Imaging system for vehicle
DCFirst Claim
1. An imaging system for a vehicle, said imaging system comprising:
- an imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels, wherein said imaging array sensor is positioned at a vehicle equipped with said imaging system and has a field of view exteriorly of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said imaging array sensor is operable to capture image data;
a control for processing said captured image data;
wherein, responsive to said processing of said captured image data, said control distinguishes an object present in the field of view of said imaging array sensor from a shadow present in the field of view of said imaging array sensor; and
wherein, responsive at least in part to said processing of said captured image data, said control determines an object of interest present in the field of view of said imaging array sensor.
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Abstract
An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging array sensor and a control. The imaging array sensor has a plurality of photo-sensing pixels and is positioned at a vehicle equipped with the imaging system and has a field of view exteriorly of the equipped vehicle. The imaging array sensor is operable to capture image data, and the control processes the captured image data. The control, responsive to the processing of the captured image data, may distinguish an object present in the field of view of the imaging array sensor from a shadow present in the field of view of the imaging array sensor. The control, responsive at least in part to the processing of the captured image data, determines an object of interest present in the field of view of the imaging array sensor.
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23 Claims
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1. An imaging system for a vehicle, said imaging system comprising:
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an imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels, wherein said imaging array sensor is positioned at a vehicle equipped with said imaging system and has a field of view exteriorly of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said imaging array sensor is operable to capture image data; a control for processing said captured image data; wherein, responsive to said processing of said captured image data, said control distinguishes an object present in the field of view of said imaging array sensor from a shadow present in the field of view of said imaging array sensor; and wherein, responsive at least in part to said processing of said captured image data, said control determines an object of interest present in the field of view of said imaging array sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An imaging system for a vehicle, said imaging system comprising:
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an imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels, wherein said imaging array sensor is positioned at a vehicle equipped with said imaging system and has a field of view exteriorly of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said imaging array sensor is operable to capture image data; a control for processing said captured image data; wherein, responsive at least in part to said processing of said captured image data, said control determines an object of interest present in the field of view of said imaging array sensor; wherein said control utilizes edge detection in processing said captured image data; and wherein, in determining said object of interest, an algorithmically executed filtering mechanism is utilized that at least substantially ignores detected edges that are not indicative of an object of interest in order to at least one of (a) reduce a processing requirement and (b) reduce false signals. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An imaging system for a vehicle, said imaging system comprising:
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an imaging array sensor comprising a plurality of photo-sensing pixels, wherein said imaging array sensor is positioned at a vehicle equipped with said imaging system and has a field of view exteriorly of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said imaging array sensor is operable to capture image data; wherein said imaging array sensor is part of an exterior rearview mirror of the equipped vehicle; a control for processing said captured image data; wherein, responsive at least in part to said processing of said captured image data, said control determines an object of interest present in the field of view of said imaging array sensor; wherein said control utilizes edge detection in processing said captured image data; wherein the field of view of said imaging array sensor encompasses at least one of (a) a rearward field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle, (b) a sideward field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle and (c) a forward field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle; and wherein said control reduces said captured image data to a reduced data set of said image data, said control processing said reduced data set to extract information from said reduced data set, and wherein said reduced data set is representative of a target zone encompassed by the field of view of said imaging array sensor. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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