Active night vision control system
AssigneesFord Motor Company, Lear Corporation
InventorsJeffrey T. Remillard, Michael A. Marinelli
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Abstract
A vision system (10) for a vehicle (14) includes a light source (46) that generates an illumination beam (20). A receiver (92) generates an image signal in response to a reflected portion of the illumination beam (20). A transmission sensor (120) generates a transmission signal. A controller (50) is coupled to the light source (46), the receiver (92), and the transmission sensor (120) and enables activation of the light source (46) in response to the transmission signal.
Claims20
A vision system for a vehicle comprising:
- a light source generating an illumination beam;
- a first receiver generating an image signal in response to at least a reflected portion of said illumination beam;
- a transmission sensor generating a transmission signal;
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- a controller coupled to said light source, said first receiver, and said transmission sensor and enabling activation of said light source when said transmission signal signifies that a transmission of the vehicle is in a forward mode.
A vision system for a vehicle comprising:
- a light source generating an illumination beam;
- a receiver generating an image signal in response to at least a reflected portion of said illumination beam;
- a transmission sensor generating a transmission signal;
- a vehicle speed sensor generating a vehicle speed signal;
- a headlamp sensor generating a headlamp signal;
- an exterior illumination sensor sensing illumination levels exterior to the vehicle and generating an exterior illumination signal;
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- a controller coupled to said light source, said receiver, said transmission sensor, said vehicle speed sensor, said headlamp sensor, and said exterior illumination sensor and enabling activation of said light source and said receiver in response to said transmission signal, said vehicle speed signal said headlamp signal, and said exterior illumination signal.
A method of operating a vision system of a vehicle comprising:
- generating an illumination beam;
- generating an image signal in response to at least a reflected portion of said illumination beam;
- generating a transmission signal;
- enabling activation of said light source in response to said transmission signal;
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- disabling activation of said light source when said transmission signal signifies that a transmission of the vehicle is in a mode selected from a reverse mode, a neutral mode, and a park mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.