IMAGE ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT CONTROL
First Claim
1. A vehicular imaging system comprising:
- at least one image sensor;
at least one processor configured to receive at least a portion of at least one image from the at least one image sensor such that a dynamic aim of the at least one image sensor is configured as a function of a lane marker detected from at least one threshold in the at least one image; and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate at least one vehicle equipment control signal as a function of the lane marker.
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Abstract
An image acquisition and processing system includes an image sensor and one or more processors that are configured to receive at least a portion of at least one image from the image sensor. The dynamic aim of the image sensor is configured as a function of at least one feature extracted from at least a portion of an image. To accomplish the task, the system utilizes a series of adaptive thresholds used in parallel comparators to determine whether or not a pixel in a given image scene falls on the edge of a given lane line on a road. The location of the lane lines are then used to determine the scene vanishing point, which ideally will be co-located at the optical scene center. If they are not in agreement, the pixel data set being processed can be adjusted to accommodate for any disagreement.
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27 Claims
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1. A vehicular imaging system comprising:
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at least one image sensor; at least one processor configured to receive at least a portion of at least one image from the at least one image sensor such that a dynamic aim of the at least one image sensor is configured as a function of a lane marker detected from at least one threshold in the at least one image; and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate at least one vehicle equipment control signal as a function of the lane marker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vehicular vision system, comprising:
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at least one image sensor; at least one processor configured to receive at least a portion of at least one image from the at least one image sensor such that a dynamic aim of the at least one image sensor is adjusted as a function of at least one object detected by the at least one image sensor; and wherein the object is at least one lane marker detected by comparing at least one pixel from the at least one image sensor to a plurality of adaptive thresholds. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for detecting a road lane location in a vehicular imaging system comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of pixels for an image using at least one image sensor; configuring at least one processor to receive at least a portion of at least one image from the at least one image sensor; comparing at least one pixel from the plurality of pixels to at least one threshold; storing the pixel location of the portion of the at least one image if the at least one pixel meets the at least one threshold; identifying a lane marker based on a plurality of grouped lane locations; and dynamically aiming the at least one image sensor as a function of the identified lane marker. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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