Patent ID: 11954180
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method for performing sensor fusion for efficient deep learning processing, comprising:
receiving a camera image from an image sensor and a supplemental sensor data from one or more supplemental sensors, the camera image and the supplemental sensor data including imaging of a cabin of a vehicle;
determining regions of interest in the camera image based on one or more of the camera image or the supplemental sensor data, the regions of interest including areas of the camera image flagged for further image analysis, including utilizing an unactivated region of interest locator to determine the regions of interest in the camera image according to the camera image and utilizing an activated region of interest locator to determine the regions of interest in the camera image according to the supplemental sensor data;
utilizing a machine-learning model to perform object detection on the regions of interest of the camera image to identify one or more objects in the camera image, including performing feature extraction on the regions of interest determined using both the unactivated region of interest locator and the activated region of interest locator to perform the object detection; and
placing the objects into seating zones of the vehicle.