WO2002071487A1 - Image processing system to control vehicle headlamps or other vehicles equipment - Google Patents
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- the present invention generally relates to image processing systems, and more particularly, to image processing systems used to control vehicle equipment, such as vehicle headlamps, windshield wipers, etc.
- Another example of an image processing system to control vehicle equipment is given in U.S. Patent No. 5,923,027 entitled “Moisture Sensor and Windshield Fog Detector,” also commonly assigned with the present invention and hereby incorporated by reference.
- This patent discloses an image processing system, which acquires images of a vehicle windshield in order to detect the presence of rain or fog.
- a common off-the-shelf image sensor may have 352 X 288 pixels, known as the
- the present invention solves the problem of the prior art by providing an image processing system, which does not require a memory with enough storage locations to store the digital grayscale value of every pixel in the image.
- the system contains an image sensor array containing a plurality of pixels, each of which is configured to provide an output indicative of the amount of light received by the pixel over the exposure time.
- the system also provides an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter to quantize the signal from the pixel into a digital grayscale value.
- A/D analog-to-digital
- the system also provides a processor in communication with the image sensor and A/D converter to analyze the images acquired by the image processor and control vehicle equipment based upon the results of processing the images.
- the system contains a memory for storing the grayscale value of some of the pixels and for storing other data used by the processor.
- the amount of memory required is reduced by acquiring and analyzing only a portion of the image at a given time. This may be accomplished by acquiring a single row of pixels at a time or by acquiring a subwindow of pixels, which is a subset of the window containing all the pixels.
- a digital image processing filter is implemented by only storing a most recent group of pixels and performing the filter algorithm on this group of pixels. The most recent group of pixels may be, for example, the last few rows of the image received. The system performs the filter algorithm on the last few acquired rows and discards the oldest row as a new row is acquired.
- pixels may be discarded as they are received and only a subset of the values is stored in the memory. Pixels may be discarded at a uniform rate throughout the image or at a non- uniform rate. For example, pixels may be discarded at a high rate near the periphery of the image and at a low or zero rate near the center of the image to provide a greater resolution near the center of the image.
- the values of adjacent pixels may be averaged with one another and a single value stored in memory representing the average of several adjacent pixels.
- the number of pixels averaged with each other may be uniform throughout the image or may be non-uniform. Many pixels may be averaged with each other near the periphery of the image and few or zero pixels may be averaged with each other near the center of the image to provide a greater resolution near the center of the image.
- objects identified in the image may be extracted from the image and stored as the image is being acquired.
- the present invention may be used to identify headlamps of oncoming vehicles in order to determine the high beam state of the headlamps of the controlled vehicle.
- the present invention can identify the presence of an oncoming headlamp in the image as it is being acquired and store various information about the headlamp in an object list.
- the image data may be compressed as it is being acquired. This compression is accomplished by many ways including reducing the number of quantization levels (bit depth) of a pixel value as it is being received. Reducing bit depth of the image may be performed either uniformly or non-uniformly across the image and by requantizing either linearly or non-linearly. This aspect of the present invention is particularly useful for reducing data rate when the camera is positioned away from the processor.
- image data is reduced by storing segments of connected pixels, which together make up an object of interest. For example, a string of connected pixels in one row of an image, all with grayscale values above a threshold, may be stored as one object. Rather than storing the grayscale values of each pixel, only the starting and ending pixels and the cumulative grayscale value of all the pixels are stored. In a color implementation, the average color of the segment may be stored. Finally, two dimensional groups of objects may also be stored. This aspect is particularly useful for greatly reducing the memory requirements and transmitting image data with the least possible overhead.
- the processing to reduce the image to a list of segments may be contained in the image sensor itself, in a companion processor (ASIC, microcontroller, DSP or the like) near the image sensor, or in the main processor.
- a color image sensor is used to detect color information about an object in the scene.
- multi-layer thin film interference filters are placed over each pixel in a checkerboard or mosaic pattern such that adjacent pixels are exposed to different spectral bands of light.
