System and method for controlling vehicle components based on camera-obtained image information
First Claim
1. A control system, for a vehicle, comprising:
- vehicle camera(s) that capture image(s);
processor(s) configured to;
parse the image(s) for road closure signs and associated closure lengths;
generate and display a navigational route based on parsed road closure signs and parsed associated closure lengths;
determine that one of the images yields a parsed road closure sign, but not a parsed associated closure length, and, in response;
query a traffic information server to determine the associated closure length.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for provide monitoring a vehicle'"'"'s surroundings, predicting when a navigation route will pass through a closed road, preemptively modifying the navigation route to avoid the closed road, identifying changes in speed limit, and identifying dangerous debris in the roadway. One embodiment of the camera-based vehicle control system includes a camera configured to obtain image information and a processor configured to: analyze the image information; if a reroute condition is satisfied based on the image information, implement an alternate navigation route; if a threat condition is satisfied based on the image information, cause an output device to output a threat alert; and if a speed condition is satisfied based on the image information, modify a vehicle speed setting.
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19 Claims
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1. A control system, for a vehicle, comprising:
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vehicle camera(s) that capture image(s); processor(s) configured to; parse the image(s) for road closure signs and associated closure lengths; generate and display a navigational route based on parsed road closure signs and parsed associated closure lengths; determine that one of the images yields a parsed road closure sign, but not a parsed associated closure length, and, in response;
query a traffic information server to determine the associated closure length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A control system, for a vehicle, comprising:
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vehicle camera(s) that capture image(s); processor(s) configured to; parse the image(s) for (i) road closure signs and (ii) associated closure lengths; generate and display a navigational route based on parsed road closure signs and parsed associated closure lengths; begin parsing the image(s) for detour signs upon detecting a parsed road closure sign; determine that one of the images yields a parsed road closure sign, but not a parsed associated closure length, and, in response;
query a traffic information server to determine the associated closure length. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A control system, for a vehicle, comprising:
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vehicle camera(s) that capture image(s); processor(s) configured to; parse the image(s) for (i) road closure signs and (ii) associated closure lengths; generate and display a navigational route based on parsed road closure signs and parsed associated closure lengths; parse the image(s) for objects and road widths; compare widths of the objects to the road widths; output threat alerts based on outcomes of the comparisons. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A control system, for a vehicle, comprising:
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vehicle camera(s) that capture image(s); a navigation module that enables user input of a desired navigational route, wherein the navigational route is a readjusted navigational route; processor(s) configured to; parse the image(s) for (i) road closure signs and (ii) associated closure lengths; generate and display a navigational route based on parsed road closure signs and parsed associated closure lengths; determine an absence of a desired navigational route from the navigation module; generate and display the readjusted navigational route based on the parsed road closure signs and the parsed associated closure lengths even when a desired navigational route is absent from the navigation module. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A control method, for a vehicle, comprising, via processor(s) that received captured image(s) from vehicle camera(s):
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parsing the image(s) for (i) road closure signs and (ii) associated closure lengths; generating and displaying a navigational route based on parsed road closure signs and parsed associated closure lengths; parsing the image(s) for road closure signs and associated closure lengths via image-processing software; parsing the image(s) for the road closure signs by comparing the image(s) to prestored images of a plurality of different road closure signs; generating the navigational route based on parsed road closure signs and parsed associated closure lengths such that the navigational route avoids closed roads for their associated closure lengths determining that one of the images includes a parsed road closure sign, but not a parsed associated closure length, and, in response;
querying a traffic information server to determine the associated closure length. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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