DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, said driver assistance system comprising:
- a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assistance system, wherein said camera views forward of the equipped vehicle and wherein said camera is operable to capture image data;
a control comprising an image processor;
wherein said image processor is operable to process image data captured by said camera;
wherein said control, responsive at least in part to image data processing by said image processor, is operable to determine when the equipped vehicle is at least one of (i) approaching a construction zone, (ii) entering a construction zone and (iii) driving along a construction zone; and
wherein image data processing by said image processor comprises at least one of (a) traffic sign recognition, (b) character recognition, (c) object detection, (d) object recognition, (e) spectral discrimination, (f) spatial recognition and (g) lane marker detection.
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Abstract
A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a camera and a control. The camera is disposed at the vehicle and views forward of the vehicle and is operable to capture image data. The control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The control, responsive at least in part to image data processing by the image processor, is operable to determine when the equipped vehicle is at least one of (i) approaching a construction zone, (ii) entering a construction zone and (iii) driving along a construction zone. The image data processing by the image processor may include at least one of (a) traffic sign recognition, (b) character recognition, (c) object detection, (d) object recognition, (e) spectral discrimination, (f) spatial recognition and (g) lane marker detection.
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34 Claims
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1. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, said driver assistance system comprising:
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a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assistance system, wherein said camera views forward of the equipped vehicle and wherein said camera is operable to capture image data; a control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor is operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said control, responsive at least in part to image data processing by said image processor, is operable to determine when the equipped vehicle is at least one of (i) approaching a construction zone, (ii) entering a construction zone and (iii) driving along a construction zone; and wherein image data processing by said image processor comprises at least one of (a) traffic sign recognition, (b) character recognition, (c) object detection, (d) object recognition, (e) spectral discrimination, (f) spatial recognition and (g) lane marker detection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, said driver assistance system comprising:
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a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assistance system, wherein said camera views forward of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and wherein said camera is operable to capture image data; a control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor is operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said control, at least in part responsive to image data processing by said image processor, is operable to determine when the equipped vehicle is at least one of (i) approaching a construction zone, (ii) entering a construction zone and (iii) driving along a construction zone; wherein image data processing by said image processor comprises at least one of (a) traffic sign recognition, (b) character recognition, (c) object detection, (d) object recognition, (e) spectral discrimination, (f) spatial recognition and (g) lane marker detection; and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said camera for at least one of (a) a traffic sign recognition system of the equipped vehicle, (b) a lane departure warning system of the equipped vehicle, (c) a forward collision warning system of the equipped vehicle and (d) an object detection system of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, said driver assistance system comprising:
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a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assistance system, wherein said camera views forward of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle at a location that is swept by a windshield wiper of the equipped vehicle and wherein said camera is operable to capture image data; a control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor is operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said control, responsive at least in part to image data processing by said image processor, is operable to determine when the equipped vehicle is at least one of (i) approaching a construction zone, (ii) entering a construction zone and (iii) driving along a construction zone; wherein image data processing by said image processor comprises at least one of (a) traffic sign recognition, (b) character recognition, (c) object detection, (d) object recognition, (e) spectral discrimination, (f) spatial recognition and (g) lane marker detection; and wherein said driver assistance system is operable to recognize at least one of (i) cones indicative of a construction zone, (ii) barrels indicative of a construction zone and (iii) a traffic shift. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A driver assistance system for a vehicle, said driver assistance system comprising:
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a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assistance system, wherein said camera views forward of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle and wherein said camera is operable to capture image data; a control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor is operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said control, responsive at least in part to image data processing by said image processor, is operable to determine when the equipped vehicle is at least one of (i) approaching a construction zone, (ii) entering a construction zone and (iii) driving along a construction zone; and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said camera for at least one of (a) a traffic sign recognition system of the equipped vehicle, (b) a lane departure warning system of the equipped vehicle, (c) a forward collision warning system of the equipped vehicle and (d) an object detection system of the equipped vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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