161 |
Vehicle imaging system |
US13866376 |
2013-04-19 |
US09509957B2 |
2016-11-29 |
Michael J. Higgins-Luthman; Yuesheng Lu |
A vision system for a vehicle includes an image sensor and image processor. The image sensor is disposed at the vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle for capturing image data of a scene forward of the vehicle. The field of view encompasses at least a portion of a road surface ahead of and in the direction of travel of the vehicle. The image processor processes captured image data. Responsive to image processing of captured image data by the image processor, the vehicle vision system determines the presence of an animal on the road surface within the field of view. At least in part responsive to determination of the animal on the road surface within the field of view, the vehicle vision system at least one of (a) generates an alert and (b) controls the vehicle. |
162 |
Imaging System for Locating a Moving Object in Relation to Another Object |
US14713537 |
2015-05-15 |
US20160332572A1 |
2016-11-17 |
John Paul GIBEAU; Christopher W. BELL; Ali HASSANI; Brad Alan IGNACZAK; Adil Nizam SIDDIQUI |
Electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles include a rechargeable traction battery. An automated vehicle charging system is configured to charge the traction battery with minimal operator intervention. The vehicle charging system includes at least one tire pad including a plurality of pressure-sensitive sensors arranged at known locations of the tire pad and outputting signals having a magnitude indicative of a pressure applied by a tire at the known locations. The vehicle charging system also includes at least one controller programmed to receive the signals and control movement of a transmit coil according to a position of the tire on the tire pad that is derived from the signals. The known locations may be generally equally spaced or unevenly spaced across the tire pad. The tire pad may include a tire stop to limit motion of the tire in one direction. |
163 |
DRIVER ASSISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE |
US15081342 |
2016-03-25 |
US20160318523A1 |
2016-11-03 |
Jeongsu KIM KIM; Hyeonju BAE |
Disclosed are systems and techniques for automated driver assistance in a vehicle having an Idle Stop and Go (ISG) function that controls an engine of the vehicle. A driver assistance apparatus includes at least one object detection sensor configured to acquire an image of a view ahead of the vehicle or a view around the vehicle, and a processor configured to detect information from the acquired image. The processor determines navigation information related to the vehicle, and provides a control signal to enable or disable the ISG function based on at least one of the information detected from the acquired image or the navigation information. |
164 |
SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PIXEL ARRAY SENSOR WITH INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED SUB PIXELS |
US15104557 |
2014-12-17 |
US20160316153A1 |
2016-10-27 |
Yoav GRAUER |
A system for controlling a pixel array sensor with independently controlled sub pixels is provided herein. The system includes at least one image detector, comprising an array of photo-sensitive pixels, each photo-sensitive pixel comprising at least one first type photo-sensitive sub pixel and plurality of second type photo-sensitive sub pixels; and a processor configured to control the at least first type controlled photo-sensitive sub pixel and the plurality of second type second type photo-sensitive sub pixels according to a specified exposure scheme, wherein the processor is further configured to control the at least one first type sub pixel independently of the specified exposure scheme, wherein the processor is further configured to selectively combine data coming from the at least one first type sub pixel with data coming from at least one of the plurality of second type sub pixels. |
165 |
Surrounding Environment Recognition Device |
US15035812 |
2014-10-15 |
US20160307054A1 |
2016-10-20 |
Masayuki TAKEMURA; Masahiro KIYOHARA; Kota IRIE; Masao SAKATA; Yoshitaka UCHIDA |
A surrounding environment recognition device includes: an image acquisition unit that obtains a photographic image from a camera for capturing, via a camera lens, an image of a surrounding environment around a mobile object; an image recognition unit that recognizes an object image of an object present in the surrounding environment based upon the photographic image obtained by the image acquisition unit; an accumulation detection unit that detects accumulation settled on the camera lens based upon the photographic image obtained by the image acquisition unit; a suspension decision-making unit that makes a decision, based upon detection results provided by the accumulation detection unit, whether or not to suspend operation of the image recognition unit; a tracking unit that detects a characteristic quantity in a tracking target image from a specific area in an image captured by the image acquisition unit for a reference frame, determines through calculation an estimated area where the characteristic quantity should be detected in an image captured by the image acquisition unit for a later frame relative to the reference frame and makes a decision as to whether or not the characteristic quantity for the tracking target image is also present in the estimated area; and a resumption decision-making unit that makes a decision, based upon at least decision-making results provided by the tracking unit and indicating whether or not the characteristic quantity for the tracking target image is present, as to whether or not to resume the operation of the image recognition unit currently in a suspended state. |
166 |
Mirror Substitute Device and Vehicle |
US14392233 |
2014-05-27 |
US20160288710A1 |
2016-10-06 |
Juergen BRANDL; Wolfgang FEY |