- the use of multi-layer thin film interference filters allows the implementation of a color imaging system in an automotive environment. Typical polymer color filters would be degraded by direct focusing of the sun onto the array which will occur when the vehicle is traveling or is parked such that the camera is in direct view of the sun.
- the imaging system of the present invention comprises an image array sensor including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels is operable to generate a signal indicative of the amount of light received on the pixel; an analog to digital converter for quantizing the signals from the pixels into a digital value; and a memory including a plurality of allocated storage locations for storing the digital values from the analog to digital converter, wherein the number of storage locations in the allocated memory is less than the number of pixels in the image array sensor.
- a control system to control the headlamps of a vehicle.
- the control system comprises: an image array sensor including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels is operable to generate a signal indicative of the amount of light received on the pixel; an optical system configured to image the scene forward of the controlled vehicle onto the image array sensor; an analog to digital converter for quantizing the signals from the pixels into a digital value; and a control circuit for processing the image of the scene obtained from the imaging system and for controlling the brightness of the headlamps in response to objects detected in the processed scene.
- the control circuit including a memory including a plurality of allocated storage locations for storing the digital values from the analog to digital converter, wherein the number of allocated storage locations in the memory is less than the number of pixels in the image array sensor.
- a control system to control the headlamps of a vehicle.
- the control system comprises: an image array sensor including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels is operable to generate a signal indicative of the amount of light received on the pixel; an optical system configured to image the scene forward of the controlled vehicle onto the image array sensor; and a control circuit for processing the image of the scene obtained from the imaging system and for controlling the brightness of the headlamps in response to objects detected in the processed scene, wherein the control circuit generates a segment list identifying segments of adjacent ones of the pixels that generate a signal having a grayscale value above a threshold as the signals are received from the pixels.
- an inside rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle comprises: a mirror mount adapted to be mounted inside the vehicle in a location proximate to or on the front windshield of the vehicle; a mirror bezel coupled to the mirror mount; a mirror mounted in the mirror bezel; an imaging system mounted to the mirror mount and configured to image the scene forward of the vehicle; and a control circuit electrically coupled to the imaging system for processing the image of the scene obtained from the image array sensor and for performing predetermined function in response to objects detected in the processed scene, wherein at least a portion of the control circuit is mounted to the mirror mount.
- an imaging system for a vehicle comprises: an image array sensor; an optical system configured to image the scene forward of the controlled vehicle onto the image array sensor; and a control circuit coupled to the image array sensor for processing the image of the scene obtained from the image array sensor to control the vehicle headlamps in response to objects detected in the processed scene, the control circuit further processes the scene obtained from the image array sensor to perform at least one of the following functions: (a) to generate a collision avoidance warning; (b) to control the speed of the vehicle; and (c) to generate a lane departure indication signal.
- Fig. 1 is an electrical circuit diagram in block form showing the image processing system 100 of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a rearview mirror assembly in which the image processing system of the present invention may be implemented;
- Fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating the image reading and processing portion of the first embodiment that develops the segment list
- FIGs. 4A and 4B are a flow chart illustrating the image reception and processing phase by which an object list is created in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGs. 5 A and 5B are a block diagram illustrating the flow of data in accordance with an image processing routine according to a second embodiment of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT LNNENTION
- the image processing system 100 of the present invention includes at least one image array sensor 101.
- the image array sensor may be of a variety of types such as a CMOS active pixel sensor, a Charge Coupled Device (CCD), or any other type of electronic image sensor capable of sensing light in the visible, UN, near-LR or far -LR spectral bands.
- the image sensor 101 contains an array of pixels 102 onto which an image of a scene is formed by a lens. The pixels are exposed to light over for a predetermined exposure time after which a voltage signal is present on the pixel indicative of the amount of light received. This voltage is then quantitized by the A/D converter 103 resulting in a digital grayscale value indicative of the amount of light received on the pixel.
- Timing and control circuitry 104 provides all the signaling and timing necessary to operate the image sensor and transmit grayscale values to processor 105.
- An example of timing and control circuitry suitable for the present invention is given in U.S. Patent No. 5,990,469 entitled "Control Circuit for Image Array Sensors" to Bechtel et al., commonly assigned with the present invention and hereby incorporated by reference.
