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US 10,706,295 B2Granted
Street light with infrared illumination
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsCodrin Cionca, Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan, Jeffrey Thomas Remillard, Ankit Girish Vora, Lu Xu, Linjun Zhang
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Abstract
A system includes a light source configured to emit light in a wavelength in a visible range and a wavelength in an infrared range, and a vehicle including an infrared camera, and a computer programmed to identify an object based at least in part on an infrared image from the camera.
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A system, comprising;
- a light source configured to emit light in a wavelength in a visible range and a wavelength in an infrared range;
- and
- a vehicle, including:
- an infrared camera, and
- a computer programmed to:
- receive image data from captured light including the visible wavelength and the infrared wavelength;
- determine a classification confidence value of the received image data including the visible wavelength and the infrared wavelength, wherein the confidence value quantifies a suitability of the received image data for classifying the object;
- and
- upon determining that the determined classification confidence value exceeds a specified threshold, identify an object based at least in part on an infrared image from the camera.
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A method, comprising;
- emitting, from a light source, light in a wavelength in a visible range and a wavelength in an infrared range;
- receiving image data from captured light including the visible wavelength and the infrared wavelength;
- determining a classification confidence value of the received image data including the visible wavelength and the infrared wavelength, wherein the confidence value quantifies a suitability of the received image data for classifying the object;
- and
- upon determining that the determined classification confidence value exceeds a specified threshold, identifying, in a vehicle, an object based at least in part on an infrared image from a vehicle infrared camera.
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A system, comprising;
- a light source configured to emit light in a wavelength in a visible range and a wavelength in an infrared range;
- and
- a vehicle including an infrared camera and a first computer programmed to identify an object based at least in part on an infrared image from the camera;
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- a second computer programmed to actuate the light source of a street light to emit light at the infrared wavelength upon, based on a location coordinate provided by the object, detecting the object and determining that the object is within a specified distance from the street light.
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