6060results about "Optical viewing" patented technology

The embodiment of the invention provides an end-to-end automatic driving control method and device based on multi-camera fusion, and multi-view target detection and tracking are realized through spatial transformation and coordinate mapping by combining front wide-angle camera information and left and right wide-angle camera information. A multi-view feature fusion network architecture is designed, the multi-view feature fusion network architecture comprises three sub-networks of feature extraction, dynamic weight distribution and feature fusion, and the fusion weight is dynamically adjusted based on image definition, detection confidence and view overlapping degree. A geometric consistency constraint between visual angles and a reconstruction loss function are introduced, a deep neural network model is constructed, abnormal conditions such as camera shielding are effectively handled, and an accurate control instruction is output. According to the method, the defects of the traditional technology in the aspects of multi-view information fusion, shielding processing and the like are overcome, and the sensing ability and the control reliability of the automatic driving system are remarkably improved.

Indirect vision system VIS comprises mirrors and / or cameras and a mixed-function multi-focal multi-functional DS light signal device having the reflector 50 and its associated source hidden under an opaque cover Hi capable of developing an illuminating surface 3 with a line design or luminous perimeter figures, associate and combine within the light perimeter, under the Hi cover, in the H casing or in the structure, other devices and functional subassemblies. With aerodynamic profile associated with protecting and improving the perception of light signal.

The invention relates to the technical field of rearview mirrors, and discloses a folder, rearview equipment and a vehicle. The folder comprises a main body used for being connected with a vehicle body; the shell is provided with a first end and a second end, at least part of the main body penetrates through the first end of the shell, and the shell can rotate around a first axis relative to the main body; the mounting plate is arranged at the second end of the shell, a turnover shaft is arranged on the shell, the turnover shaft and the mounting plate are fixed, the mounting plate is rotatably connected with the shell through the turnover shaft and can rotate around a second axis relative to the shell, and a rearview mirror is arranged on the mounting plate; the overturning driving assembly and the folding driving assembly are arranged independently. The folder is compact in structure, the turnover driving assembly and the folding driving assembly are independently arranged, the layout is reasonable, mutual influence of transmission structures of the turnover driving assembly and the folding driving assembly is avoided, the reliability of the system is improved, and the service life of the system is prolonged.

An assisted driving method and apparatus. The assisted driving method comprises: acquiring multi-modal perception information, wherein the multi-modal perception information is collected by a plurality of sensors provided in a vehicle (100); acquiring a plurality of groups of display information, wherein the display information comprises target areas to be displayed and grid granularities; performing perception prediction on the basis of the multi-modal perception information and the plurality of groups of display information, so as to obtain a plurality of pieces of occupancy grid information, wherein the occupancy grid information is used for describing the distribution of obstacles around the vehicle (100); and displaying a plurality of occupancy grid pictures on a human-computer interaction interface on the basis of the plurality of pieces of occupancy grid information. By means of the present application, not only can the panoramic perception capability of a driver for obstacles within a large range be improved, but the refined perception capability of the driver for obstacles within a short-distance range can also be improved, and the perception capability of the driver for surrounding environments can be improved by means of a combination of the panoramic perception capability and the refined perception capability, thereby avoiding scratching.

The application relates to the technical field of automobile parts, in particular to a transmission gear structure and a folding device for a vehicle visual device. The transmission gear structure comprises a gear body, the inner ring surface of the gear body is provided with a guide column in the radial direction or is provided with a guide groove in the circumferential direction; the guide groove comprises a first horizontal section and an inclined section, and the inclined section is smoothly connected with the first horizontal section at one end. The folding device for the vehicle visual device comprises a shell, a mounting shaft, a driving unit, a transmission part mounted on the mounting shaft and a transmission gear structure rotatably mounted on the shell; a guide groove or a guide column is arranged on the outer wall of the transmission part, and the guide column is slidingly matched with the guide groove. The transmission gear structure and the folding device for the vehicle visual device have the advantages of low operation noise, small axial size, low starting load and long service life.

An example system includes one or more memories for storing grid-free vehicle data and one or more processors configured to determine one or more first features from first vehicle data of the vehicle data, the first vehicle data being from a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. The one or more processors are configured to determine one or more second features from second vehicle data of the vehicle data, the second vehicle data being from a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. The one or more processors are configured to fuse the one or more first features and the one or more second features to generate fused features. The one or more processors are configured to generate a BEV representation based on the fused features.

