrated circuits or at least partially consist of discrete components.
- the interfaces can be software modules which are present, for example, on a microcontroller in addition to other software modules.
- a computer program product with program code which can be stored on a machine-readable carrier such as a semiconductor memory, a hard disk memory or an optical memory and is used to carry out the method according to one of the embodiments described above if the program is installed on a computer or a device is also of advantage is performed.
- a vehicle camera can be understood as meaning an optical sensor which converts a scene or an environment of the vehicle into a video image and makes it available to other components for further processing.
- this optical sensor can work in several modes, each of these modes in particular by a different exposure time for receiving a
- An image section can be understood as a partial region of an image of the vehicle camera in which a smaller part of the surroundings of the vehicle is depicted than in an image of the vehicle camera.
- a position of this image section may be determined prior to the step of extracting, for example, a parameter that is independent of a moving object (such as a vehicle) that was detected in a frame in the previous step, or a parameter is dependent, which represents information about a drive of the vehicle.
- the position of the image detail may also be dependent on a position of an infrastructure element in front of the vehicle, wherein an infrastructure element may be understood to mean, for example, a road construction measure such as a street lamp or a guide post.
- such a parameter may also be independent of a moving vehicle, which was detected in a previous step in the image section.
- Driving the vehicle represents, for example, information of a Be sensor that represents a movement of your own vehicle or a setting of controls for controlling the vehicle.
- the information about a drive of the vehicle may be a speed of the vehicle, a steering angle which the steering wheel is taken in or a predicted or, for example, a navigation device selected, assumed road course.
- An object that is recognized in the first image or another object that is recognized in the image section may, for example, be understood as a vehicle that is recognized in the relevant image or image section.
- the object that is detected in the first image a structural measure or
- a infrastructure on the roadside be (for example, a guide post or a street lamp).
- the second object that is recognized in the image section may also be a structural measure or unit, in particular an infrastructure device on the roadway edge, for example also a guide post or a guide post
- the second exposure time can be greater than the first exposure time, so that objects can be detected in the image section that have a lower brightness than the objects that are detected in the first image. This makes it possible to detect objects in the image section that are either further away from the vehicle with the vehicle camera and / or that emit less or differently colored light than the objects that are detected in the first image.
- the first object recognition algorithm can be identical to the second object recognition algorithm, but executed separately. Alternatively, the first object recognition algorithm may comprise different steps of the second object recognition algorithm.
- the first object recognition algorithm may have the same steps as the second object recognition algorithm, however, using different parameters.
- the object recognition algorithm can be applied to the first image using a first parameter set and the object recognition algorithm under
- the present invention is based on the recognition that images from a single camera in a vehicle can be evaluated on the one hand by corresponding object recognition algorithms and on the other hand by different ones Image regions of images taken with different exposure times can be selected.
- tracking of an image section may be caused by parameters that are not based on moving objects or vehicles that were themselves recognized in the relevant image section at a previous point in time.
- an area in front of the vehicle can be continuously monitored even for weakly illuminated objects, this area being of particular importance for the future position of the vehicle when driving.
- it can be detected whether an object or a vehicle is present in the vehicle environment represented by the image detail, which is at a
- Adjustment of the light emission in front of the vehicle should be considered, in order to avoid dazzling of a driver in this object or vehicle.
- the present invention offers the advantage that it is now possible, by separating the evaluation of images recorded at different exposure times, by a respective object recognition algorithm, to avoid recognizing objects or vehicles in front of the vehicle during a long exposure time of an image, which are outshined by a light emission from other objects or vehicles in front of the vehicle.
- the use of highly complex object recognition algorithms can be avoided, which recognize from an image both objects or vehicles emitting a high light intensity and objects or vehicles emitting a low light intensity.
- a simplification of the evaluation of images of a single vehicle camera can be achieved, which operates in several (at least two) modes (in particular exposure modes) and provides correspondingly exposed images.
