ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,121, issued on July 29, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Virtual stereo ranging systems and methods" was invented by John Hoo (Van Buren Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for virtual stereo ranging in a vehicle. A visible-light image and a thermographic image of a surrounding environment of a vehicle are respectively received from a visible-light image sensor and a thermographic image sensor. A visible-light depth map and a thermographic depth map of the surrounding environment are respectively generated based on the visible-light image and the thermog...