The invention provides a rearview mirror control method, electronic equipment and a vehicle, and relates to the field of rearview mirror system control, and the method comprises the steps: in response to determining that the target brightness of an obtained front-view image is smaller than a first brightness threshold value, recognizing a light spot in an obtained rear-view image, determining the brightness of the light spot according to the image information of the rear-view image, and determining the brightness of the light spot according to the brightness of the light spot; determining the target brightness of the rearview image based on the brightness of the light spot; in response to the fact that the target brightness of the rearview image is larger than a second brightness threshold value, the reflection effect of the exterior rearview mirror is adjusted according to the target brightness of the rearview image based on the anti-dazzling function of the exterior rearview mirror; wherein the first brightness threshold value is smaller than the second brightness threshold value; according to the invention, the interference of strong light on the driving sight can be reduced, the response accuracy and adjustment efficiency of the anti-dazzling mode are improved, and the safety and comfort of driving in a complex scene are enhanced.

The invention relates to the technical field of automobile parts, in particular to a transmission gear structure and a folding device for a vehicle vision device. The transmission gear structure comprises a gear body, and the inner ring face of the gear body is provided with a guide column in the radial direction or provided with a guide groove in the circumferential direction. The guide groove comprises a first horizontal section and an inclined section, and one end of the inclined section is smoothly connected with the first horizontal section. The folding device of the vehicle vision device comprises a shell, a mounting shaft, a driving unit, a transmission part mounted on the mounting shaft and a transmission gear structure rotationally mounted on the shell. A guide groove or a guide column is arranged on the outer wall of the transmission part, and the guide column is in sliding fit with the guide groove. The transmission gear structure and the folding device for the vehicle vision device are low in operation noise, small in axial size, low in starting load and long in service life.

A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head that accommodates a mirror reflective element. A video display is disposed behind the mirror reflective element and operable to display video images captured by a rearward viewing camera of the vehicle. A driver monitoring camera and a near infrared light emitter are accommodated by and move in tandem with the mirror head. The near infrared light emitter is accommodated within the mirror head so that, with the mirror head adjusted relative to the mounting base to set the rearward view of the driver of the vehicle, a beam of near infrared light emitted by the near infrared light emitter is directed toward a driver's region of the vehicle. The driver monitoring camera is disposed adjacent to the video display screen so as to not view through the video display screen.

A driver assist apparatus includes one or more processors configured to: collectively provide instructions of settings with group, the settings being set to driver assist functions included in the group, and the group being configured so that the driver assist function of a vehicle is allowed to be added to or deleted from the group; and execute condition restriction control to restrict satisfaction of a specific condition based on a relationship between a plurality of the driver assist functions in the group.

In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed relating to geometry estimation and dynamic object rendering for vehicle environment visualization. In embodiments, the environment surrounding an ego-machine may be visualized by extracting one or more depth maps from image data, converting the depth map(s) into a 3D surface topology of the surrounding environment, and / or texturizing the detected 3D surface topology with image data. Dynamic objects such as moving vehicles or pedestrians may be detected and masked from a first pass of texturization. Rigid dynamic objects may be visualized by warping corresponding depth values using corresponding trajectories, inserting or fusing the resulting warped 3D representation of each such object into the (e.g., texturized) 3D surface topology, and texturizing the warped 3D representation of each object using corresponding image data. Non-rigid dynamic objects may be represented as flat 2D surfaces and texturized with corresponding image data.

A vehicular camera monitoring system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) at a vehicle and a support arm movably disposed at a side portion of the vehicle, with the support arm having a base end attached at the side portion of the vehicle and a distal end opposite the base end. A camera is disposed at the distal end of the support arm. The support arm is movable between a stowed position and an extended position. A cover element covers an aperture at the side portion at least when the support arm is in the extended position. The camera, when the support arm is in the extended position, captures image data and provides captured image data to the ECU, which processes the provided image data for (i) display of video images derived from provided image data and / or (ii) detection of an object in the field of view of the camera.

The invention relates to the technical field of data processing, in particular to an auxiliary driving device and system based on video image processing, and the device comprises a frame buffer queue with a multi-channel video collection module aligned with timestamps; a hierarchical calculation task decoupling module identifies task types in the frame buffer queue and marks priority labels, including a first priority label of a radar data analysis and distance superposition task, a second priority label of a vehicle profile generation task and a third priority label of a video fusion task, and outputs a data stream with priority labels; the calculation module generates a task processing result; the genetic algorithm optimization scheduling module generates a resource allocation strategy and controls the calculation module to execute task processing; and the output synchronous control module synthesizes a high-priority task result and performs frame rate synchronous output on a low-priority task. According to the method, the problem of real-time degradation caused by multi-path high-definition video stream processing is solved through task grading and dynamic resource scheduling, and the image output delay of the auxiliary driving scene is reduced.