- the camera installed in the vehicle and thus a single and usually already provided as standard hardware can be used to provide input signals to implement the present invention. Furthermore, a realization of an added benefit can be made possible by a technically easily realizable modification of an evaluation software and a corresponding reprogramming of evaluation units already provided in vehicles. It is favorable if, in the step of extracting, the image detail is extracted using position information, wherein the position information is responsively changed or changed information representing a travel of the vehicle. Information about a localization of the image detail in the second image and / or a size of the image detail in the second image can be understood as position information.
- Such an embodiment of the present invention offers the advantage that image sections can be processed while the vehicle is traveling, which sections are arranged at different positions in the second image or which cover differently sized image regions of the second image. In this way, it is possible to track or better advance the image section, in particular when cornering, where objects or vehicles are present or suspect in the image section, which are relevant for cornering the vehicle for vehicle safety or illuminating an area in front of the vehicle are. For example, in a highway ride of the vehicle (or more generally in a fast ride of the vehicle), the image detail may be increased to ensure sufficient consideration of fast-moving objects or vehicles, especially at long exposure times.
- the first object recognition algorithm can be applied to the entire first image.
- the entire image having the shorter exposure time is processed by the first object recognition algorithm.
- an image section of the second image is extracted, in which objects are imaged in the image of the vehicle camera, which are arranged a predetermined minimum distance in front of the vehicle.
- the first object recognition algorithm in the step of applying, may be used to detect objects of a first type of object, and the second object recognition algorithm may be used to identify objects of a second type of object different from the first type of object.
- the first type of object may represent headlights
- the second type of object may represent taillights, delineators, or streetlights.
- the first object recognition algorithm is designed to be an object in the first image using a comparison of the brightness at a position in the first image with a
- the second object recognition algorithm can also be designed to generate an object in the second image, in particular in the image section, using a comparison of the brightness at a position in the second image, in particular in the image section
- a Such an embodiment of the present invention offers the advantage of a particularly easily implementable discrimination or recognition of objects, wherein the common information can be used by images that were taken with different exposure times.
- an object in the step of applying by the first object recognition algorithm, can be recognized as a pulsating light source when the brightness at the position in the first image is within a tolerance range equal to the brightness at the corresponding position in the second image, in particular in the image section is.
- an object can also be recognized by the first object recognition algorithm as a light source emitting constant light if the brightness at the position in the first image exceeds the brightness at the corresponding position in the first image by more than a predetermined threshold value (depending on the difference of the exposure times) second image, especially in the image section, different. It is also favorable if an object is recognized as the pulsating light source by the second object recognition algorithm if the brightness at the position in the second image, in particular in the image detail, is equal to the brightness at the corresponding position in the first image within a tolerance range.
- an object is detected as a constant light emitting light source by the second object recognition algorithm, if the brightness at the position in the second image, in particular in the image section by more than a predetermined threshold value of the brightness a corresponding position in the first picture.
- a tolerance range around a brightness value can be understood as a brightness deviation of 10 percent.
- Vehicle which has the following steps:
- Such an embodiment of the present invention offers the advantage that the recognition of an object according to an embodiment described above, a regulation or control of a light emission of a
- Headlamps of the vehicle is facilitated in a technically very simple way.
- a dazzling of a driver of a preceding or oncoming vehicle can thereby be easily avoided or at least reduced, since the recognition of the object, in particular of a type of the object, the light emission can be adjusted accordingly by headlights of the own vehicle.
- a structural measure such as, for example, an infrastructure device on the roadway edge such as a street lamp or a guide post can also be detected in the image detail.
- the light emission is changed independently of an object detected by the second object recognition algorithm.
- Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a vehicle in which an embodiment of the present invention is used; 2 shows an illustration of a scene around the vehicle and the images obtained therefrom by the vehicle camera and a selection of an image section in an image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;
- FIG. 3 shows diagrams to illustrate a determination of a light source emitting light as an object
- FIG. 4 shows diagrams for the purpose of illustrating a determination of a pulsating light emitting light source as an object
- Fig. 5 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention
- the pair of headlights of a nearby vehicle can be stably resolved without the image being so bright by being overshadowed by these bright headlights that darker objects and / or the object-specific structure itself can no longer be recognized. This case could be interpreted as a "blinding" of the camera due to dazzling by very bright headlights of a nearby oncoming vehicle.