- the processor 105 may be of a variety of types such as a microcontroller, digital signal processor (DSP), field programmable gate array (FPGA), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or the like.
- DSP digital signal processor
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- An appropriate processor for the implementation of several aspects of the present invention is a microcontroller of the MCS912 family available from Motorola.
- the bus 107 can also be of a variety of types, for example bus 107 may be a three wire serial interface which communicates image exposure instructions from processor 105 to the timing and control circuit 104 and communicates image data from image sensor 101 to processor 105, such as is described in the '469 patent. Alternatively, bus 107 may be a parallel bus for communicating image data with image control parameters communicated on the same lines or separate signal lines.
- Bus 107 could also carry analog signals such as the common NTSC video signal.
- Bus 107 could be implemented by using a wireless network, by using a MOST bus, using an IEEE- 1394 bus, a CAN bus, or by using a bus conforming to the AMI-C specification. In this case, the conversion from analog to digital signals would occur on the processor side of bus 107.
- image data may be processed as the image data is being received by processor 105 and the results of this processing may be stored in memory 106.
- Memory 106 may be integral to processor 105 or external to the processor. The present invention provides the advantage of performing many of the analysis tasks necessary to control vehicle equipment utilizing the amounts of memory which are typically integrated with many common microcontrollers and DSPs.
- Image sensor 101, A D converter 103, and timing and control circuitry 104 are preferably made integral on the same monolithic device.
- processor 105 and/or memory 106 may also be made integral with image sensor 101, A/D converter 103, and timing and control circuit 104.
- any or all of the above components may be made as separate devices or any of the above components may be made integral with any other component as is convenient for the specific implementation of the invention.
- components other than those listed or multiple instances of the components listed either may be present as discrete components or combined integrally with other components.
- the image processing system 100 of the present invention can be advantageously integrated into a rearview mirror assembly 200 as illustrated in Fig. 2, wherein the image sensor 101 is integrated into an automatic dimming electrochromic (EC) mirror subassembly 205, or other variable reflectance mirror assembly.
- EC electrochromic
- This location provides an unobstructed forward view of a scene forward of the vehicle through a region of the windshield 220 of the vehicle that is typically cleaned by the vehicle's windshield wipers (not shown).
- mounting the image sensor in the mirror assembly permits sharing of circuitry such as the power supply, microcontroller, and light sensors. More specifically, the same ambient light sensor may be used to provide an ambient light measurement for both the auto-dimming mirror function and the headlamp control function.
- This embodiment is useful for automatic control of vehicle headlights, for imaging a region of a windshield 220 to detect rain, or any other application where a forward view of a vehicle is useful to control vehicle equipment.
- image sensor 101 is mounted within a rearview mirror mount
- the rearview mirror mount 207 provides an opaque enclosure for image sensor 101.
- An infrared filter 206 may be mounted over a hole 208 in the rearview mirror mount 207, as is shown. Light from the scene to be imaged passes through hole 208 and infrared filter 206 and impinges upon a lens 201.
- Lens 201 forms an image of the forward scene onto image array 101.
- Image sensor 101 is mounted onto a camera circuit board 202.
- Camera circuit board 202 is mounted to rearview mirror mount 207 using mounting brackets 212.
- the mounting brackets may be implemented using any suitable construction, such as metal brackets; plastic brackets, which can be formed either integrally with housing 207 or as separate components; mechanical fasteners that engage camera circuit board 202; or the like. Separate brackets can be attached using an adhesive, metal fasteners, or other mechanical fastening means. Image sensor 101 is thus attached to, and held stationary by, rearview mirror mount 207, which is securely attached to the vehicle windshield 220 or the vehicle roof by conventional means.
- a mirror circuit board 203 may be provided in mirror housing body 210 (i.e., the mirror bezel) on which processor circuit 105 may be mounted.
- processor circuit 105 and image sensor 101 are electrically coupled by a bus 107, which is attached to camera circuit board 202 by means of a connector 214.
- Bus 107 may be constructed as a multi-wire cable, which provides bus signals as well as power, ground, and clock signals to camera circuit board 202.
