Automated inspection of autonomous vehicle lights
AssigneeGM Cruise Holdings LLC
InventorsMichael Frank Schmidt, Jeffrey Brandon, Erik Nielsen, Chase Kaufman
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Abstract
A light inspection system positions an autonomous vehicle (AV) in a field of view of a camera such that the camera captures an image of a light of the AV. The light inspection system instructs a camera to capture an image of the light while the light is switched on. The light inspection system receives the captured image, determines a luminance of the light based on the image, and determines to service the light in response to the luminance of the light being below a threshold luminance.
Claims20
A system for inspecting a light of an autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:
- a camera interface configured to instruct a camera to capture an image of a field of view of the camera;
- a positioning module configured to provide instructions to position the AV relative to the camera such that the light of the AV is within the field of view of the camera;
- a light interface configured to instruct the light of the AV to switch on;
- and
- an image analyzer configured to:
- receive an image captured by the camera, the image comprising the switched-on light of the AV;
- determine a luminance of the light of the AV based on the image;
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- determine to service the light of the AV in response to determining that the luminance of the light of the AV is below a threshold luminance.
A method for inspecting a light of an autonomous vehicle (AV) comprising:
- providing instructions to position the AV relative to a camera such that the light of the AV is within a field of view of the camera;
- instructing the light of the AV to switch on;
- instructing the camera to capture an image of the field of view, the image comprising the switched-on light of the AV;
- determining a luminance of the light of the AV based on the image;
- and
- determining to service the light of the AV in response to determining that the luminance of the light of the AV is below a threshold luminance.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for inspecting a light of an autonomous vehicle (AV), the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- provide instructions to position the AV relative to a camera such that the light of the AV is within a field of view of the camera;
- instruct the light of the AV to switch on;
- instruct the camera to capture an image of the field of view, the image comprising the switched-on light of the AV;
- determine a luminance of the light of the AV based on the image;
- and
- determine to service the light of the AV in response to determining that the luminance of the light of the AV is below a threshold luminance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.