OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
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Abstract
An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging array sensor and a control. The image array sensor comprises a plurality of photo-sensing pixels and is positioned at the vehicle with a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The imaging array sensor is operable to capture an image exterior of the vehicle. The control may process the captured images and may determine that the imaging array sensor is not aligned within a desired tolerance when the imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle. The control, responsive to a determination of a misalignment of the imaging array sensor at the vehicle, may adjust at least one of the captured images or an image data set and the image processing to at least partially compensate for the determined misalignment of the imaging array sensor.
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28 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An imaging system for a vehicle comprising:
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an imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels, wherein said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle, and wherein said imaging array sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene exterior of the vehicle, said captured image comprising an image data set representative of the exterior scene; a control for processing said captured image, said control algorithmically processing said image data set to a reduced image data set of said image data set, said control processing said reduced image data set to extract information from said reduced image data set; wherein said control is operable to determine that said imaging array sensor is not aligned within a desired tolerance when said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle; and wherein said control, responsive to a determination of a misalignment of said imaging array sensor when said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle, is operable to adjust at least one of said image data set and said image processing to at least partially compensate for the determined misalignment of said imaging array sensor. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An imaging system for a vehicle comprising:
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an imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels, wherein said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle, and wherein said imaging array sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene exterior of the vehicle, said captured image comprising an image data set representative of the exterior scene; a control for processing said captured image, said control algorithmically processing said image data set to a reduced image data set of said image data set, said control processing said reduced image data set to extract information from said reduced image data set; wherein said control is operable to determine that said imaging array sensor is not aligned within a desired tolerance when said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle; wherein said control, responsive to processing of said image data set, is operable to verify that said imaging array sensor is mounted at the vehicle within said desired tolerance; wherein said control, responsive to a determination of a misalignment of said imaging array sensor when said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle, is operable to adjust at least one of said image data set and said image processing to at least partially compensate for the determined misalignment of said imaging array sensor; and wherein at least one of (a) said control is operable to detect a headlamp of a vehicle in the field of view and (b) said control is operable to alert the driver of the vehicle that an object is detected in said exterior scene. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An imaging system for a vehicle comprising:
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an imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels, wherein said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle, and wherein said imaging array sensor is operable to capture images exterior of the vehicle; a control for processing said captured image; wherein said control is operable to determine that said imaging array sensor is not aligned within a desired tolerance when said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle; and wherein said control, responsive to a determination of a misalignment of said imaging array sensor when said imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle, is operable to adjust at least one of said captured images and said image processing to at least partially compensate for the determined misalignment of said imaging array sensor; and wherein at least one of (a) said imaging system comprises an object detection system for detecting an object exterior of the vehicle, (b) said imaging system comprises a headlamp control system for detecting a headlamp of a vehicle in the field of view, and (c) said imaging system comprises a lane departure warning system. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. An imaging system for a vehicle comprising:
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at least a first imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels and a second imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels; wherein said first imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle and has a first field of view exterior of the vehicle, and wherein said first imaging array sensor is operable to capture images exterior of the vehicle; wherein said second imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle and has a second field of view exterior of the vehicle, and wherein said second imaging array sensor is operable to capture images exterior of the vehicle; a control for processing said captured images; wherein said control is operable to determine that at least one of said imaging array sensors is not aligned within a desired tolerance when said at least one of said imaging array sensors is positioned at the vehicle; and wherein said control, responsive to a determination of a misalignment of at least one of said imaging array sensors when said imaging array sensors are positioned at the vehicle, is operable to adjust at least one of said captured images and said image processing to at least partially compensate for the determined misalignment of said at least one of said imaging array sensors. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. An imaging system for a vehicle comprising:
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at least a first imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels and a second imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels; wherein said first imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle and has a first field of view exterior of the vehicle, and wherein said first imaging array sensor is operable to capture images exterior of the vehicle; wherein said first imaging array sensor is part of a driver side exterior rearview mirror of the vehicle and said first field of view exterior of the vehicle encompasses a scene adjacent the driver side of the vehicle; wherein said second imaging array sensor is positioned at the vehicle and has a second field of view exterior of the vehicle, and wherein said second imaging array sensor is operable to capture images exterior of the vehicle; wherein said second imaging array sensor is part of a passenger side exterior rearview mirror of the vehicle and said second field of view exterior of the vehicle encompasses a scene adjacent the passenger side of the vehicle; a control for processing said captured images; wherein said control is operable to determine that at least one of said imaging array sensors is not aligned within a desired tolerance when said at least one of said imaging array sensors is positioned at the vehicle; and wherein said control, responsive to a determination of a misalignment of at least one of said imaging array sensors when said imaging array sensors are positioned at the vehicle, is operable to adjust at least one of said captured images and said image processing to at least partially compensate for the determined misalignment of said at least one of said imaging array sensors. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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