Vehicle camera device and method for setting the same
AssigneeGetac Technology Corporation
InventorWu-Chieh Liao
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Abstract
A vehicle camera device is suitable to be provided in a first vehicle. The vehicle camera device receives a distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle, detects the environment brightness information, and generates an angle value and a power value according to the distance and the environment brightness information, so as to adjust an angle of depression and a power of an infrared illumination module according to the angle value and the power value.
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A method for setting a vehicle camera device, suitable to be applied to a first vehicle, the method for setting a vehicle camera device comprising:
- receiving a distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle;
- detecting environment brightness information;
- generating an angle value and a power value according to the distance and the environment brightness information;
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- adjusting an angle of depression and a power of an infrared illumination module according to the angle value and the power value;
- wherein the step of generating the angle value and the power value according to the distance and the environment brightness information comprises:
- comparing the distance with a distance threshold to obtain a distance analysis result;
- comparing the environment brightness information and a brightness threshold to obtain a brightness analysis result;
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- generating the angle value and the power value according to the distance analysis result and the brightness analysis result;
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- wherein upon the distance being smaller than the distance threshold and/or the brightness analysis result indicating that the environment brightness information is greater than the brightness threshold, the angle value is increased and the power value is decreased.
A vehicle camera device, suitable to be provided in a first vehicle, the vehicle camera device comprising:
- a vehicle distance sensor, sensing a distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle;
- an environment brightness module, generating the environment brightness information;
- a processing module, generating an angle value and a power value according to the distance and the environment brightness information;
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- an infrared illumination module, adjusting an angle of depression and a power of an infrared lamp according to the angle value and the power value,
- wherein when the distance is smaller than a distance threshold and/or the environment brightness information is greater than a brightness threshold, the angle value generated by the processing module is increased and the power value is decreased, and when the distance is greater than a distance threshold and/or the environment brightness information is smaller than a brightness threshold, the angle value generated by the processing module is decreased and the power value is increased.
A method for setting a vehicle camera device, suitable to be applied to a first vehicle, the method for setting a vehicle camera device comprising:
- receiving a distance between the first vehicle and a second vehicle;
- detecting environment brightness information;
- generating an angle value and a power value according to the distance and the environment brightness information;
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- adjusting an angle of depression and a power of an infrared illumination module according to the angle value and the power value;
- wherein the step of generating the angle value and the power value according to the distance and the environment brightness information comprises:
- comparing the distance with a distance threshold to obtain a distance analysis result;
- comparing the environment brightness information and a brightness threshold to obtain a brightness analysis result;
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- generating the angle value and the power value according to the distance analysis result and the brightness analysis result;
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- wherein upon the distance being greater than the distance threshold and/or the brightness analysis result indicating that the environment brightness information is smaller than the brightness threshold, the angle value is decreased and the power value is increased.
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