Patent classifications
B60R2300/108
Apparatus with a Sensor Assembly and a Stray Light Baffle
An apparatus includes a sensor assembly and a stray light baffle. The apparatus is mountable inside of a vehicle on a pane, in particular a windshield. The sensor assembly includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The stray light baffle is arranged substantially in front of the first sensor, in the capture direction of the sensors, at the sensor assembly. The stray light baffle has a first side wall that is made of a plastics material, and a second side wall that is a frame with a fabric covering. The second side wall is arranged in front of the second sensor.
Camera module
A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OPERATING PARAMETERS OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER BASED ON ESTIMATED CROP VOLUME
In one aspect, a system for adjusting operating parameters of an agricultural harvester based on estimated crop volume values may include an image capture device configured to capture one or more images of the crop materials standing within the field prior to the crop materials being harvested by a harvester. The system may also include a controller communicatively coupled to the image capture device. The controller may be configured to estimate a crop volume value associated with a quantity of the crop materials transferred through the harvester based on the one or more images captured by the image capture device. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to initiate a control action associated with adjusting an operating parameter of the harvester based on a magnitude of the estimated crop volume value.
Apparatus and method for connecting a mobile device camera
An apparatus and a method for connecting a mobile camera device to a vehicle-mounted display apparatus, wherein the mobile camera device is controlled both by the driver operating the mobile camera device as well as by additional information regarding the state of the vehicle, wherein the additional information is provided by vehicle sensors. The information from the driver and the vehicle is processed by an application program on the mobile camera device and the mobile camera device is controlled. The mobile camera device can display images and/or videos and process the images and/or videos by way of the application program. The information to be processed can be displayed on the display of the vehicle-mounted display apparatus.
Light system for a motor vehicle
Motor vehicle light system including an acquisition device for acquiring the scene in front of the vehicle, including an image sensor, a first lighting device including a light source suitable for emitting a first light beam lighting up the scene so as to increase the contrast of the images captured by the image sensor, a second lighting device including a light source emitting a second light beam performing a regulatory signalling and/or lighting function in front of the vehicle, a control unit which switches on the first lighting device when a first contrast value referred to as raw contrast C.sub.0 of the images captured by the image sensor is lower than a predefined threshold contrast C.sub.s, the light source of the first lighting device being configured to generate modulated lighting, the modulation of which is imperceptible to the driver of the vehicle or an external observer.
VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH DUAL PROCESSOR CONTROL
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras including a forward viewing camera and multiple color cameras, and includes a display device operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the color cameras. A processing unit includes a first processing chip that has an image processor for machine-vision processing of captured image data, and a second processing chip that receives vehicle data and receives image data captured by the color cameras. The first processing chip machine-vision processes image data captured by the cameras for object detection and classification of objects. The first processing chip controls operating parameters of the color cameras to enhance object detection based on machine-vision processing by the first processing chip of image data captured by the color cameras. The second processing chip controls operating parameters of the color cameras for display at the display device of video images.
DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A display controller includes an acquisition part that acquires a distance between a regulatory sign installed in a region ahead of a vehicle and the vehicle, and a display control part that causes a display part to display an image corresponding to the regulatory sign on the basis of the distance acquired by the acquisition part, wherein the display control part begins to display the image corresponding to the regulatory sign in response the distance between the regulatory sign and the vehicle becoming equal to or less than a first distance when the regulatory sign indicates Stop, and beings to display the image corresponding to the regulatory sign in response to the distance between the regulatory sign and the vehicle becoming equal to or less than a second distance, which is less than the first distance, when the regulatory sign indicates No Entry.
DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
A display controller includes a receiving part that receives setting of a vehicle height of a vehicle, an acquisition part that acquires a height limit of a vehicle height indicated by a vehicle height restriction regulatory sign installed in a region ahead of the vehicle, and a display control part that cause a display part to display an image corresponding to the regulatory sign, wherein the display control part causes the display part to display the image if the set height of the vehicle received by the receiving part is greater than the height limit of the vehicle height acquired by the acquisition part, and does not cause the display part to display the image if the set height of the vehicle is equal to or less than the height limit of the vehicle height.
Collision avoidance and/or pedestrian detection system
A collision avoidance and/or pedestrian detection system for a large passenger vehicle such as commuter bus, which includes one or more exterior and/or interior sensing devices positioned strategically around the exterior and interior of the vehicle for recording data, method for avoiding collisions and/or detecting pedestrians, and features/articles of manufacture for improving same, is described herein in various embodiments. The sensing devices may be responsive to one or more situational sensors, and may be connected to one or more interior and/or exterior warning systems configured to alert a driver inside the vehicle and/or a pedestrian outside the vehicle that a collision may be possible and/or imminent based on a path of the vehicle and/or a position of the pedestrian as detected by one or more sensing devices and/or situational sensors.
CAMERA MODULE
A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.