In-vehicle camera device, monitoring system and method for estimating moving speed of vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US10755423B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US16164048

    申请日:2018-10-18

    Inventor: Kun-Yu Tsai

    Abstract: A method for estimating a moving speed of a vehicle includes: sequentially capturing, by an image capturing unit, a first driving vehicle image and a second driving vehicle image having a time difference; performing image analysis on the first driving vehicle image to obtain a first pixel area and a first inclination of a first license plate image; performing image analysis on the second driving vehicle image to obtain a second pixel area and a second inclination of a second license plate image; and estimating the moving speed according to the first pixel area, the first inclination, the second pixel area, the second inclination and the time difference.

    Vehicular image pickup device and image capturing method

    公开(公告)号:US10516831B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-24

    申请号:US16034133

    申请日:2018-07-12

    Inventor: Kun-Yu Tsai

    Abstract: A vehicular image pickup device includes an image capturing unit, a fill light unit and a processing unit. The image capturing unit captures driving images. The fill light unit provides a fill light. The processing unit obtains a grayscale quantity distribution of pixels of the driving images on a plurality of grayscale levels. The processing unit numbers the pixels sequentially in the direction from the highest grayscale level to the lowest grayscale level according to the grayscale quantity distribution until the numbering reaches a predetermined number. The processing unit adjusts a fill light intensity of the fill light unit or a gain of the image capturing unit according to the grayscale level of the pixel whose number is the predetermined number.

    License plate capturing device and method for removing target covering license plate capturing device

    公开(公告)号:US11187893B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16165008

    申请日:2018-10-19

    Inventor: Kun-Yu Tsai

    Abstract: A license plate capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a plurality of infrared light emitting units, a driving circuit and a control circuit. The plurality of infrared light emitting units is located around the image capturing unit. Each of the infrared light emitting units emits invisible light having a predetermined wavelength that has an absorption band of a target. The driving circuit is coupled to the infrared light emitting units. The control circuit is coupled to the driving circuit and the image capturing unit, and controls the driving circuit to execute one of a normal driving mode and a continuous driving mode. In the continuous driving mode, the driving circuit continuously provides a driving current to the infrared light emitting units for a continuous period of time so as to remove a target covering the license plate capturing device.

    In-vehicle camera device and method for selecting driving image

    公开(公告)号:US10710515B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US16164001

    申请日:2018-10-18

    Inventor: Kun-Yu Tsai

    Abstract: A method for filtering driving images includes enabling a light compensating unit at a first time point to emit supplemental light, capturing a first driving image under the supplemental light at the first time point by an image capturing unit, disabling the light compensating unit at a second time point, capturing a second driving image at the second time point by the image capturing unit, selecting the first driving image according to a first brightness difference between the first driving image and the second driving image and a predetermined threshold, and outputting the first driving image when the first brightness difference is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold.

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