- variant b) for images with multiple exposures, each with the same routines for object detection and classification. While in variant a) compromises in terms of range and resolution at close range are required, variant b) requires a complex evaluation strategy in order to ensure optimum detection and classification of rule-relevant objects. In general, however, the requirements for an object recognition for controlling the light or the light emission by the own vehicle, especially at night and dusk, are very complex and can be achieved with these approaches only by compromise. By means of a multimodal, but at least bimodal exposure control with at least one short and one long exposed image acquisition and their evaluation, the respective borderline cases can be covered much better. For the evaluation of the images with the respective exposure times, explicitly different processing steps are provided. Fig.
- the vehicle 100 includes a camera 110, which generates an image of a viewing area 120 of an environment 130 in front of the vehicle 100.
- the camera 110 is designed to record images in several modes, wherein different modes have different exposure times when taking pictures in the corresponding mode. Images generated by the camera 110 are transferred to an evaluation unit 140, in which, according to the following description, an evaluation of the images or of an image section of an image takes place on objects using object recognition algorithms.
- a lighting control unit 150 to ensure that light emission of the headlamp 160 of the vehicle 100 controlled by the lighting control unit 150 does not radiate light into the surroundings 130 of the vehicle 100 which blinds the vehicle in front or oncoming ,
- the exposure times for the different images to be recorded by the camera should preferably be chosen such that on the one hand remote taillights at a distance of at least 400 m and on the other hand headlights at a distance of at least 800 m can be detected and also closer
- the exposure control should be designed such that detection of taillights in the medium distance range (e.g., 100m to 300m) is covered by multiple exposure times to ensure a robust and rapid classification in this critical area under the aspect of possible glare.
- FIG. 2 shows in the upper partial image a scene 200 which was taken by the camera 110 of FIG. 1 in the viewing area 120 of the vehicle 100. This scene
- the scene 200 is detected, for example, in a first mode with a first shorter exposure time, from which the first image 210 shown on the left is generated and transmitted to the evaluation unit 140.
- the scene 200 is taken in a second mode with a longer exposure time and a second image 220 is generated, which is shown at the bottom right in FIG.
- an image detail 230 is extracted in the second image, which is transmitted to the evaluation unit 140 for processing. It is conceivable that the second image 220 itself is transmitted to the evaluation unit 140 from FIG. 1 and the image detail 230 is first extracted in the evaluation unit 140.
- the (entire) first image on bright (close) objects 240 such as a pair of headlights of an oncoming vehicle can be detected by applying a first object recognition algorithm to the first image, which is in close proximity to the own vehicle 100, ie the vehicle 100 with the camera 1 10 is located.
- a first object recognition algorithm to evaluate the entire first image, it can be ensured that no objects in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle are overlooked, which otherwise, if the control of the light emission were not taken into consideration, could lead to glare of a person who is driving this object or vehicle a danger to the driving safety of the own vehicle is to be feared.
- a second object recognition algorithm is also applied to the image detail 230 of the second image 220 in the evaluation unit 140, so that objects 250 in this image detail 230 are also recognized.
- an application of the second object recognition algorithm, which is applied to the image section can also be omitted on regions of the second image outside the image section.
- These objects 250 to be recognized in the image section 230 can be distant (i.e., appearing darker) objects 250, which represent, for example, tail lights of vehicles driving in front of the vehicle 100.
- the image section which represents a restricted area from the second image with the longer exposure time, thus enables the detection of distant objects, which usually appear darker towards closer objects and thus are more recognizable by the exposure with the longer exposure time, than in an image, the was recorded for evaluation of near as well as distant objects with a single exposure time.
- the image is not taken statically from a predetermined range from the second image.
