公开(公告)号：US20220169179A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17602529

申请日：2020-03-31

Applicant: Connaught Electronics Ltd.

Inventor： Michael Buckley ,  Trevor Dempsey ,  Tony Reilly

IPC: B60R1/28 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06T7/11

Abstract: An image processing method is operable in an image acquisition system comprising a camera arranged to capture successive images with a field of view, FOV of a portion of an environment surrounding a vehicle, the FOV intersecting a window of the vehicle comprising one or more heater elements that are visible within the FOV of the camera. The method comprises: obtaining an image; determining whether one or more sequences of pixels within the image corresponds to an image of a respective heater element, each pixel within the or each sequence of pixels having a colour and an intensity within respective thresholds; correcting, within the image, the or each sequence of pixels corresponding to a respective heater element by replacing pixel values for the or each sequence of pixels with pixel values derived from pixels which do not correspond with a heater element; and displaying the corrected image.

公开(公告)号：US12291152B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US17602529

申请日：2020-03-31

Applicant: Connaught Electronics Ltd.

Inventor： Michael Buckley ,  Trevor Dempsey ,  Tony Reilly

IPC: G06T7/11 ,  B60R1/28 ,  G06T1/00

Abstract: An image processing method is operable in an image acquisition system comprising a camera arranged to capture successive images with a field of view, FOV of a portion of an environment surrounding a vehicle, the FOV intersecting a window of the vehicle comprising one or more heater elements that are visible within the FOV of the camera. The method comprises: obtaining an image; determining whether one or more sequences of pixels within the image corresponds to an image of a respective heater element, each pixel within the or each sequence of pixels having a colour and an intensity within respective thresholds; correcting, within the image, the or each sequence of pixels corresponding to a respective heater element by replacing pixel values for the or each sequence of pixels with pixel values derived from pixels which do not correspond with a heater element; and displaying the corrected image.