Combining grayscale scanned images with color image to create high-resolution overlay images in vehicles

A computer-implemented method for automated driver-assistance by a vehicle control system, wherein the computer-implemented method comprises:

• capturing, by a low-resolution color camera, a color image of a field of view at a first resolution;
• capturing, by a high-resolution scanning camera, a plurality of grayscale images, each of the grayscale images is of a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution, and the plurality of grayscale images encompass the same field of view as the color image;
• and
• generating a high-resolution output image, by one or more processors by performing a method that comprises:
• overlaying the plurality of grayscale images over the color image;
• correcting motion distortion of one or more objects detected in the grayscale images;
• and
• generating the high-resolution output image by assigning color values to one or more pixels in the grayscale images based on the color image using a trained neural network.

A computer program product comprising non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• capturing, by a low-resolution color camera, a color image of a field of view at a first resolution;
• capturing, by a high-resolution scanning camera, a plurality of grayscale images, each of the grayscale images is of a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution, and the plurality of grayscale images encompass the same field of view as the color image;
• and
• generating a high-resolution output image by performing a method that comprises:
• overlaying the plurality of grayscale images over the color image;
• correcting motion distortion of one or more objects detected in the grayscale images;
• and
• generating the high-resolution output image by assigning color values to one or more pixels in the grayscale images based on the color image using a trained neural network.