REARVIEW CAMERA WITH GPS FOR IMAGE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

• US 20160096476A1
• Filed: 10/03/2014
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Inventors: FAIRCHILD, MANUEL RAY
• Application Number:
  US14/505,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20160096476A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/008 for anti-collision purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/302 combining image information with GPS information or vehicle data, e.g. vehicle speed, gyro, steering angle data
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/802 for monitoring and displaying vehicle exterior blind spot views
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20224 Image subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30261 Obstacle
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/74 involving reference images or patches
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

A rearview camera system includes a camera, a global positioning system (GPS) device, and a controller. The camera is configured to capture a current image from a field-of-view proximate to a vehicle. The GPS device is configured to determine a current location of the current image. The controller is configured to determine if the current location corresponds to a prior location, compare a prior image of the prior location to the current image, and indicate if an unexpected object is present in the current image.

Claims

1. A rearview camera system for detecting an unexpected object behind a vehicle, said system comprising:

a camera configured to capture a current image from a field-of-view proximate to a vehicle;

a global-position-system (GPS) device configured to determine a current location of the current image;

a controller configured to determine if the current location corresponds to a prior location, compare a prior image of the prior location to the current image, and indicate if an unexpected object is present in the current image.

2. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the system includes a warning indicator, and the controller is further configured to activate the warning indicator if the unexpected object is present in the current image.

3. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the system includes a display configured to show the current image, and emphasize the unexpected object shown in the current image.

4. The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the system is configured to ignore a known object in an excluded area of the prior image.

5. The system in accordance with claim 4, wherein the system is configured so an operator can designate the excluded area of the prior image.