- This cable may be formed from conventional multi-conductor wire, shielded cable, or as a flex circuit; the last of which may be especially advantageous if bus 107 is a parallel bus requiring multiple connections.
- Processor 105 may alternatively be positioned on camera circuit board 202 (or integrated into the image sensor) and another cable could be comiected to mirror circuit board 203 if mirror assembly 200 contains additional electronic functions, such as electrochromic auto dimming mirror, a compass, etc.
- Another method to reduce the complexity of the bus cable 107, particularly if the bus 107 is a parallel bus, is to position another processor 105' or logic circuit on camera circuit board 202 while main processor 105 is remotely located such as in the mirror body or elsewhere in the vehicle.
- Communication between the image sensor, second processor, and main processor may be serial or parallel.
- communication between the image sensor and the second processor 105' is parallel and communication between the two processors is serial.
- second processor 105 ' may perform some of the processing functions described hereinafter.
- the use of a second processor may facilitate the use of an off-the-shelf image sensor which otherwise may have too many control and data signals to conveniently communicate over a cable between the body 210 and mount 207 of a mirror assembly 200.
- Headlamp control and rain sensing may also be accomplished using two separate cameras in the mirror mount but using only one processor. In this case, both cameras could share the same bus to communicate with the main processor. This allows substantially different optics optimized for each application to be used with each image sensor.
- Vehicle wiring harness 108 may be implemented in a variety of ways including a dedicated point- to-point signal to the controlled vehicle equipment or by the use of a multiplexed vehicle bus such as the CAN bus or J1850 bus. Such a vehicle wiring harness 108 may be used as a power and communication link with vehicle components such as headlamps, windshield wipers, and other displays or warning or control subsystems within the vehicle.
- the required allocated memory necessary to process images from image sensor 101 is reduced by analyzing only particular regions or windows of the image at a time. By acquiring only a particular subwindow at a given time, only enough allocated memory to store that particular subwindow is required. Each subwindow is acquired and processed individually until the entire image area, or whatever subset of the entire area is desired, is processed.
- the subwindow may be of a variety of sizes depending on the application.
- the subwindow may be a single or row, a single column, or any rectangular or square region of pixels.
- processing select subwindows are many. For example, different processing parameters may be applied to different regions of the image by varying the process parameters with each subwindow used. Different exposures may be used for different subwindows. This is particularly important when imaging a scene during the day, as is required for a rain sensor. Normally a high dynamic range image sensor is necessary to properly expose regions of the scene above and below the horizon since the brightness of the scene above the horizon is typically substantially higher than that below the horizon. However, by using different subwindows for regions above and below the horizon, different exposures can be used allowing each region to be properly exposed.
- a pixel grayscale value is represented by Val(x,y), where x and y are the coordinates of the current pixel.
- the value of the pixel in a new image created by applying the filter kernel to an existing image is:
- a high pass filter can be implemented by setting the coefficients A,
- pixels are stored into memory 106 as the image is being received.
- a standard off-the-shelf image sensor such as a CIF format sensor
- the memory requirements may be reduced by discarding some of the pixels as they are received, hi a simple implementation, this may involve simply storing only the n th pixel received, where n is a number dependent on the resolution of the sensor and the number of pixels actually required to achieve adequate performance.
- n may be, for example, 3.
- n pixels may be averaged to produce a smaller image. This can occur in both vertical and horizontal directions and n X n pixels may be averaged into a single value.
- n is not a uniform number throughout the image.
- an automatic headlamp control system it is useful to have a greater resolution near the center of the image corresponding to the direction where a vehicle's high beams are most intense. This enables more accurate detection of faint and small light sources in this central zone. Farther off axis, only bright and large objects may need to be detected.
- the value of n is increased off-axis and reduced near the center. Off-axis pixels may be averaged or skipped. Near the center, n may be 1 and every pixel may be stored.
- the image processing system may be used for automatic headlamp control.
- Automatic headlamp confrol systems typically are used to change the beam illumination pattern produced by the vehicle headlamps.
