Damper control systems and methods based on oil detected from forward images
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsBrian K. SAYLOR, Christopher J. METTRICK
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Abstract
A damper control system includes: a lane module configured to identify boundaries of a present lane of a vehicle in an image of a road in front of the vehicle captured using a forward facing camera; an oil module configured to, from the image, determine whether an area of oil is present on the road between the boundaries of the present lane of the vehicle; and a damping module configured to, when the area of oil is present on the road between the boundaries of the present lane of the vehicle, selectively adjust damping coefficients of adjustable dampers of the vehicle before the vehicle reaches the area of oil on the road.
Claims20
A damper control system comprising:
- a lane module configured to identify boundaries of a present lane of a vehicle in an image of a road in front of the vehicle captured using a forward facing camera;
- an oil module configured to, from the image, determine whether an area of oil is present on the road between the boundaries of the present lane of the vehicle;
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- a damping module configured to, when the area of oil is present on the road between the boundaries of the present lane of the vehicle, selectively adjust damping coefficients of adjustable dampers of the vehicle before the vehicle reaches the area of oil on the road.
A damper control method comprising:
- identifying boundaries of a present lane of a vehicle in an image of a road in front of the vehicle captured using a forward facing camera;
- from the image, determining whether an area of oil is present on the road between the boundaries of the present lane of the vehicle;
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- when the area of oil is present on the road between the boundaries of the present lane of the vehicle, selectively adjusting damping coefficients of adjustable dampers of the vehicle before the vehicle reaches the area of oil on the road.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.