The present invention discloses a mirror substitute device for a vehicle, with at least one camera designed to cover at least a part of the surroundings of a vehicle and to provide a corresponding image signal, with an image processing device coupled to the camera and designed to process the image signal of the at least one camera and to output a processed image signal, and with at least one display device designed to display the processed image signal. Furthermore, the present invention discloses a corresponding vehicle. |
167 |
IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD |
US15062677 |
2016-03-07 |
US20160272206A1 |
2016-09-22 |
Ruiko MIYANO |
An object recognizer of an image processing apparatus separately extracts a first feature point and a second feature point of a first line segment and a second line segment of which a variation is equal to or greater than a variation threshold value and the first feature point and the second feature point of the first line segment and the second line segment of which the variation is smaller than the variation threshold value, and determines a corresponding point in a second captured image corresponding to the first feature point of the first line segment of which the variation is equal to or greater than the variation threshold value as the second feature point of the second line segment corresponding to the first line segment of which the variation is equal to or greater than the variation threshold value to recognize an object. |
168 |
Vehicle peripheral observation device |
US13636041 |
2011-02-02 |
US09308863B2 |
2016-04-12 |
Hidehiko Miyoshi; Noboru Nagamine; Kenji Miura; Kinji Yamamoto; Kenjiro Goto |
Provided is a device whereby it is possible to accurately recognize which area has been enlarged when part of an overhead image displayed on a monitor is displayed as enlarged. When any one area of a plurality divided areas (D1-D4) is indicated, the divided areas being a result of dividing an overhead image displayed on a monitor (21), an image of the indicated divided area (D1-D4) is set as an image to be enlarged, and an auxiliary display area (21B) is set as an enlarged display area. Enlarged display unit forms a plurality of intermediate images (M) of an intermediate size between the size of the indicated divided area (D2) and the size of the enlarged display area, and the intermediate images are sequentially displayed beginning with the smallest intermediate image (M), using the indicated divided area (D2) as an origin point. |
169 |
TRAILER TRACK ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BY IMAGE RECOGNITION |
US14542270 |
2014-11-14 |
US20160098604A1 |
2016-04-07 |
Jae Hong MIN |
The present invention provides a trailer track estimation system by image recognition including: an image photographing unit which photographs a trailer which is connected to a rear side of a vehicle; a control unit which estimates a connection angle of the trailer using an image photographed by the image photographing unit; and a display unit which displays a value estimated by the control unit on a screen. |
170 |
Driving-operation assist and recording medium |
US13848800 |
2013-03-22 |
US09272731B2 |
2016-03-01 |
Shusaku Okamoto; Hirofumi Ishii; Masamichi Nakagawa; Kunio Nobori; Atsushi Morimura |
A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics. |
171 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A PEDESTRIAN BY A VEHICLE DURING NIGHT DRIVING |
US14562686 |
2014-12-06 |
US20160052452A1 |
2016-02-25 |
Young Chul Oh; Myung Seon Heo; Wan Jae Lee; Byung Yong You |
A method and an apparatus for detecting a pedestrian by a vehicle during night driving are provided, in which the apparatus includes: a first camera configured to take a first image including color information of a vicinity of the vehicle during night driving; a second camera configured to take a second image including thermal distribution information of the vicinity of the vehicle; a pedestrian detector configured to detect a non-pedestrian area by using the color information from the first image and detect a pedestrian area by excluding the non-pedestrian area from the second image; and a display configured to match and display the pedestrian area on the second image. |
172 |
Vision support apparatus for vehicle |
US14118770 |
2011-06-02 |
US09230178B2 |
2016-01-05 |
Kunihiko Toyofuku |
A vision support apparatus of the invention includes a first obstacle detecting part configured to detect an obstacle near a vehicle with a visible light image; a second obstacle detecting part configured to detect the obstacle using an infrared light image, a detection status determining part configured to determine whether it is difficult or impossible for the first obstacle detecting part to detect the obstacle; and an obstacle information providing part configured to provide a driver of the vehicle with information about the obstacle detected by the second obstacle detecting part, if it is determined by the detection status determining part that it is difficult or impossible for the first obstacle detecting part to detect the obstacle, thereby informing the driver of the existence of the obstacle when it is difficult for the driver to visually perceive the obstacle because of insufficient reflection of the visible light from the obstacle. |
173 |
Wiper system and control method thereof |
US14137551 |
2013-12-20 |
US09205826B2 |
2015-12-08 |
Kyung Ro Lee; Jae Han Jung |
A wiper system and a control method thereof are provided. The wiper system includes a first camera provided inside a vehicle to photograph outside of the vehicle beyond a windshield glass. A wiper apparatus removes foreign materials from the windshield glass, and a body control module operates the wiper apparatus. The telematics module communicates with a driver terminal and controls the body control module. The telematics module determines whether an external view is extractable from an image acquired by the first camera during an engine stop, and applies a wiper operation signal to the body control module based on the communication result according to a communication with the driver terminal if the external view is not extracted. |
174 |
STEREO CAMERA AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME |
US14671206 |
2015-03-27 |
US20150341620A1 |