A method (400) for controlling one or more turn signal lamps (140a, 140b) of a vehicle (100), the method (400) comprising steps of receiving (202), by at least one processor, a navigation data associated with one or more turns. Further, identifying (204), by the at least one processor, at least one turn signal lamp from the one or more turn signal lamps (140a, 140b) for controlling based on the navigation data. Furthermore, receiving (206), by the at least one processor, speed data of the vehicle (100) and correlating (208), by the at least one processor, the speed data of the vehicle (100) and the navigation data. Moreover, controlling (210), by the at least one processor, the at least one turn signal lamp from the one or more turn signal lamps (140a, 140b) based on the correlation.

The invention provides an AI multi-mode voice interaction method based on a vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal and electronic equipment, and the method comprises the steps: synchronously collecting voice information, facial micro-expressions and hand touch actions of a user through a microphone array, an in-vehicle camera and a steering wheel touch sensor on the vehicle-mounted intelligent terminal, and forming multi-mode interaction data; fusing the multi-modal interaction data, and judging a current driving scene through a pre-trained driving scene recognition model; dynamically adjusting voice interaction parameters according to the driving scene judgment result; recognizing a voice instruction of the user based on the adjusted voice interaction parameter; and in combination with instruction preferences in historical interaction data of the user, intention completion is performed on the recognized voice instruction, and a personalized execution instruction is generated. According to the invention, the recognition accuracy and interaction efficiency of the voice instruction are improved.

To provide a camera built-in type display.SOLUTION: The present application relates to a device and a vehicle having such a device. The device includes a display device (1) and a camera (3). The display device (1) includes a cover glass (7), an LCD panel (2) and a backlight unit. The LCD panel (2) is arranged behind the cover glass (7), the backlight unit is arranged behind the LCD panel (2), and the camera (3) is arranged behind the backlight unit with its field of view facing the backlight unit. The field of view of the camera (3) defines an active area (9) of the camera (3). The backlight unit includes an edge light source (8) and a light guide (5). The camera (3) operates in an infrared wavelength spectrum and the light guide (5) is a light guide (5) having nanostructure (12).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A method of checking wing position in a CMS includes performing a calibration of a wing position supporting a camera relative to a vehicle to provide a desired field of view by capturing multiple images at different lighting conditions, extracting and storing a reference feature from each of the multiple images, triggering a wing position check, capturing a current image from the camera having a current position of the reference feature; sensing a current lighting condition at which the current image is captured, determining that one of the different lighting conditions is more similar to the current lighting condition, comparing the current position of the reference feature to the stored reference feature from the one of the multiple images generated under the one of the different lighting conditions, and outputting a result of the wing position check if a difference from the comparing step exceeds a threshold value.

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to superimposing computer-generated exterior vehicle lights over asynchronous real-world exterior vehicle lights to reduce a sensory overload of a vehicle driver. In one embodiment, a method includes assessing a sensory environment of a vehicle driver. The method also includes determining that the vehicle driver is in a sensory-overloaded state based on 1) a characteristic of the sensory environment, 2) physiological sensor data for the vehicle driver, and 3) driving behavior sensor data. The method also includes superimposing an augmented reality (AR) overlay of computer-generated synchronized exterior vehicle lights over asynchronous real-world exterior vehicle lights viewed through an AR display device of the vehicle based on a determination that the vehicle driver is in the sensory-overloaded state.

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for generating an aerial view of a vehicle, a storage medium, an electronic device, and a vehicle. The method comprises: obtaining a road scenario image set of a plurality of directions acquired by a vehicle-mounted camera of a target vehicle; preprocessing the road scenario image set into a target image set of a target size, and obtaining camera parameters of the vehicle-mounted camera; using a convolutional network to extract multi-scale image features of the target image set, and using the central point of the target vehicle as an original point to create a three-dimensional coordinate grid; and using the multi-scale image features, the camera parameters, and the three-dimensional coordinate grid to generate an environment aerial view of the target vehicle.

An imager module for a vehicle includes an imager having an imager lens. The imager is configured to collect image data from at least one of inside and outside the vehicle. A cover is disposed proximate the imager lens and configured to allow the imager to capture image data through the cover. The cover is operable between a first condition, wherein the imager is generally visible through the cover, and a second condition, wherein the imager is generally concealed from view by the cover.

In various examples, sensor data used to train an MLM and / or used by the MLM during deployment, may be captured by sensors having different perspectives (e.g., fields of view). The sensor data may be transformed—to generate transformed sensor data—such as by altering or removing lens distortions, shifting, and / or rotating images corresponding to the sensor data to a field of view of a different physical or virtual sensor. As such, the MLM may be trained and / or deployed using sensor data captured from a same or similar field of view. As a result, the MLM may be trained and / or deployed—across any number of different vehicles with cameras and / or other sensors having different perspectives—using sensor data that is of the same perspective as the reference or ideal sensor.

