Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera systems using filters and exposure times to detect flickering illuminated objects
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Application No.: US15613546Application Date: 2017-06-05
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Publication No.: US10453208B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Andreas Wendel , Benjamin Ingram
- Applicant: Waymo LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee: Waymo LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Botos Churchill IP Law
- Main IPC: G06T7/593
- IPC: G06T7/593 ; B60W30/095 ; G05D1/02 ; G06K9/32 ; G06K9/00 ; G06K9/20

Abstract:
The technology relates to camera systems for vehicles having an autonomous driving mode. An example system includes a first camera mounted on a vehicle in order to capture images of the vehicle's environment. The first camera has a first exposure time and being without an ND filter. The system also includes a second camera mounted on the vehicle in order to capture images of the vehicle's environment and having an ND filter. The system also includes one or more processors configured to capture images using the first camera and the first exposure time, capture images using the second camera and the second exposure time, use the images captured using the second camera to identify illuminated objects, use the images captured using the first camera to identify the locations of objects, and use the identified illuminated objects and identified locations of objects to control the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180336692A1 CAMERA SYSTEMS USING FILTERS AND EXPOSURE TIMES TO DETECT FLICKERING ILLUMINATED OBJECTS Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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