Vehicle component compensation
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Robert Schroeter, Faizan Shaik, Hussein Altameemi
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Abstract
A computer may determine a first illumination value based on an image of a space about a vehicle and, upon the first illumination value exceeding a threshold, determine second illumination values for respective zones of the image. The zones may be defined based on a vehicle component. The computer may actuate the vehicle component based on a comparison of at least some of the second illumination values of respective zones to one another.
Claims20
A system, comprising a computing device, the computing device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, including instructions to:
- determine a first illumination value based on an image of a space about a vehicle;
- upon the first illumination value exceeding a threshold, determine second illumination values for respective zones of the image, one or more of a number, size and arrangement of the zones being defined based on a vehicle component, wherein the first and second illumination values are determined after compensating for sensor saturation;
- and
- actuate the vehicle component based on a comparison of at least some of the second illumination values of respective zones to one another.
A method comprising:
- determining a first illumination value based on an image of a space about a vehicle;
- upon the first illumination value exceeding a threshold, determining second illumination values for respective zones of the image, one or more of a number, size and arrangement of the zones being defined based on a vehicle component, wherein the first and second illumination values are determined after compensating for sensor saturation;
- and
- actuating the vehicle component based on a comparison of at least some of the second illumination values of respective zones to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.