Vehicular control system

A vehicular control system, the vehicular control system comprising:

• a forward-viewing camera disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular control system, wherein the forward-viewing camera views through the windshield forward of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein the forward-viewing camera comprises a CMOS imaging array having at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
• wherein the forward-viewing camera is operable to capture image data;
• a forward-sensing radar sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle, wherein the forward-sensing radar sensor senses forward of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein the forward-sensing radar sensor is operable to capture radar data;
• an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software;
• wherein image data captured by the forward-viewing camera is processed at the ADAS ECU and radar data captured by the forward-sensing radar sensor is processed at the ADAS ECU;
• wherein, as the equipped vehicle travels along a traffic lane of a road, and at least in part via processing at the ADAS ECU of (i) image data captured by the forward-viewing camera and (ii) radar data captured by the forward-sensing radar sensor, the ADAS ECU determines presence of road debris ahead of the equipped vehicle in the traffic lane of the road;
• wherein the ADAS ECU, responsive to determining presence of the road debris ahead of the equipped vehicle in the traffic lane of the road, communicates presence of the road debris to another ECU of the equipped vehicle;
• and
• wherein, responsive to the communicated presence of the road debris to the other ECU, at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) the equipped vehicle decelerates to mitigate impact with the road debris and (ii) the equipped vehicle is steered to avoid impact with the road debris.

A vehicular control system, the vehicular control system comprising:

• a forward-viewing camera disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular control system, wherein the forward-viewing camera views through the windshield forward of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein the forward-viewing camera comprises a CMOS imaging array having at least one million photosensors arranged in rows and columns;
• wherein the forward-viewing camera is operable to capture image data;
• a forward-sensing radar sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle, wherein the forward-sensing radar sensor senses forward of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein the forward-sensing radar sensor is operable to capture radar data;
• an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software;
• wherein image data captured by the forward-viewing camera is processed at the ADAS ECU and radar data captured by the forward-sensing radar sensor is processed at the ADAS ECU;
• wherein, as the equipped vehicle travels along a traffic lane of a road, and at least in part via processing at the ADAS ECU of (i) image data captured by the forward-viewing camera and (ii) radar data captured by the forward-sensing radar sensor, the ADAS ECU determines presence of a speed bump ahead of the equipped vehicle in the traffic lane of the road;
• wherein the ADAS ECU, responsive to determining presence of the speed bump ahead of the equipped vehicle in the traffic lane of the road, communicates presence of the speed bump to another ECU of the equipped vehicle;
• and
• wherein, responsive to the communicated presence of the speed bump to the other ECU, at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) the equipped vehicle decelerates to mitigate impact with the speed bump.