AUTOMATIC VEHICLE EQUIPMENT MONITORING, WARNING, AND CONTROL SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An automatic vehicle equipment control system comprising:
- at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and said at least one imager comprising a pixel array;
a color spectral filter array in optical communication with said at least one imager, said color spectral filter array comprising a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and each said pixel being in optical communication with substantially one said spectral color filter;
a lens in optical communication with said at least one imager and said color spectral filter array; and
a processor in communication with said at least one imager, said processor being configured to detect an alternating current (AC) light source in said continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, wherein said at least one imager is configured to have a sampling image repetition period that is longer than that of a flicker cycle period of said AC light source.
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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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20 Claims
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1. An automatic vehicle equipment control system comprising:
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at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and said at least one imager comprising a pixel array; a color spectral filter array in optical communication with said at least one imager, said color spectral filter array comprising a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and each said pixel being in optical communication with substantially one said spectral color filter; a lens in optical communication with said at least one imager and said color spectral filter array; and a processor in communication with said at least one imager, said processor being configured to detect an alternating current (AC) light source in said continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, wherein said at least one imager is configured to have a sampling image repetition period that is longer than that of a flicker cycle period of said AC light source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of generating a lane departure warning, said method comprising the steps of:
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populating a world coordinate system grid for incoming pixel data; scoring marker points; processing said scored marker points; determining a type of lane lines based upon said processed and scored marker points; computing a vehicle departure from said lane lines; and determining if a warning should be emitted. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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