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US 11,897,385 B2Granted
Headlamp encapsulated with camera and artificial intelligence processor to adjust illumination
AssigneePony AI Inc.
InventorsTimofey Uvarov, Kai Chen
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Abstract
Provided herein is a headlamp assembly comprising a housing that encloses: a sensor that acquires data associated with a surrounding environment; a light source that illuminates a field of view comprising a portion of the surrounding environment; and one or more processors that analyze the acquired data and determine a direction, field of view, power, or an intensity of the illumination of the portion based on the analyzed data.
Claims20
A headlamp assembly comprising a housing that encloses:
- a sensor that acquires data associated with a surrounding environment;
- a first light source and a second light source that illuminates a portion of the surrounding environment;
- and
- one or more processors that:
- analyze the acquired data to determine a density of entities, the entities comprising one or more vehicles, obstacles, or pedestrians in the surrounding environment;
- determine a degree to which to synchronize an intensity of the first light source with an intensity of the second light source based on the density of entities, wherein the synchronization of the respective intensities of the first light source and the second light source comprises:
- determining a first intensity of the first light source;
- determining a second intensity of the second light source;
- determining an adjusted first intensity of the first light source based on a difference between the first intensity and the second intensity;
- determining a difference between the first intensity and the adjusted first intensity;
- based on the density of entities, determining a weight indicative of a factor to adjust the first intensity, wherein the weight is less than one;
- and
- applying the weight to the difference to adjust the first intensity;
- and
- synchronize the respective intensities based on the applied weight to the difference.
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A method implemented by a headlamp processor, the method comprising:
- by a sensor, acquiring data associated with a surrounding environment;
- by a first light source and a second light source, illuminating a portion of the surrounding environment;
- by one or more processors:
- analyzing the acquired data to determine a density of entities, the entities comprising one or more vehicles, obstacles, or pedestrians in the surrounding environment;
- determining a degree to which to synchronize an intensity of the first light source with an intensity of the second light source based on the density of entities, wherein the synchronization of the respective intensities of the first light source and the second light source comprises:
- determining a first intensity of the first light source;
- determining a second intensity of the second light source;
- determining an adjusted first intensity of the first light source based on a difference between the first intensity and the second intensity;
- determining a difference between the first intensity and the adjusted first intensity;
- based on the density of entities, determining a weight indicative of a factor to adjust the first intensity, wherein the weight is less than one;
- and
- applying the weight to the difference to adjust the first intensity;
- and
- synchronizing the respective intensities based on the applied weight to the difference.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.