Patent Document ID: 9280826
Application ID: 14101410
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A distance determination system for a vehicle, the distance determination system comprising: a monoscopic imager configured to acquire image data representative of a field of view from the vehicle; and a distance determination module in communication with the monoscopic imager and configured to receive vehicle position data, the distance determination module comprising: a vehicle position determination sub-module configured to determine a first position of the vehicle based on the vehicle position data at a first time and determine a second position of the vehicle based on the vehicle position data at a second time, the first position of the vehicle different from the second position of the vehicle; a feature identification sub-module configured to capture a first image at the first position of the vehicle using the monoscopic imager, capture a second image at the second position of the vehicle using the monoscopic imager, identify at least one feature in the first image, and identify the at least one feature in the second image; and a distance estimation sub-module configured to determine a difference between the first position and the second position of the vehicle, identify a difference in position of the at least one feature between the first image and the second image, and determine an estimated distance between the vehicle and the at least one feature based on the difference between the first position and the second position of the vehicle and the identified difference in the position of the at least one feature between the first image and the second image.