- the illumination pattern may be varied in response to detected light sources to the front of the vehicle, by varying the aim, brightness, and/or focus of the headlamps and/or selectively activating different combinations of exterior lights functioning as headlamps.
- the system can distinguish between headlamps of oncoming vehicles, tail lamps of forward vehicles, and non-vehicle light sources.
- Automatic headlamp control systems are described in U.S. Patent Nos.
- a light source within an image may be defined as a set of com ected pixels, all of which have grayscale values above a threshold. Connected pixels refer to pixels which are adjacent to one another on one side or, optionally, diagonally.
- An algorithm defining a method for detecting light sources within an image as each row of the image is being received by the processor is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 below. To execute this algorithm, three items are stored in memory. First, a segment list is stored containing information regarding segments of the image row being received having pixels exceeding a predetermined threshold (i.e., comiected pixels within a row). As shown in Fig.
- a segment list may include the row number and the minimum X (Min X) and maximum X (Max X) values, which represent the beginning and ending columns of the identified segment within the row.
- the segment list may also include a total value for the quantitized light levels output from all of the pixels in each segment, a saturation flag which indicates whether any of the pixels exceeded a saturation limit, and a merge index. Also stored in memory are red and white light lists. As also shown in Fig.
- the red and white light lists respectively may include: (1) the minimum X and Y and maximum X and Y values representing the bounds in terms of rows and columns of each detected white or red light source; (2) the size (i.e., number of pixels) of each light source; (3) the type of each light source; (4) the saturation flag; (5) the total gray value of each light source; (6) the center X and Y values of each light source; (7) the total gray value of each corresponding light source; (8) the X and Y sums; and (9) the next index.
- the segment list may be constructed as the image is read from the image sensor. This eliminates the need to store any of the image data directly obtained from the image sensor.
- a rough list of segments is stored in the segment list. Then, the list of segments is cleaned up by passing through the list to adjust and complete all values in the list. This may include, for example, making adjustments for any faulty pixels that are known or discovered to exist in the image sensor array. It may also include adjusting values for row and column numbers at edges of columns.
- the segment list is then traversed to combine segments directly above or below each other into a list of lights, each showing the bounding rectangle coordinates, total pixel value, and size.
- the sum of X and Y coordinates is also computed. This process may involve merging lights that are adjacent as well as segment information.
- the object or segment extraction may be performed by either a main processor 105 or in another processor 105 ' located near the image sensor (or integrated into the image sensor). Extracting objects or segments near image sensor 101 minimizes the data which must be transmitted over a cable (107) between mirror mount 207 and mirror body 210.
- a camera with an image sensor could be located in a remote part of the vehicle and object or segment data could be transmitted via a bus.
- a logic component i.e., processor 105'
- the image sensor computes the start, stop, and total gray value of a segment of illuminated pixels in a row.
- the processor 105 in the mirror body 210 combines these segments with other segments to identify two dimensional objects and then applies rules to determine the proper action.
- average color, or the total red, green, and blue (RGB) values are sent to the main processor 105 along with the start and stop column index.
- the lists are then traversed again, computing the center coordinates from the X and
- the red lights are then sorted by their center coordinates while the white lights are sorted by their minimum X and Y values.
- the memory used for the X and Y sums can now be used for other purposes, such as storing the corresponding white value and center coordinates.
- the resulting red list is traversed to locate a white light with a bounding rectangle containing the red light's center position. This is done to determine whether or not the light source that is detected is a headlight or a tail light.
- the light levels and sizes in the resulting list can then be compared with various criteria to further categorize the light sources.
- Figs. 4A and 4B which describe the algorithm in more detail.
- the processing proceeds for the image reading with step 304 in which data areas including the segment list are initialized and the commands to acquire an image are sent to the imager. The data that is initialized is discussed further below.
- the process then proceeds into what is referred to as a "row loop.”
- the body of this loop processes each row of image data read from image sensor array 101.
- the first step is to store the row number of image data in the current segment as depicted in step 306.
- the routine enters a nested loop referred to in Fig. 4A as the "red loop.” In this loop, each pixel value in the row is read that is within the subwindow onto which the image is projected through a red or clear filter.
