A detector system for a vehicle includes a camera that provides image data, a radiation source, a radiation detector that detects reflected radiation, and a processor that determines a shape of a road based on the image data, adjusts a focus location of the radiation detector based on the shape of the road, and detects black ice and/or standing water based on a ratio of a first reflected wavelength and a second reflected wavelength of detected reflected radiation.
BLACK-ICE AND STANDING-WATER DETECTION SYSTEM
2021-12-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen / B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / G06K Erkennen von Daten , RECOGNITION OF DATA |
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