18509521. COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING EXTERNAL LIGHTING SYSTEMS (Honeywell International Inc.)
COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING EXTERNAL LIGHTING SYSTEMS
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Inventor(s)
Saravana Venkatesh Narayana Samy of Madurai IN
Gobinathan Baladhandapani of Madurai IN
Sunit Kumar Saxena of Urbana OH US
COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING EXTERNAL LIGHTING SYSTEMS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18509521 titled 'COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING EXTERNAL LIGHTING SYSTEMS
Original Abstract Submitted
Vehicle systems and methods are provided for visually alerting a vehicle operator to a potential obstacle in the vicinity of a vehicle using an external lighting system associated with the vehicle. An exemplary method involves identifying an analysis portion of image data captured for a region external to the vehicle based at least in part on current status information associated with the vehicle, identifying an obstacle within the analysis portion of the image data based at least in part on ranging data for the analysis portion, and in response to identifying the obstacle, automatically adjusting an illumination axis associated with a lighting system to illuminate the obstacle, determining a current value for a contrast ratio associated with the obstacle relative to the analysis portion of the image data, and automatically adjusting one or more characteristics of the lighting system based at least in part on the current value.
