Gregory A Bush

US Patent:

20130250113, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

May 20, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/897662

Inventors:

Jeremy C. Andrus - New York NY, US
Gregory S. Bush - Grand Rapids MI, US
David J. Wright - Grand Rapids MI, US
Jim L. Schneider - Hudsonville MI, US
Tom B. Sherman - Ada MI, US

Assignee:

Gentex Corporation - Zeeland MI

International Classification:

G06K 9/20

US Classification:

348148

Abstract:

An automatic vehicle equipment control system and methods thereof are provided, the system includes at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, a processor, a color spectral filter array including a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and pixels of an imager pixel array being in optical communication with substantially one spectral color filter, and a lens, wherein the imager is configured to capture a non-saturated image of nearby oncoming headlamps and at least one of a diffuse lane marking and a distant tail lamp in one image frame of the continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and the system configured to detect at least one of said highway markings and said tail lamps, and quantify light from the oncoming headlamp from data in the one image frame.