Infrared camera assembly for a vehicle
AssigneeAdasky, Ltd.
InventorsOleg KUYBEDA, Vitaly KUPERMAN
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Abstract
An infrared camera assembly for a vehicle. The assembly includes: a vehicle component having a front surface; a shutterless far-infrared (FIR) camera mounted within the vehicle component, wherein the shutterless FIR camera is utilized to output at least one thermal video stream processed by the autonomous vehicle system; and a protective window disposed on at least a portion of the front surface of the vehicle component, where the protective window is positioned to be aligned with a lens of the FIR camera, so as to allow the shutterless FIR camera to capture images therethrough.
Claims19
An infrared camera assembly for an autonomous vehicle system, comprising:
- a vehicle component having a front surface;
- a shutterless far-infrared (FIR) camera mounted within the vehicle component, wherein the shutterless FIR camera is utilized to output at least one thermal video stream processed by the autonomous vehicle system operable in a vehicle;
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- a protective window disposed on at least a portion of the front surface of the vehicle component, wherein the protective window is positioned to be aligned with a lens of the FIR camera, thereby allowing the shutterless FIR camera to capture images therethrough.
A vehicle, comprising:
- an autonomous vehicle system;
- a vehicle component having a front surface;
- a shutterless far-infrared (FIR) camera mounted within the vehicle component, wherein the shutterless FIR camera is utilized to output at least one thermal video stream processed by the autonomous vehicle system operable in a vehicle;
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- a protective window disposed on at least a portion of the front surface of the vehicle component, wherein the protective window is positioned to be aligned with a lens of the FIR camera, thereby allowing the shutterless FIR camera to capture images therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.