US 2020/0244929 A1Published application

Vehicular driving assistance system

AssigneeDonnelly Corporation

InventorsJoseph Camilleri, Joel S. Gibson, Kenneth Schofield

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Abstract

A vehicular driver assistance system includes an imager disposed at a vehicle and viewing exterior the vehicle. A control includes an image processor that processes captured image data for at least a first application and a second application and that is operable to adjust the imager to first and second settings and to process captured image data via first and second processing techniques. The control adjusts the imager to the first or second setting to capture image data for the first or second application, respectively, and the image processor processes image data captured by the imager at the first or second setting via the respective first or second processing technique for the respective first or second application. The first application includes vehicle detection or lane departure warning or object detection and the second application includes headlamp control.

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Dependent claims

A vehicular driving assistance system, said vehicular driving assistance system comprising:

an imager disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicular driving assistance system;
wherein said imager is disposed at a windshield of the equipped vehicle and views forward of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said imager is operable to capture image data;
wherein said imager comprises a CMOS photosensor array of photosensor elements;
a control comprising an image processor;
wherein said control processes captured image data for at least a first application and a second application;
wherein said control is operable to adjust said imager to at least a first setting and a second setting;
wherein said control is operable to process captured image data via a first processing technique and a second processing technique;
wherein said control adjusts said imager to the first setting to capture image data for the first application, and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said imager at the first setting via the first processing technique for the first application;
wherein said control adjusts said imager to the second setting to capture image data for the second application, and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said imager at the first setting via the first processing technique for the first application;
and
wherein the first application comprises vehicle detection, and wherein the second application comprises headlamp control.

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A vehicular driving assistance system, said vehicular driving assistance system comprising:

an imager disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicular driving assistance system;
wherein said imager is disposed at a windshield of the equipped vehicle and views forward of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said imager is operable to capture image data;
wherein said imager comprises a CMOS photosensor array of photosensor elements;
a control comprising an image processor;
wherein said control processes captured image data for at least a first application and a second application;
wherein said control is operable to adjust said imager to at least a first setting and a second setting;
wherein said control is operable to process captured image data via a first processing technique and a second processing technique;
wherein said control adjusts said imager to the first setting to capture image data for the first application, and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said imager at the first setting via the first processing technique for the first application;
wherein said control adjusts said imager to the second setting to capture image data for the second application, and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said imager at the first setting via the first processing technique for the first application;
and
wherein the first application comprises lane departure warning, and wherein the second application comprises headlamp control.

8 more elements

A vehicular driving assistance system, said vehicular driving assistance system comprising:

an imager disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicular driving assistance system;
wherein said imager is disposed at a windshield of the equipped vehicle and views forward of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said imager is operable to capture image data;
wherein said imager comprises a CMOS photosensor array of photosensor elements;
a control comprising an image processor;
wherein said control processes captured image data for at least a first application and a second application;
wherein said control is operable to adjust said imager to at least a first setting and a second setting;
wherein said control is operable to process captured image data via a first processing technique and a second processing technique;
wherein said control adjusts said imager to the first setting to capture image data for the first application, and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said imager at the first setting via the first processing technique for the first application;
wherein said control adjusts said imager to the second setting to capture image data for the second application, and wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said imager at the first setting via the first processing technique for the first application;
and
wherein the first application comprises object detection, and wherein the second application comprises headlamp control.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/846,456Filed 13 Apr 2020
Priority: 30 Sep 2004
Published: 30 Jul 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification29 codes

H04N 7/183
Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast: for receiving images from a single remote source
B60R 1/28
For viewing an area outside the vehicle, e.g. the exterior of the vehicle: with an adjustable field of view
G06V 20/56
Context or environment of the image: exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
G06V 20/58
Exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle: recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians;…

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