Vehicle component with image sensor aimed at fiducial marker
AssigneeContinental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
InventorsLuis Alfredo Villalobos-Martinez, David Fernandez Aguilera, Cleveland Eugene Rayford, II
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Abstract
An assembly includes a base member having a fiducial marker, a vehicle component having a housing mounted to the base member, and an image sensor fixed to the housing and aimed at the fiducial marker. A method includes mounting the vehicle component to the base member of a vehicle, capturing a baseline image of the fiducial marker, capturing a subsequent image of the fiducial marker, comparing the subsequent image to the baseline image, and adjusting operation of the vehicle component in response to the identification of differences between the baseline image and the subsequent image.
Claims17
An assembly comprising:
- a base member having a fiducial marker;
- a vehicle component having a housing mounted to the base member, the vehicle component having an operational device in the housing;
- an image sensor fixed to the housing and aimed at the fiducial marker;
- and
- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to
- capture a baseline image of the fiducial marker with the image sensor,
- capture a subsequent image of the fiducial marker with the image sensor,
- compare the subsequent image to the baseline image to determine if differences exist between the subsequent image and the baseline image resulting from movement of the vehicle component relative to the base member, and
- adjust operation of the vehicle component if differences are identified between the baseline image and the subsequent image indicating movement of the vehicle component relative to the base member.
A method comprising:
- mounting a housing of a vehicle component to a base member of a vehicle, the vehicle component having an operational device in the housing;
- capturing a baseline image of a fiducial marker on the base member with an image sensor of the vehicle component;
- capturing a subsequent image of the fiducial marker with the image sensor;
- comparing with a computer the subsequent image to the baseline image and identifying differences between the subsequent image and the baseline image resulting from movement of the vehicle component relative to the base member, the computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor;
- and
- adjusting operation of the vehicle component in response to the identification of differences between the baseline image and the subsequent image indicating movement of the vehicle component relative to the base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.