A camera system for a vehicle comprising: (a) a rear camera configured to be secured to an outer surface of a tailgate of the vehicle to provide imaging of a rear area behind the vehicle when the tailgate is in a closed position; (b) an alternate camera configured to be secured to the vehicle to provide imaging of the rear area of the vehicle when the tailgate is in an open position; and (c) a tilt switch configured to determine a position of the tailgate and signal to activate the rear camera or the alternate camera based on the position of the tailgate.

The invention discloses an automobile driving state blind area monitoring method and a rearview mirror, and relates to the technical field of blind area monitoring. Comprising the following steps of information collection, specifically, sensors and cameras are installed on wheels of an automobile, a steering wheel steering column, an automobile chassis and a steering system respectively, driving state data of the automobile speed, the steering wheel angle, the automobile acceleration and the steering angle and image data around the automobile are collected in real time, and real-time automobile information data are obtained; according to the system, driving state data such as the vehicle speed, the steering wheel angle, the vehicle acceleration and the steering angle are combined, the blind area around the vehicle is monitored in real time through the sensor and the camera, and when the vehicle steers, the blind area monitoring range is adjusted in real time to adapt to the driving direction change; the rearview mirror can display blind area images in real time, the blind area alertness of a driver can be greatly improved, and the traffic accident risk caused by the blind area is effectively reduced.

Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for determining a target position of a surroundings sensor of a vehicle using a vehicle-side attachment element as a calibration object, wherein the sensor and the attachment element are movable relative to each other. The method includes: ascertaining a first position of the surroundings sensor in a first relative pose; moving the sensor and / or the element from the first pose to a second pose between the sensor and the element; ascertaining a second actual position of the surroundings sensor in the second relative pose; and determining the target position of the surroundings sensor by averaging the first position and the second position to form an averaged actual position and assigning the averaged actual position as the target position.

In one aspect, a tailgate covering for a pickup truck has three segments for positioning against three respective surfaces of the pickup truck's tailgate. Modular pads are also included and may be couplable to the covering at various positions to provide cushioning for diagonal downtubes of bicycles that are being transported in the bed of the truck. The modular pads may therefore provide protection at the top inner ridge of the tailgate to protect both the tailgate and the bicycle. The modular pads may be swapped in and out and repositioned as desired. Additional modular pads may be included on the front of the covering and may be moved to different vertical positions to accommodate backup cameras at different locations on different truck models. The covering may also include innovative straps that couple the covering to the tailgate while reducing potential damage to the tailgate otherwise caused by the straps.

The invention discloses an automobile lane changing auxiliary system which comprises a steering lamp operating rod assembly, an electronic control unit, a left rearview mirror module, a right rearview mirror module, a position sensor, a rearview mirror position memory module and an automobile state detection module, and the steering lamp operating rod assembly is arranged on the left side of a steering wheel and provided with a neutral position, a first gear and a second gear; the electronic control unit receives an operating rod signal and outputs a control instruction; the left rearview mirror module comprises a left rearview mirror horizontal rotation actuator and a left rearview mirror lens; the right rearview mirror module comprises a right rearview mirror horizontal rotation actuator and a right rearview mirror lens. Therefore, 0-20-degree adjustment of the rearview mirror is related to the vehicle speed, a blind area is covered at a low speed in a large angle, interference is avoided at a high speed in a small angle, risks are reduced, multi-gear linkage simplifies operation, the rearview mirror returns after being loosened, automatic centering is achieved after lane changing, distraction is reduced, navigation and a corner sensor recognize the road condition, manual reset is not needed, and adaptability is high.

The invention relates to an indirect rear viewing system for a motor vehicle having a supporting element for fastening at least one reflective element, wherein the supporting element has a coupling region for a position variable fastening / attachment to an adjusting element, which in turn can be attached to the vehicle, wherein the coupling region contacts a counter contact regions, of the adjusting element, wherein interlocking anti rotation means are present on the supporting element and on the adjusting element, wherein the anti rotation means are forming an index geometry, which, in a first operating state, permits an adjustment of the supporting element relative to the adjusting element about two axes of rotation, which are transverse to one another, and, in at least a second operating state, permits a basic position change of the supporting element relative to the adjusting element about a third axis of rotation which is aligned transversely to the two other axes of rotation.

A center camera mirror system spoiler mounting for a vehicle that can include a spoiler inner panel, a spoiler outer panel and a camera assembly. The spoiler inner panel can be configured to be mounted onto an exterior panel of the vehicle and the spoiler outer panel can be connected to the spoiler inner panel. The spoiler outer panel can include an outer surface that is an exterior surface of the vehicle, a camera opening passing through the spoiler outer panel, and a first datum. The camera assembly can be fixed to the spoiler inner panel in a predetermined orientation with respect to the spoiler inner panel, and can include a lens, and a second datum engaging the first datum. The lens can be in a predetermined alignment with respect to the camera opening when the second datum engages the first datum.