Method for determining object boundaries of an object outside of a transportation vehicle and control device and transportation vehicle

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PATENT NO 10836224
APP PUB NO 20190118594A1
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16161244

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A method for determining object boundaries of an object outside of a transportation vehicle, wherein images of the object are generated by a control apparatus by a camera, and at least one scanline is specified in a first image and a corresponding scanline is specified for each scanline in every other image, and a profile resulting along the scanline is determined for each scanline of the first image, and a corresponding resulting profile is determined along the respective corresponding scanline of every other image, and the corresponding profile of every other image, displaced by a respective displacement distance, is overlaid on the profile of each scanline of the first image, and a reference pattern is determined in the resulting overlay profile of each scanline, and respective boundaries of the reference pattern are indicated as the respective object boundaries.

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VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTBERLINER RING 2 38440 WOLFSBURG 38440

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Loeben, Dennis Berlin, DE 2 4

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