A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imager disposed at the vehicle and viewing exterior the vehicle. A control includes an image processor and is operable to process captured image data for at least a first application and a second application and to adjust the image sensor to at least two settings and to process captured image data via at least two processing techniques. The control is operable to synchronize the at least two settings of the image sensor and the at least two processing techniques to extract respective information from the captured image data for the first and second applications. The control adjusts a setting of the image sensor to capture image data suitable for the first application or the second application. The image processor processes captured image data via a processing technique suitable for the first application or the second application.

A capturing camera has a lens block that includes a lens for focusing light from a vehicle as a subject, an image sensor that captures an image based on light from the vehicle focused by the lens, a filter unit that rotatably supports a polarization filter which limits the light from the vehicle received by the image sensor, a sensor that detects a daytime mode or a night mode, a processor that disposes the polarization filter on a front side of the image sensor in the daytime mode, and disposes a band pass filter on the front side of the image sensor in the night mode, and an illuminator that irradiates the subject with IR light in the night mode. The filter unit switchably supports the polarization filter and the band pass filter that transmits the IR light.

A light source unit includes a substrate and a light source. The light source is mounted on the substrate. At least one sensor is configured to detect the infrared light. The at least one sensor detects a wavelength component of the infrared light in a range of wavelengths from 920 nm to 960 nm better than a wavelength component of the infrared light out of the range. The light source device emits the infrared light having a peak wavelength smaller than 920 nm when the light source has a temperature of 25 C. or lower. The peak wavelength of the infrared light emitted from the light source device increases as the temperature of the light source increases from the temperature of 25 C.

An optical imaging system includes a first lens having a concave object-side surface, a second lens, a third lens having a concave image-side surface, a fourth lens having a concave object-side surface, and a fifth lens. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side toward an imaging plane. The optical imaging system has a total number of five lenses having a refractive power. A radius of curvature of the image-side surface of the third lens is greater than a radius of curvature of an image-side surface of the second lens. 0|n1n2|0.2 and TL/2Y<2.0, where n1 is a refractive index of the first lens, n2 is a refractive index of the second lens, TL is a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to the imaging plane, and 2Y is a diagonal length of the imaging plane.

A vehicle imaging unit includes an imaging apparatus, a housing, and a lamp body unit. The imaging apparatus images a side rear direction of a vehicle. The housing houses the imaging apparatus and is attached to a side part of a vehicle body. The lamp body unit is attached to an outer part in a vehicle width direction of the housing and emits light to the outside. A lens arrangement part that exposes an imaging lens of the imaging apparatus to the outside is provided at an outer part in the vehicle width direction of a rear surface of the housing. A notch part at which the lamp body unit is arranged is provided on an outer wall in the vehicle width direction of the housing.

A vehicular camera system includes a black-out layer disposed at an upper central region of a windshield as installed in a vehicle, an attachment member configured for attachment at the upper central region of the windshield where the black-out layer is disposed, and an accessory module including a camera. The accessory module is configured to detachably mount at the attachment member at the windshield such that the lens of the camera is spaced from the windshield, and such that the camera views forward of the vehicle through an aperture in the black-out layer via a tapered structure that is widest at the windshield and that tapers from the windshield towards where the lens of the camera is located. The tapered structure is at an acute angle relative to the vehicle windshield. The camera captures image data for a driver assistance system of the equipped vehicle.

A constant electrical power supply independent device with an integrated system capable of wirelessly transmitting infrared images and can be temporarily installed/mounted on various platforms including air, seal, and land vehicles.

To detect front-parked vehicles at night (i.e. a vehicle is parked with its head facing the inside of a parking space), a detection device uses the light beam from a passing-by vehicle to extract at least a reflection of at least a tail light or at least a portion of a back bumper from an image captured for a parking space.

The invention relates to a device for assisting night-time driving of a vehicle, comprising at least one display and a night vision system capable of capturing images under conditions of darkness and transmitting them to said display, said display being capable of displaying a graphics page (31) comprising a first area (31.1) and second area (31.2) arranged next to said first area (31.1), the display (23) having a first display mode in which said first area (31.1) comprises operating information of the vehicle, characterised in that the display is capable, in response to receiving an alarm signal coming from a night vision system, of displaying, in the second area (31.2), images coming from the night vision system.

Systems and methods to improve safety and more efficient Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicle (AV) systems for vehicular operation through the application of multiple thermal sensors arranged in systems where the resolution, Field Of View (FOV), and aiming angle of individual sensors are varied. In particular two configurations are discussed in detail, a three-sensor arrangement for forward and forward off angle data acquisition, and a two or three sensor arrangement for blind spot and pinch point awareness for towing applications. In some forward-looking three-sensor embodiments, the center sensor may provide a high-quality narrow field of view of radiometric data for use with tracking algorithms to identify pedestrian and large animal targets for long range driver identification. The side sensors may provide radiometric data for peripheral vision on short/medium range approaching targets for situational awareness at crosswalks and turning corners.