Granted Patent B1

US 12,407,943 · App. 18/475,752 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Inventors: Volkmar Uhlig (Cupertino, CA); John Hayes (Mountain View, CA); Riaz Ali (Mountain View, CA); Shaun M. Pacheco (Santa Clara, CA); Justin N. Erickson (San Francisco, CA); James S. Cross (San Francisco, CA); Daniel D. Schmidt (Seattle, WA); Akash J. Sagar (Redwood City, CA)

Assignee: Applied Intuition, Inc.

H04N23/80H04N1/32106H04N2101/00H04N2201/325

Abstract

Claims (35)

1. A method, comprising:

selecting, by a first camera of an autonomous vehicle, a first area of focus for a first frame generated by the first camera;

selecting, by a second camera of the autonomous vehicle, a second area of focus for a second frame generated by the second camera by matching the first area of focus for the first frame;

generating, by the first camera from the first frame, a first downsampled frame and a first cropped frame, wherein the first cropped frame is based on the first area of focus; and

generating, by the second camera from the second frame, a second downsampled frame and a second cropped frame, wherein the second cropped frame is based on the second area of focus.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the second area of focus comprises selecting, based on one or more models, as the second area of focus, a portion of the second frame matching the first area of focus.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first camera and the second camera are in a stereoscopic configuration.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, to an automation computing system of the autonomous vehicle, the first downsampled frame and the first cropped frame instead of the first frame; and

providing, to the automation computing system of the autonomous vehicle, the second downsampled frame and the second cropped frame instead of the second frame.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first downsampled frame and the first cropped frame are provided via a first data link having the first camera at a first end and the automation computing system at a second end, and wherein the second downsampled frame and the second cropped frame are provided via a second data link having the second camera at a third end and the automation computing system at a fourth end.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first camera and the second camera are included in a pair of cameras of the autonomous vehicle, and wherein the autonomous vehicle comprises a plurality of pairs of cameras including the pair of cameras.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein each pair of cameras of the plurality of pairs of cameras correspond to a different facing of the autonomous vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first area of focus comprises selecting, as the first area of focus, an area of the first frame having a highest spatial density.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first area of focus comprises selecting, as the first area of focus, an area of the first frame having a highest object density.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first area of focus comprises selecting, as the first area of focus, an area of the first frame having one or more of: a degree of motion exceeding a threshold or a highest degree of motion.

11. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:

an automation computing system;

a first camera configured to:

select a first area of focus for a first frame generated by the first camera;

generate a first downsampled frame and a first cropped frame, wherein the first cropped frame is based on the first area of focus;

a second camera configured to:

select a second area of focus for a second frame generated by the second camera by matching the first area of focus for the first frame; and

generate a second downsampled frame and a second cropped frame, wherein the second cropped frame is based on the second area of focus.

12. The autonomous vehicle of claim 11 , wherein selecting the second area of focus comprises selecting, based on one or more models, as the second area of focus, a portion of the second frame matching the first area of focus.

13. The autonomous vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the first camera and the second camera are in a stereoscopic configuration.

14. The autonomous vehicle of claim 11 :

wherein the first camera is further configured to provide, to an automation computing system of the autonomous vehicle, the first downsampled frame and the first cropped frame instead of the first frame; and

wherein the second camera is further configured to provide, to the automation computing system of the autonomous vehicle, the second downsampled frame and the second cropped frame instead of the second frame.

15. The autonomous vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the first downsampled frame and the first cropped frame are provided via a first data link having the first camera at a first end and the automation computing system at a second end, and wherein the second downsampled frame and the second cropped frame are provided via a second data link having the second camera at a third end and the automation computing system at a fourth end.

16. The autonomous vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the first camera and the second camera are included in a pair of cameras of the autonomous vehicle, and wherein the autonomous vehicle comprises a plurality of pairs of cameras including the pair of cameras.

17. The autonomous vehicle of claim 16 , wherein each pair of cameras of the plurality of pairs of cameras correspond to a different facing of the autonomous vehicle.

18. The autonomous vehicle of claim 11 , wherein selecting the first area of focus comprises selecting, as the first area of focus, an area of the first frame having a highest spatial density.

19. The autonomous vehicle of claim 11 , wherein selecting the first area of focus comprises selecting, as the first area of focus, an area of the first frame having a highest object density.

20. The autonomous vehicle of claim 11 , wherein selecting the first area of focus comprises selecting, as the first area of focus, an area of the first frame having one or more of: a degree of motion exceeding a threshold or a highest degree of motion.

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