- a second subwindow is also present in the row onto which the same image is projected through a cyan filter.
- the rows may thus be effectively divided in two, with the first half corresponding to red lights and the second half corresponding to white lights. It is from this red loop that the red light list is generated.
- This process begins with step 308, where the first pixel value is read.
- Processor 105 determines in step 310 whether the grayscale value of the pixel read in step 308 exceeds a threshold. If the grayscale value of the pixel exceeds a threshold, the routine proceeds to step 312 where the grayscale value is added to a sum contained in the current segment. The value of the sum is initialized in step 304 to be zero for each segment.
- processor 105 determines if the grayscale value of the pixel exceeded a saturation limit in which case a saturation flag is set for the current segment in step 312.
- Processor 105 sets the "state” to "true” indicating that a segment has been identified.
- the "state” is initialized in step 304 as "false.”
- the procedure then advances to step 320 where processor 105 determines whether all columns of pixels within the row subwindow have been read. Assuming that not all the pixels have been read, the process returns to step 308 where the next pixel value is read.
- processor 105 determines in step 310 that the grayscale value from a pixel is not above the threshold, the processor determines in step 314 whether the state is true (i.e., whether or not the prior pixel was part of an identified segment). If the state is true, the processor proceeds to step 316 and where it sets the last column number as the maximum X value in the current segment.
- step 316 processor 105 increments the segment index to point to a subsequent segment (i.e., a new "current segment"), testing to assure that the maximum number of segments have not already been stored.
- the state is also set to False.
- step 318 stores the current column number as the first column in the current segment. Note that the column number stored as the first column is actually one less than the actual first column. Later processing steps take this into account.
- step 320 it is determined whether all of the red subwindow columns have been processed for the row.
- step 322 the state is tested. If True (i.e., the last pixel of the row contained a value over the threshold), the processor proceeds to step 324. If False, the processing proceeds with step 326.
- processor 105 sets the first column to point to the first pixel of the white subwindow portion of image sensor array 101, which are treated as extra columns. Also, the segment index is incremented if it is not already at the limit and the state is set to "false.”
- the process then proceeds through a white loop-nested subroutine where the second half of the row corresponding to the white subwindow is read and processed.
- This loop is similar in nature to the red loop with steps 326-342 corresponding identically to i steps 308-324. Because the same image is imaged onto the two different subwindows of image sensor 101, light from light sources outside the vehicle that passes through both filters would be detected in the same regions and patterns for the first and second halves of the processed row.
- the first filter is a red filter, which only allows red light to pass while the second filter is a cyan filter, which only allows light having a cyan components to pass through.
- a vehicle's tail lights may appear on the first half of the row in the red subwindow and would not appear in the second subwindow, while light from a vehicle's headlamps would be detected in both subwindows since such light typically exhibits a spectrum with light components in both the red and cyan portions of the spectrum. It will be appreciated, however, that a combination of red and clear filters could be used in place of the combination of red and cyan filters.
- processor 105 After reading each pixel in the second half of the row corresponding to the white loop, and the cleanup steps in steps 340 and 342, processor 105 proceeds to checking in step 344 whether all rows of image sensor 101 have been processed. If they have not all been processed, the procedure loops back to step 306 to process each subsequent row in a similar manner. In this sequence, the segment list is constructed.
- the white light list and the red light list are formulated based upon the information in the segment list. Specifically, segments in the segment list in adjacent rows and sharing common columns may be merged to define either a white or red light that is identified in one of the red or white light lists. Based upon the information in the red and white light lists, processor 105 controls the high or low beam state of the vehicle's headlamps.
- objects are again extracted from an image as the image is received.
- the object within an image are again defined as a set of connected pixels all of which have grayscale values above a threshold.
- An algorithm defining a method of detecting connected pixels within images as each image is being received is illustrated in Figs. 5 A and 5B.
- three items are stored in memory.
- an object list is stored containing information about any objects that are detected. This list is implemented preferably as an array of structures with elements in each structure containing all necessary information about an object.
