Object recognition in low-lux and high-lux conditions

A computer program product for capturing image data for gestures from a passenger or a driver in a vehicle with a dynamic illumination level, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer program code for:

• determining an illumination level for the vehicle, the vehicle comprising a low-lux sensor and a high-lux sensor located in an overhead console of the vehicle, the low-lux sensor assigned to capture image data indicating gestures from the driver or the passenger in the vehicle with illumination levels below a threshold illumination level, the high-lux sensor assigned to capture image data indicating gestures from the driver or the passenger in the vehicle with illumination levels above a threshold illumination level;
• determining, by an illumination threshold module, whether the determined illumination level is below a threshold illumination level;
• processing image data captured by the low-lux sensor when the illumination level is below the threshold illumination level;
• and
• processing image data captured by the high-lux sensor when the illumination level is above the threshold illumination level.

A computer system for capturing image data for gestures from a passenger or a driver in a vehicle with a dynamic illumination level, the computer system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium including computer program code for:

• determining an illumination level for the vehicle, the vehicle comprising a low-lux sensor and a high-lux sensor located in an overhead console of the vehicle, the low-lux sensor assigned to capture image data indicating gestures from the driver or the passenger in the vehicle with illumination levels below a threshold illumination level, the high-lux sensor assigned to capture image data indicating gestures from the driver or the passenger in the vehicle with illumination levels above a threshold illumination level;
• determining, by an illumination threshold module, whether the determined illumination level is below a threshold illumination level;
• processing image data captured by the low-lux sensor when the illumination level is below the threshold illumination level;
• and
• processing image data captured by the high-lux sensor when the illumination level is above the threshold illumination level.

A computer system for capturing image data for gestures from a passenger or a driver in a vehicle with a dynamic illumination level, the computer system comprising:

• an illumination level module for determining an illumination level for the vehicle, the vehicle comprising a low-lux sensor and a high-lux sensor located in an overhead console of the vehicle, the low-lux sensor assigned to capture image data indicating gestures from the driver or the passenger in the vehicle with illumination levels below a threshold illumination level, the high-lux sensor assigned to capture image data indicating gestures from the driver or the passenger in the vehicle with illumination levels above a threshold illumination level;
• an illumination threshold module for determining whether the determined illumination level is below a threshold illumination level;
• and
• a capture source module for
• activating the low-lux sensor when the illumination level is below the threshold illumination level, and
• activating the high-lux sensor when the illumination level is above the threshold illumination level.