VEHICLE LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH FOG DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20190094136A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-28

    申请号:US16137651

    申请日:2018-09-21

    Inventor: Reinhard Juette

    Abstract: A fog detecting system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view forward of the vehicle, and a non-imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle and having a field of sensing forward of the vehicle. The camera captures image data and the non-imaging sensor captures sensor data. A control includes at least one data processor operable to process image data captured by the camera and sensor data captured by the non-imaging sensor. The control, responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera and processing of sensor data captured by the non-imaging sensor, determines presence of fog ahead of the vehicle and in the field of view of the camera and in the field of sensing of the non-imaging sensor.

    Vehicular autonomous control system based on learned and predicted vehicle motion

    公开(公告)号:US12233917B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US18155088

    申请日:2023-01-17

    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a forward-viewing camera disposed at a vehicle, and an electronic control unit (ECU). Electronic circuitry of the ECU includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the forward-viewing camera. The vehicular vision system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward-viewing camera, detects a target vehicle. The vehicular vision system, responsive to detecting the target vehicle, predicts, using a machine learning model, a probability for each action of a set of actions, with each action in the set of actions representing a potential action by the target vehicle. The machine learning model includes at least one discrete latent variable and at least one continuous latent variable. The vehicular vision system, responsive to predicting the probability for each action, autonomously controls the equipped vehicle.

    TRANSPARENT ANTENNA AND REFLECTOR FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE RADAR

    公开(公告)号:US20250035766A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18782400

    申请日:2024-07-24

    Inventor: Hussein Farhat

    Abstract: A vehicular radar sensing system includes a radar sensor disposed at a vehicle and that senses within an interior cabin of the vehicle. The radar sensor includes an antenna that radiates radio frequency signals within the cabin of the vehicle and that receives radio frequency signals from within the cabin of the vehicle. A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a transmitter that transmits radio frequency signals to the antenna and a receiver that receives radio frequency signals from the antenna. The radar sensor is operable to capture radar data based on the received radio frequency signals. Responsive to processing radar data captured by the radar sensor, the system determines presence of an occupant within the cabin of the vehicle. The antenna is disposed at a portion of a substrate and the portion of the substrate is at least partially transmissive of visible light incident at the portion of the substrate.

    VEHICULAR RADAR SYSTEM WITH MULTI-MODE SENSOR HAVING 3D ANTENNA ARRAY

    公开(公告)号:US20250028042A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18776644

    申请日:2024-07-18

    Abstract: A vehicular radar sensing system includes a radar sensor disposed at a vehicle. The radar sensor includes a plurality of facets, each having an inboard surface facing toward the vehicle and an outboard surface facing away from the vehicle. A respective transmitter and a respective receiver of each facet operate to have a respective field of sensing with a respective principal sensing axis that is perpendicular to the respective facet. The vehicular sensing system, via processing of captured sensor data, (i) determines presence of a first object within a first respective field of sensing and (ii) determines presence of a second object within a second respective field of sensing. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to determining presence of the first object and the second object, controls a system of the vehicle based on the determined presence of the first object and the second object.

    Vehicular camera module
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12206976B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-21

    申请号:US18482924

    申请日:2023-10-09

    Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a front housing member, an imaging array sensor, a lens, a rear housing member, and a circuit board. The rear housing member is mated with the front housing member to form a camera housing. With the circuit board accommodated within the camera housing formed by the mated front and rear housing members, the imaging sensor is closer to a first side of the circuit board than to a second side of the circuit board. The rear housing member includes an electrical plug connector having a plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins that are configured to plug into respective individual pin-receiving sockets of an electrical socket connector disposed at the second side of the circuit board. Individual electrically-conductive pins of the plurality of individual electrically-conductive pins plug into and make electrical-conductive contact with corresponding individual pin-receiving sockets of the plurality of individual pin-receiving sockets.

    VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250016441A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18885868

    申请日:2024-09-16

    Inventor: Krishna Koravadi

    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a global shutter camera disposed at a vehicle and a plurality of light emitters operable to emit light. With the vehicular vision system operating in a floodlight mode, the plurality of light emitters operates to emit light to illuminate a region. With the vehicular vision system operating in a reduced illumination mode, a reduced number of light emitters operates to emit light to illuminate a sub-region of the region. At least a portion of the sub-region is viewed by the global shutter camera, which captures image data at a frame-capture rate that is synchronized with a pulse rate of the reduced number of light emitters when the vehicular vision system is operating in the reduced illumination mode. With the vehicular vision system operating in the reduced illumination mode, image data captured by the global shutter camera is processed for a vehicle function.

    Vehicular camera assembly process

    公开(公告)号:US12192608B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US18543030

    申请日:2023-12-18

    Inventor: Yuesheng Lu

    Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a lens barrel accommodating a lens, a lens holder having a passageway therethrough, and an imager printed circuit board (imager PCB) having an imager. The imager PCB is attached at the lens holder. An attaching portion of the lens barrel is positioned at least partially in the passageway of the lens holder with a gap between the attaching portion and the lens holder that at least partially circumscribes the attaching portion. With the attaching portion positioned at least partially in the passageway, a filler material is disposed at least partially within the gap. With the lens aligned relative to the imager, the filler material is heated via non-contact brazing to melt and flow into the gap. The melted filler material hardens upon cooling to secure the lens barrel relative to the lens holder and the imager PCB.

    Control system for semi-autonomous control of vehicle along learned route

    公开(公告)号:US12187326B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US16947184

    申请日:2020-07-22

    Inventor: Wenxue Gao

    Abstract: A vehicular control system for controlling a vehicle includes a vehicle control, an acceleration sensor and a camera. The vehicle control includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera as the vehicle is driven along a route by a driver of the vehicle. The vehicle control detects traffic and road topography and determines acceleration of the vehicle as the vehicle is driven along the route by the driver. The vehicle control learns the route during multiple repetitive drives of the route by the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle control increases a confidence level of the learned route during multiple repetitive drives of the route by the vehicle. When the confidence level exceeds a threshold value, the vehicle control is operable to at least semi-autonomously control the vehicle to drive the vehicle along the route.

    VEHICULAR CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250002024A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-02

    申请号:US18828015

    申请日:2024-09-09

    Abstract: A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes an interior-viewing camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing a driver sitting at a driver seat of the vehicle and viewing a passenger seat of the vehicle. The interior-viewing camera is operable to capture image data. The vehicular cabin monitoring system, at least in part via processing of image data captured by the interior-viewing camera, determines occupancy by an occupant occupying the passenger seat of the vehicle. The vehicular cabin monitoring system, at least in part via processing of image data captured by the interior-viewing camera, monitors the driver sitting at the driver seat of the vehicle. Control of the vehicle is adjusted based at least in part on at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) the monitoring of the driver and (ii) occupancy by the occupant occupying the passenger seat of the vehicle.

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