- the table below illustrates an example of one of the structures. The elements of this table can be used to compute the center of the source after the algorithm is completed. Additional information, such as the top, bottom, left, and right extents of the source may also be stored.
- the next item stored is an array of object indices, the size of one row of the image being processed. These indices refer to the objects that contain the pixels in the row previously processed.
- the array elements are initialized to zero, indicating no light sources above the upper row of pixels.
- the element of this array that corresponds to the current column is referred to as the above index. For example, if the pixel above the current pixel is contained in light source 2, the above index will contain the value 2.
- a single object index is used to refer to the light source of the previous pixel processed, referred to as the "left index.”
- the left index is initialized to zero at the start of each row. As each pixel is processed, it is either considered part of light source (numbered greater than zero) or not.
- the index of the light source (0 for no light source) is assigned to both the left index and row element corresponding to the current column. The above index is then obtained from the next column.
- the value of the left index could be determined by referring to the previous above index. Other methods of storing values using pointers or addresses may be used as well.
- the value of left index or other values may be stored in registers rather than processor memory.
- Figs. 5 A and 5B show a procedure for processing each pixel of image data as it is received from image sensor 101 in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the procedure begins with step 400 in which processor 105 receives the gray scale value of a pixel within image sensor array 101. hi step 402, processor 105 determines whether the gray scale value is above a predetermined threshold. If the gray scale value does not exceed the threshold, processor 105 performs step 404 whereby it sets the pixel left source index to zero and then sets the pixel above source index to zero in step 406. Processor 105 then receives the next pixel (step 408) in the row of image sensor 101 being processed. The procedure then moves back through to step 402 where the processor 105 again determines whether the gray scale value is above a threshold. Until such time that a pixel exceeds the grayscale value, the procedure loops through steps 400-408.
- processor 105 Upon detecting a pixel having a grayscale value above the threshold in step 402, processor 105 then proceeds to step 410 where it determines whether the above source index is no longer zero. Initially, the above source index is set to zero such that processor 105 would proceed to step 412 where it determines whether the left source index is no longer zero. Again, initially, the left source index would be equal to zero such that processor 105 would proceed to step 414 in which it creates a new source in the source list and adds the current pixel information including the row and column number and the grayscale value. Each time processor 105 creates a new source, it increments a new source index such that each source that is identified has its own unique index.
- processor 105 sets the left and above index equal to the new source index (steps 415 and 416) prior to proceeding through steps 408 and 402 to determine whether the next pixel has a grayscale value above the threshold. Assuming the grayscale value is above the threshold, processor 105 checks in step 410 whether the above source index is no longer zero.
- the above index now refers to the next pixel in the row array and equals 0 (no source).
- the left index, set in the previous pixel is set to point to the current light source. This results in steps 410 and 412 passing control to step 430 where the current pixel information is added to this light source.
- the row array value corresponding to this column is set to this value in step 432.
- steps 410 and 418 pass control to step 420.
- the current pixel information is added to the source referenced to by the above index.
- the left index is then set to the value of the above index in step 422.
- steps 424-428 results in execution of steps 424-428. These steps set merge pointers that link adjacent light sources. In the post processing, these pointers will be used to combine the light sources.
- step 424 the source pointed to by the merge pointer of the source referenced by the above index is set to the left index.
- step 425 the merge pointer of the light source referenced by the above index is set to the left index. If the light sources are the same, setting the merge pointer will have no effect. Following this, the current pixel info ⁇ nation is added to the light source referenced by the left index. Finally, the row array element for this column is set to the left index.
- the left source index and the above source index are reset to zero (steps 404 and 406) such that when the next pixel is detected that exceeds the threshold, it will be assigned to a new source (step 414). The process thus continues to loop through this image reception and processing phase to generate the working object list.
- the working object list must be converted into a final object list.
- objects which must be merged are merged by adding all of the values from each object into one new object.
- a new object list is created containing the merged information.
- the TotalXand TotalY variables are divided by the size variable to yield the X and Y center coordinates of the object.
- the above method of detecting objects can be modified to support the headlamp imaging function.
- the method is implemented twice, once for each color window and two object lists are created and compared.
