Automatic vehicle equipment monitoring, warning, and control system
US9230183B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G1/166
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automatic vehicle equipment control system and methods thereof are provided, the system includes at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, a processor, a color spectral filter array including a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and pixels of an imager pixel array being in optical communication with substantially one spectral color filter, and a lens, wherein the imager is configured to capture a non-saturated image of nearby oncoming headlamps and at least one of a diffuse lane marking and a distant tail lamp in one image frame of the continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and the system configured to detect at least one of said highway markings and said tail lamps, and quantify light from the oncoming headlamp from data in the one image frame.
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