Scene illumination detection for autonomous systems and applications

A method comprising:

• determining a first illumination state corresponding to an area based at least on a first level of illumination corresponding to a first position along a first illumination scale;
• determining a second illumination state corresponding to the area based at least on a second level of illumination corresponding to a second position along a second illumination scale;
• determining a scene-illumination state of the area based at least on the first illumination state and the second illumination state;
• and
• controlling one or more lighting components of a machine based at least on the scene-illumination state.

A system of a machine comprising:

• one or more central processing units (CPUs);
• one or more graphics processing units (GPUs);
• one or more hardware accelerators;
• one or more lighting components;
• external sensors including fields of view or sensory fields external to the machine;
• and
• internal sensors including fields of view or sensory fields internal to the machine;
• wherein the system causes performance of operations comprising:
• causing control of the one or more lighting components of the machine based at least on a combined scene-illumination state of an environment determined based at least on sensor data obtained using two or more external sensors of the external sensors.