NVIDIA Corporation (20240284018). RUNTIME CONFIGURATION OF INFRARED AND VISIBLE LIGHT SENSORS FOR OCCUPANT MONITORING IN AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS simplified abstract
RUNTIME CONFIGURATION OF INFRARED AND VISIBLE LIGHT SENSORS FOR OCCUPANT MONITORING IN AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
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Inventor(s)
Samuel Hung of Santa Clara CA (US)
Animesh Khemka of Fremont CA (US)
RUNTIME CONFIGURATION OF INFRARED AND VISIBLE LIGHT SENSORS FOR OCCUPANT MONITORING IN AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240284018 titled 'RUNTIME CONFIGURATION OF INFRARED AND VISIBLE LIGHT SENSORS FOR OCCUPANT MONITORING IN AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
The patent application describes a system that configures sensors combining visible light and infrared elements with pulsed illumination sources for real-time data applications.
- The system includes multiple infrared and visible light sensing elements to capture different portions of an image.
- A processing device analyzes the photon count of the infrared portion relative to the visible light portions to adjust sensor settings.
- This technology enables dynamic optimization of sensor configurations based on real-time data requirements.
Potential Applications: - Surveillance systems - Autonomous vehicles - Medical imaging - Environmental monitoring - Industrial automation
Problems Solved: - Enhances image quality in varying lighting conditions - Improves accuracy of data collection in mixed light environments - Enables adaptive sensor configurations for different applications
Benefits: - Enhanced image quality and accuracy - Real-time optimization for improved performance - Versatile applications across various industries
Commercial Applications: Title: "Dynamic Sensor Configuration System for Real-Time Data Applications" This technology can be utilized in industries such as security, automotive, healthcare, environmental monitoring, and manufacturing for enhanced data collection and analysis.
Questions about the technology: 1. How does the system determine the optimal sensor settings based on the photon count analysis? 2. What are the key advantages of using pulsed illumination sources in this sensor configuration system?
Original Abstract Submitted
disclosed are apparatuses, systems, and techniques that implement runtime configuration of sensors that combine visible light sensing elements with infrared sensing elements and deploy pulsed illumination sources in real-time data generating and streaming applications. in one disclosed embodiment, a sensing system includes a plurality of infrared (ir) sensing elements to generate an ir portion of an image and a plurality of visible light (vl) sensing elements to generate one or more vl portions of the image. a processing device identifies a source parameter characterizing a photon count associated with the ir portion of the image relative to the photon count associated with the one or more vl portions of the image, and determines, using the source parameter, one or more settings of the sensing system.
