Autonomous vehicle with improved visual detection ability

A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle (100), comprising at least one camera (110, 111, 112, or 113) configured to produce images (141, 142, 143, or 144) for the computer vision used to control the autonomous vehicle (100), comprising the following steps,

• at least one said camera (110, 111, 112, or 113) has a variable and movable pitch, yaw and/or roll to the direction of travel that is controlled,
• the pitch, yaw and/or roll of at least one camera (110, 111, 112, or 113) is changed to maximise camera image clarity and/or resolution as said autonomous vehicle (100) moves,
• at least one image (141, 142, 143, or 144) from the variable pitch, yaw and/or roll camera (110, 111, 112, or 113) is used in controlling the movement of the autonomous vehicle (100).

A software program product stored on a non-transient memory medium for controlling an autonomous vehicle (100), comprising at least one camera software configured to produce images (141, 142, 143, or 144) for the computer vision software used to control the autonomous vehicle (100), wherein,

• at least one said camera (110, 111, 112, or 113) has a variable and movable pitch, yaw and/or roll to the direction of travel that is configured to be controlled,
• the pitch, yaw and/or roll of at least one camera (110, 111, 112, or 113) is configured to be changed to maximise camera image clarity and/or resolution as said autonomous vehicle (100) moves,
• at least one image (141, 142, 143, or 144) from the variable pitch, yaw and/or roll camera (110, 111, 112, or 113) is configured to be used in controlling the movement of the autonomous vehicle (100).