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Method for evaluating image data of a vehicle camera taking into account information about rain

US9508015B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE
Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Matthias Strauss · Pfungstadt, DE
Matthias Komar · Schallstadt, DE
Stefan Hegemann · Schallstadt, DE
Dieter Kroekel · Eriskirch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 2012
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2300/8053
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method for evaluating image data of a vehicle camera, information about raindrops on the vehicle's windshield within the field of view of the camera is taken into account in the evaluation of the image data for detection and classification of objects in the environment of the vehicle. Particularly, for example, depending on the number and the size of the raindrops on the windshield, different detection algorithms, image evaluation criteria, classification parameters, or classification algorithms are used for the detection and classification of objects.

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