Vehicular control system with image processing and wireless communication

US11673546B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Magna Electronics Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joern Ihlenburg · Berlin, DE
• Achim Gieseke · Groß-Umstadt, DE
• Bernhard Thaler · Eichenau, DE
• Goerg Pflug · Weil der Stadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 18, 2022
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 18, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2710/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicular control system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. Data is wirelessly transmitted from the vehicle to a data cloud. An image processor processes image data captured by the camera to detect objects present within the field of view of the camera. Data is wirelessly received at the vehicle from the data cloud concerning a potential hazard existing exterior of the vehicle that has not yet been detected via processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera. Responsive at least in part to the vehicular control system detecting the potential hazard via the image processor processing image data captured by the camera, the vehicular control system controls at least one vehicle function of the vehicle to mitigate collision with the potential hazard.