2015-11-26 |
Jongwoo HAN; Subirm Park |
A stereo camera and a driver assistance apparatus and a vehicle including the same are disclosed. The stereo camera includes a first image sensor to sense an image corresponding to at least one exposure time, a second image sensor to sense images corresponding to a plurality of exposure times, and a processor to generate a disparity map and an RGB image based on the images acquired by the first and second image sensors. Consequently, it is possible to acquire the disparity map and the RGB image. |
175 |
VIRTUAL SEE-THROUGH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITH LIVE VIDEO |
US14192043 |
2014-02-27 |
US20150245017A1 |
2015-08-27 |
Davide Di Censo; Stefan Marti |
At least one embodiment disclosed herein includes generating a three-dimensional graphical output that includes a three-dimensional representation of a video of an area external to a vehicle, and displaying the three-dimensional graphical output on a three-dimensional display disposed within a vehicle. |
176 |
Obstacle alert device |
US14237209 |
2011-11-01 |
US09082021B2 |
2015-07-14 |
Tetsuya Maruoka; Akira Kadoya; Keigo Ikeda |
An obstacle alert device is capable of indicating clearly presence of an obstacle approaching a vehicle to a driver, without impairing visibility of a peripheral situation of the vehicle. The device includes a photographed image acquisition section acquiring a photographed image photographing a scene in the periphery of the vehicle, a photographed-image-of-interest generation section generating a photographed image of interest based on the photographed image, a masked region setting section setting a masked region making un-displayed at least a portion of the scene of the vehicle periphery in the photographed image of interest, an object presence determination section determining whether an object is present or not in an outside region outside the photographed image of interest, a clear indication image outputting section outputting a clear indication image including a clear indication indicator clearly indicating presence of the object to be displayed at an end of the photographed image of interest on the side of the outside region where the object is present in case the object in the outside region moves to the side of a region corresponding to the photographed image of interest, and a motion image outputting section outputting an image in which the clear indication indicator becomes absorbed from the side of the masked region where the object is present in case the object in the outside region has entered the region corresponding to the photographed image of interest. |
177 |
Vehicle periphery monitoring device |
US13265167 |
2010-01-28 |
US09067537B2 |
2015-06-30 |
Makoto Aimura; Hideki Hashimoto |
Provided is a vehicle periphery monitoring device capable of making a driver reliably recognize the shape of an object to which attention should be paid. According to an image processing unit (1) (vehicle periphery monitoring device), for example, when it is highly probable that the shape of the object is difficult to be visually recognized through the output image because of the reason that the object is present far from the vehicle or other reason, an enlarged image (Q′) of the object (Q) is displayed on an HUD (7) so as not to overlap with the object (Q). |
178 |
Rear-view multi-functional camera system with panoramic image display features |
US14105869 |
2013-12-13 |
US09061635B2 |
2015-06-23 |
Yun Luo; Dieter Hoetzer |
A rear-viewing camera system for a vehicle is described. The rear-viewing system includes a first camera, a second camera, an electronic control unit, and a display. The electronic control unit receives a first image data set from the first camera and a second image data set from the second camera. The electronic control unit then produces a panoramic image based on the first image data set and the second image data set and displays the panoramic image on the display. |
179 |
Vehicle surrounding-area monitoring apparatus |
US14124445 |
2012-05-18 |
US09013579B2 |
2015-04-21 |
Keigo Ikeda; Hiroyuki Watanabe; Takashi Kato; Masaki Katagiri |
A vehicle surrounding-area monitoring apparatus that, when recognizing an obstacle, allows for easy determination of the positional relationship between the obstacle and scenery included in a video image of the area surrounding the vehicle, generates a narrow view-field region that is a part of the video image as a notable video image, and if an obstacle region that is a region of the recognized obstacle in the video image is located outside of the narrow view-field region and if the obstacle region is contained in an image region that is partially overlapping with the narrow view-field region and is a part of the video image, generates the image region as a notable obstacle image so as to generate a surrounding-area monitoring display image comprised of the notable video image and the notable obstacle image. |
180 |
Parking assistant and parking assisting method |
US12680423 |
2008-09-24 |
US08988250B2 |
2015-03-24 |
Masayasu Suzuki; Takeshi Akatsuka; Satoshi Kawai; Hidenori Seguchi |
When a parking assistant assists a driver in carrying out parking operation, the parking assistant takes image of vehicle surroundings to generate vehicle surroundings images, converts coordinates of vehicle surroundings images to generate overhead view image, and sets a parking target area in the overhead view image. On the overhead view image, the parking assistant superposes a parking target area image which denotes the parking target area. The parking assistant generates the parking target area image when a first certain portion where a solid object is present is superposed with the parking target area. The parking target area image is generated in a second certain portion other than the superposed first certain portion. The generating operation is implemented even when another vehicle included in the overhead view image falls in the set parking target area image. The parking assistant displays the overhead view image and the parking target area image. |