(19)
(11) EP 1 257 971 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.10.2001

(43) Date of publication:
20.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/47

(21) Application number: 00980706.6

(22) Date of filing: 27.11.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06T 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0032/143
(87) International publication number:
WO 0103/9120 (31.05.2001 Gazette 2001/22)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 26.11.1999 US 167587 P
01.09.2000 US 230166 P

(71) Applicant: Mobileye, Inc.
New York, NY 10017 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • STEIN, Gideon
    96263 Jerusalem (IL)
  • SHASHUA, Amnon
    90805 Mevaseret Zion (IL)
  • MANO, Ofer
    Modiin (IL)

(74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING EGO-MOTION OF A MOVING VEHICLE USING SUCCESSIVE IMAGES RECORDED ALONG THE VEHICLE'S PATH OF MOTION