Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Jayasimha V Rao

James A Carpenter

Michael J Boesch

Sai Vishnu Aluru

Zhongya Lou

An enhanced imaging system for a motor vehicle includes a vision processing module that generates a data signal, in response to the camera capturing at least one of the video and the image. A graphics processor is configured to tone map the video or image to generate an RGB histogram including an overall tonal range. The processor is further configured to compare the overall tonal range to a tonal threshold. The processor detects one or more objects having a boundary that separates an interior region having an object tonal value from an exterior region having an exterior tonal value. The processor generates an optimized signal for increasing a difference between the object tonal value and the exterior tonal value, in response to the overall tonal range being above the tonal threshold. The system can further include a display device for displaying an optimized video or image.

Enhanced imaging system for a motor vehicle

Methods and apparatus are provided for locating and calibrating a physical control for use with a graphical user interface. The apparatus includes a display operative to display a placement indicator and a user interface, a sensor operative to determine a placement location of a physical control, and a processor operative to generate the placement indicator, to receive the placement location and to determine an offset between the placement indicator and the placement location, the processor being further operative to generate the user interface in response to the offset and to couple the user interface to the display.

Method and apparatus for location and calibration for controls on a touch surface

A system for failure diagnostics for a Human Machine Interface (HMI) includes a physical knob, a button, and a touchscreen interface. The physical knob and the button disposed on the touchscreen interface and in communication with the touchscreen interface. The system further includes a touch sensor in communication with the touchscreen interface, and a controller in communication with the touch sensor, the controller having memory for storing control logic and a processor configured to execute the control logic, the control logic including a first logic for determining a state of the touchscreen interface, and a second logic for determining a state of a portion of the touchscreen interface smaller than a full area of the touchscreen interface.

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Jayasimha V Rao