A method for processing vehicle camera lens obstructions including obtaining an image from a vehicle camera, generating a first camera lens dirt map according to pixel texture richness and color spectrum levels extracted from the image, obtaining a sequential feed of multiple frames from the vehicle camera, generating a second camera lens dirt map according to at least one salient region extracted from the multiple frames, combining the first camera lens dirt map and the second camera lens dirt map to generate a combined camera lens dirt map, and initiating at least one of automated lens cleaning or a camera lens obstruction signal, according to the combined camera lens dirt map.
VEHICLE CAMERA LENS OBSTRUCTION
2025-03-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60S SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR , Warten, Reinigen, Instandsetzen, Unterstützen, Anheben oder Rangieren von Fahrzeugen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL |
Obstruction-removal system and method for vehicle-camera lens
European Patent Office | 2018
|OBSTRUCTION-REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE-CAMERA LENS
European Patent Office | 2015
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE CAMERA OBSTRUCTION DETECTION
European Patent Office | 2023
|Systems and methods for vehicle camera obstruction detection
European Patent Office | 2025
|