Detection of motor vehicle lights with a camera
AssigneeADC Automotive Distance Systems GmbH
InventorsStefan Heinrich, Reinhard Schuler
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Abstract
A method for detecting front headlights and tail lights of a motor vehicle with a colour camera sensor is presented. The colour camera sensor comprises a plurality of red pixels, i.e. image points which are only sensitive in the red spectral range, and a plurality of pixels of other colours. In a first evaluation stage, only the intensity of the red pixels in the image is analysed in order to select relevant points of light in the image.
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A method for detecting front headlights and/or tail lights of a motor vehicle with a color camera sensor and a data processing unit, wherein the color camera sensor comprises a plurality of pixels which are sensitive only to red light, and a plurality of pixels which are sensitive to light colors other than red,
- characterized in that
- in a first evaluation stage for selecting potential motor vehicle headlights or tail lights in the image, only the intensity of those pixels which are sensitive to red light is evaluated.
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