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Device and a method for detecting vehicle lights in an image

US11042764B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG · BB

Inventors

Monika Heift · Wuppertal, DE
Klaus Friedrichs · Dortmund, DE
Andre Paus · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2019
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for detecting vehicle lights in an image, the device is configured to receive an image captured by a camera, wherein the image comprises an array of pixels and each pixel of the image has a respective scene brightness value, compress the image to generate a compressed image, wherein the compressed image comprises an array of pixels and each pixel of the compressed image has a respective grey value, calculate for each grey value in the compressed image a corresponding scene brightness value in the image, and detect vehicle lights in the compressed image by using the calculated scene brightness values.

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