Imaging system and method for detecting a winding road
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsPeter A. Liken, Christopher B. Case
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Abstract
An imaging system and method are provided where the imaging system is configured to image a scene external and forward of a controlled vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images. A processor is communicatively connected to the image sensor and is configured to receive and analyze the image data. The processor is further configured to detect whether a road on which the controlled vehicle is traveling is a winding road and generate a signal in response to detection of a winding road.
Claims20
An imaging system, comprising:
- an image sensor configured to image a scene external and forward of a controlled vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images;
- and
- a processor communicatively connected to the image sensor, the processor configured to receive and analyze the image data and to detect whether a road on which the controlled vehicle is traveling is a winding road and generate a signal in response to detection of a winding road.
An imaging method, comprising the steps of:
- providing an image sensor for imaging a scene external and forward of a controlled vehicle and generating image data corresponding to the acquired images;
- receiving and analyzing the image data in a processor communicatively connected to the image sensor;
- detecting with the processor whether the road on which the controlled vehicle is traveling is a winding road;
- and
- generating a signal from the processor in response to detection of a winding road.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions executed by a processor, the software instructions comprising the steps of:
- imaging a scene external and forward of the controlled vehicle and generating image data corresponding to the acquired images;
- receiving and analyzing the image data in the processor;
- detecting with the processor whether the road on which a controlled vehicle is traveling is a winding road;
- and
- generating a signal from the processor in response to detection of a winding road.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.