Vehicular vision system

A vehicular vision system, said vehicular vision system comprising:

• an imager comprising a lens and a CMOS photosensor array;
• wherein said photosensor array comprises a plurality of photosensor elements;
• wherein said imager is disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular vision system and wherein said imager views exterior of the equipped vehicle through a windshield of the equipped vehicle and forward of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said imager is disposed in a module that releasably mounts to a mounting element adhesively attached at the windshield of the equipped vehicle;
• a control;
• wherein said control comprises logic and control circuitry;
• wherein said logic and control circuitry comprises an image processor, and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said photosensor array to detect an object viewed by said imager;
• and
• wherein at least two of (a) said module includes a heat sink for at least a portion of said logic and control circuitry, (b) said module includes a connector for electrically connecting to a power source of the equipped vehicle, and (c) said module includes at least a portion of said logic and control circuitry.

A vehicular vision system, said vehicular vision system comprising:

• an imager comprising a lens and a CMOS photosensor array;
• wherein said photosensor array comprises a plurality of photosensor elements;
• wherein said imager is disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular vision system and wherein said imager views exterior of the equipped vehicle through a windshield of the equipped vehicle and forward of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein at least said imager is disposed in a module that releasably mounts to a mounting element adhesively attached at the windshield of the equipped vehicle;
• a control comprising an image processor, said image processor processing image data captured by said photosensor array;
• wherein said image processor processes captured image data to detect an object viewed by said imager;
• and
• wherein, at least in part responsive to processing of captured image data by said image processor, said vehicular vision system determines the presence of at least one of fog, snow and rain present exterior and forward of the equipped vehicle.

A vehicular vision system, said vehicular vision system comprising:

• an imager comprising a lens and a CMOS photosensor array;
• wherein said photosensor array comprises a plurality of photosensor elements;
• wherein said imager is disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular vision system and wherein said imager views exterior of the equipped vehicle through a windshield of the equipped vehicle and forward of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein at least said imager is disposed in a module that releasably mounts to a mounting element adhesively attached at the windshield of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said photosensor array comprises an array of columns and rows of photosensor elements and wherein said array has more columns than rows, and wherein said array comprises at least 40 rows;
• wherein said imager has a field of view forward of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said field of view comprises a horizontal span and a vertical span and wherein said horizontal span is greater than said vertical span;
• a control comprising an image processor, said image processor processing image data captured by said photosensor array;
• and
• wherein said image processor processes captured image data to detect an object viewed by said imager.