Toyota Research Institute Assigned Patent

Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA, has been assigned a patent (10,755,112) developed by Mabuchi, Mitsuhiro, Santa Clara, CA, for “systems and methods for reducing data storage in machine learning.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Methods and systems for reducing an amount of data storage and/or processing power necessary for training data for machine learning by replacing three dimensional models with a plurality of two dimensional images are disclosed. The method includes determining an object of interest from a three-dimensional model and cropping the object of interest into a plurality of two-dimensional images. The plurality of two-dimensional images are cropped such that only the object of interest remain. The plurality of two-dimensional images are cropped with respect to particular attributes, such as a road width, a road angle, or an angle with respect to an adjacent vehicle. An image capturing device captures the real time background images. The objects within the background images are categorized using associated attributes. The attributes are synthesized with the plurality of two-dimensional images such that a plurality of replica two-dimensional images of the 3D model with real-time backgrounds are generated.”

The patent application was filed on March 13, 2018 (15/919,376).