Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Non-functioning headlight warning
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Application No.: US14722311Application Date: 2015-05-27
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Publication No.: US09621811B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Mark A. Cuddihy , Manoharprasad K. Rao
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; H04N5/232 ; G06T7/11 ; G06T7/90

Abstract:
A vehicle system includes a processing device programmed to identify a first zone and a second zone in an image of an area ahead of a vehicle. The processing device compares a first brightness associated with the first zone to a second brightness associated with the second zone to determine a brightness difference. The processing device can determine whether at least one vehicle headlight has malfunctioned based at least in part on the brightness difference.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160350939A1 NON-FUNCTIONING HEADLIGHT WARNING Public/Granted day:2016-12-01
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