- it is for example favorable although the area which serves as an image section is taken from the second image, further moved to the left edge of the second image. In this way it can be ensured that, for example, vehicles driving ahead or other objects on the preceding left-hand bend of the roadway can still be sufficiently recognized, since these then lie in the image detail to be evaluated.
- This information includes, for example, the speed of the vehicle, the steering angle of the vehicle, a predicted road course, or a course of the road assumed from an evaluation of a course of streetlights or delineators (for example, by the high reflections of light that can be seen from the first image).
- navigation data i. Data from navigation systems, model assumptions about the detection probability of different object types in certain areas of the image, etc., are used as information for shifting or changing the position of the image detail in the second image.
- the different exposure times may further support the detection of pulsed light sources (such as street lights or LED back / front lights (50Hz 160Hz)).
- pulsed light sources such as street lights or LED back / front lights (50Hz 160Hz)
- An exemplary embodiment for the detection of such pulsed light sources is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
- 3 shows two diagrams for detecting a measured brightness of a constantly illuminated light source with a bimodal controlled camera. 3, on the abscissa the time (in the form of continuous image numbers) and on the ordinate the measured (normalized to a value) light intensity 300 of a light source (with constant light emission) compared to a measurement 310 of the light intensity of this light source represented by the camera.
- a constant luminous light source with a bimodal controlled camera, ie by the recording of different images in succession results in a representation in which the light source appears as a pulsating object in the image. The property of pulsation can be better recognized by comparing the brightness of an object in different exposure times.
- the brightness or light intensity of the object in the first image is compared with a brightness or light intensity in the image detail.
- an object should be in the first image are at a position corresponding to a position that is also in the image section of the second image, so that an evaluation of the brightness of the object with different exposure times is possible. It is also possible to evaluate the brightness or the light intensity of an object that is not in the image section, in which case the second image instead of the image section is to be used for the evaluation in this case.
- Exposure times different brightness intensities For example, the light source in the image with the shorter exposure time has a smaller brightness value 320 than in the image with the longer exposure time, in which a greater brightness value 330 for the constantly illuminated light source occurs.
- the measured light intensity or brightness of a constantly lit one varies
- Light source with a bimodal controlled camera according to the different exposure times for the evaluated images.
- a constantly illuminated light source thus forms differently for the respective illumination times.
- the change in brightness or light intensity in evaluating images taken at different illumination time can be used as important information for the classification of self-luminous objects.
- remote street lights can be detected with a light emission frequency of 50 to 60 Hz corresponding to the frequency of the power grid, in which the headlights of the own vehicle should not be dimmed.
- FIG. 4 shows how a pulsed light source can be detected.
- the brightness values of a scan of a 60 Hz pulsed light source are reproduced with a bimodal-controlled camera.
- the time in the form of continuous image numbers
- the measured (normalized to a value) light intensity 300 of a light source compared to a measurement 310 of the light intensity of this light source represented by the camera.
- the times or periods of the light emission by the pulsed light source overlap with the times or periods of the scanning or exposure of the corresponding images to be evaluated by the camera.
- the method 500 comprises a step of reading in 510 a first image of a vehicle camera, which represents the surroundings of the vehicle. Furthermore, reading of a second image of the vehicle camera taken after the first image and with a second exposure time, wherein the second exposure time differs from the first exposure time, takes place at the step of reading , Furthermore, the method 500 comprises a step of extracting 520 an image section from the second image of the vehicle camera, wherein the image section represents a smaller area of the surroundings of the vehicle than the second image, wherein when extracting a position of the image section in the second image on the basis of at least one parameter is determined, which represents information about a drive of the vehicle and / or a position of an infrastructure measure in front of the vehicle and / or which is independent of a moving object, which was detected in a previous step in the image section.
- the method 500 includes a step of applying 530 a first object recognition algorithm to the first image to detect at least one object in the first image and applying a second object recognition algorithm to the image section to detect at least one further object in the image section.
- an exemplary embodiment includes a "and / or" link between a first feature and a second feature, this is to be read such that the
- Embodiment according to an embodiment both the first feature and the second feature and according to another embodiment, either only the first feature or only the second feature.
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