- the algorithm can be implemented once on one subwindow and when the corresponding row from the other subwindow is received, the corresponding pixel total grayscale values can be tallied and included in the row source list.
- the brightness, location, and other properties can be checked to determine if a response to the presence of these objects in the image is necessary. For example, in the headlamp control application, the presence of an object with a certain total grayscale value in a certain region of the image may require the high beams to be turned off.
- the control circuit that is coupled to the image array sensor for processing the image of the scene obtained by the image array sensor may include one or more processors.
- a first processor 105 may be mounted within mirror bezel 200 whereas a second processor 105 ' may be mounted to a circuit board within mirror mount 207.
- second processor 105 ' could receive and process the image data as it is read and develop the segment list or the object list in the above-noted processing procedures and then transfer these lists to first processor 105 for subsequent processing, such as the development of the white and red light lists.
- Second processor 105 could alternatively be used to create the red and white light lists and then transmit that information to first processor 105 that would analyze these lists and generate control signals to control the headlamps of the vehicle. By splitting the processing power in this manner, the amount of information that needs to be transmitted from within mirror mount 207 to mirror bezel 200 may be minimized thereby allowing first processor 105 to perform other processing tasks such as controlling the reflectivity of mirror 203.
- the image processing system 100 of the present invention may be used for various applications, such as headlamp control and rain sensing. Because the same imaging system may be used for both these applications, the control circuit may be configured to process the image data for both such applications simultaneously so as to control the vehicle headlamps and the windshield wipers based upon information obtained using the image sensing system of the present invention. Additionally, the image processing system of the present invention may be used in a system for generating a collision avoidance warning when the vehicle is too close behind another vehicle. Additionally, the images obtained from the image processing system of the present invention could be used by an adaptive cruise control system, which varies the speed at which the cruise control is set based upon the proximity of the vehicle to other vehicles in front of the vehicle.
- the images could be used in a system that generates a lane departure indication signal when it is detected that the vehicle has departed from its present lane. Such a signal could be used for various purposes, such as providing the driver with a lane departure warning.
- a common control circuit which may include one or more processors to thereby generate a collision avoidance warning, to control the speed of the vehicle, to control the vehicle headlamps, to control the vehicle windshield wipers, to control the vehicle climate control system, and/or to generate a lane departure indication signal.
- the present invention can be used with a color image sensor to provide additional information about the color of objects in the scene.
- color red vs. white
- a checkerboard or mosaic pattern may be deposited on to the array such that neighboring pixels are exposed to separate bands of light.
- a technique for depositing interference filters of different colors onto neighboring pixels is disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,711,889 to Philip E. Buchsbaum, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- neighboring pixels are alternatively coated with a red filter (R) and no filter (clear (C)) as illustrated in the table below.
- the optics are slightly defocused such that the spot size from a distant point light source covers at least two pixels. In this way, an accurate reading of the red component of the object can be determined.
- common color filter array technologies typically employing polymer filters, will not withstand direct focused sunlight.
- the sun may be focused onto the array if a vehicle is traveling or parked such that the sun is within the field of view of the camera.
- Interference filters are far more robust and reflect the unwanted spectral bands of light rather than absorb them.
- their use overcomes the limitations of the prior filtering technologies and allows the construction of an automotive camera. These filters can be used not only with cameras which are used in applications which control vehicle equipment but also in applications where images are acquired and displayed to the driver for visual assistance.
- three-color interference filters can be used to construct a red, green, and blue (RGB) pixel array (or their complements) as illustrated in the table below.
- RGB red, green, and blue
- a full color value for each pixel is determined by using the color of the current pixel and interpolating the other two colors from neighboring pixels with different filter colors. Techniques for performing this interpolation are well known in the art. In a simpler scheme, groups of four pixels are treated as one "super pixel.” The lens is defocused enough such that the image of a point light source is blurred over a 2 X 2 block of pixels. For each block of 2 X 2 pixels the red, green, and blue colors components are determined from the individual pixels. This data can be represented as either three separate values or as an intensity and color value.
- processor 105 may be used for such other functions.
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