Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.

T K Holdings, Inc.

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Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Congress Financial Corporation

Mohannad F Murad

Joseph G Machak

Hossam Almasri

Randal Gosk

Fan Bai

Shuqing Zeng

Akram M Abdel-Rahman

Wende Zhang

Fred W Huntzicker

Wei Tong

David R Petrucci

Sai Vishnu Aluru

Gregg R Kittinger

Jeff Bennett

Fred Momblanco

Susan Yi Song

Bryan W Fowler

Todd Bolton

Mohammad Naserian

Brian K Blackburn

Scott B Gentry

Joseph F Mazur

James Nicholas Nickolaou

Kenneth Herbert Kohlndorfer

Brian Christopher Ford

Matt C Videtich

Mark Francis Gray

Robert D Sims, Iii

Michael A Wuergler

Caroline Chung

Daniel C McGarry

Markell Seitzman

Donald Raymond Gignac

Michael T Chaney, Jr

Yasen Hu

John M Burdock

Lawrence Richard Langbeen

James C Lotito

Edward Burley

Charles R Baker

Samer Zakhem

Eric Hatfield

Gerard R Kreiner

Bakhtiar Brian Litkouhi

Xiujie Gao

Orhan Bulan

James Gregory Stanley

Kevin Austin O'Dea

Allan K Lewis

Joseph S Colburn

David Hahn Clifford

Alaa M Khamis

Douglas C Martin

Kausalya Singuru

Jeremy A Salinger

Lawrence A Bush

Yun Qian Miao

Shiv G Patel

Valor Yaldo

Eric L Raphael

Lawrence M Refior

Reno V Ramsey

Orhan Demirovic

Apral S Hara

Peter C Kempf

Johannes Huth

Brian V Sychta

Kevin K Hoang

Justin K Francisco

Joel Pazhayampallil

Christopher A Stanek

Michael J Bliss

Sepehr Pourrezaei Khaligh

Nathan P Makarewicz

David J Hiemenga

Ed Clancy

Princess Len Carlos

Gary J Rushton

William P Ciaramitaro

Almasri Hossam

Alexander Sherman

Joseph J Boeve

Henry D Frech

Richard Raybuck, Iii

Randy Gosk

Lynn Y Lau

Pengfei Ren

Eugene F Saltzberg

Luis A Reyes Lopez

Junhua Tang

Susan Yi c/o Michael O'Hare Song

A system to detect and avoid spilled cargo in an automobile vehicle, includes an automobile vehicle rear cargo area including a floor to temporarily receive a storage item in the cargo area. A lift gate is moved between a closed and latched position and a fully open position inclusive to allow loading and removal of the storage item. A vision system identifies the storage item when initially loaded in the cargo area and identifies if the storage item is initially positioned in a cargo spill position or subsequently moves to the cargo spill position. A cargo stop device is releasably connected to the lift gate. An operating system releasably stores the cargo stop device when the storage item is not in the cargo spill position and deploys the cargo stop device when the storage item is in the cargo spill position.

System and method to detect and avoid spilled cargo

In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for determining vehicle events. In an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes: one or more cameras onboard a vehicle that are configured to generate camera data; and a processor that is coupled to the one or more cameras and configured to at least facilitate: identifying a change in position of one or more objects of the camera data using the camera data; and determining that a vehicle event has occurred, based on the change in position of the one or more objects of the camera data.

Methods and systems to detect vehicle events using vehicle cameras

In an exemplary embodiment, a vehicle is provided that includes an internal camera, one or more external systems, a display system, and a processor. The internal camera is configured to obtain internal camera data pertaining a gaze of a driver inside a vehicle. The one or more external systems are configured to obtain external data as to a region of interest outside the vehicle corresponding to the gaze of the driver. The processor is coupled to the internal camera and the one or more external systems, and is configured to at least facilitate providing feedback pertaining to the region of interest to a driver of the vehicle via the display system based on the internal camera data and the external data.

Methods and systems to utilize cameras to predict driver intention and highlight useful data

A system and method are provided for aiding an operator in operating a vehicle. In one embodiment, a system includes a sensor system configured to generate sensor data sensed from an environment of the vehicle. The system further includes a control module configured to, by a processor, generate a bowl view image of the environment based on the sensor data, identify at least one of a double object and a missing object in the bowl view image, generate a second bowl view image of the environment by re-stitching the sensor data based on the at least one of double object and missing object, and generate display data based on the second bowl view image.

Methods and systems for bowl view stitching of images

A method and system for generating a combined rearview image of an area behind a vehicle that is towing a trailer, the method including: capturing a first image from a vehicle camera that is installed on the vehicle, the first image being comprised of an area behind the vehicle; capturing a second image from a trailer camera that is installed on the trailer, the second image being comprised of an area behind the trailer; determining an obstructed viewing region within the first image, the obstructed viewing region being a region of the first image in which the trailer resides; overlaying the second image on the first image and at least partially within the obstructed viewing region; and inserting graphics in the first image, in the second image, and/or in a patch region within the obstructed viewing region and between the second image and the first image.

Vehicle-trailer rearview vision system and method

An automotive vehicle includes a cabin, an optical sensor arranged to capture images of the cabin, a light control system operable to modify an intensity or direction of incident light in the cabin, and a controller. The controller is configured to automatically, in response to an object detection request, control the optical sensor to capture a first image of the cabin with a first incident light configuration, control the light control system to modify an intensity or direction of incident light in the cabin to a second incident light configuration, control the optical sensor to capture a second image of the cabin with the second incident light configuration, detect a change in a shadow between the first image and the second image, infer the presence of an object in the cabin based on the change in shadow, and perform a corrective action based on the presence of the object.

System and method for detecting objects in an autonomous vehicle

One general aspect includes a system to modify an image feed from a second camera of a vehicle, the system includes a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to receive a first image feed from a first camera located on the vehicle; monitor one or more image characteristics of the first image feed; receive the second image feed from the second camera located on the vehicle; and based on the monitored one or more image characteristics of the first image feed, modify the second image feed such that one or more image characteristics of the second image feed are substantially similar to the monitored one or more image characteristics of the first image feed.

System and method to modify undercarriage camera image feed

One general aspect includes a method to remove a vehicle shadow from image information, the method includes the steps of&#x2014;determining a location of the vehicle shadow in an environment surrounding the vehicle, (based on the outcome of step) selecting one or more cameras installed on the vehicle, and removing the vehicle shadow from the image information produced by the one or more cameras.

System and method to remove a vehicle shadow from a video feed

A method to automatically activate at least one cold weather feature of a vehicle includes determining if the vehicle is in a state for activating at least one cold weather feature, and then determining at least one cold weather condition exists for activating at least one cold weather feature. When it is determined that at least one cold weather condition exists the at least one cold weather feature is automatically activated.

Camera based activation of heated wipers and windshield defrost

A method for vehicle tracking and localization includes receiving, by a controller, odometry data from a sensor of the first vehicle; geospatial data from a Global Positioning System (GPS) device of the first vehicle; inertial data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) of the first vehicle; estimating an estimated-current location of the first vehicle and an estimated-current trajectory of the first vehicle using the odometry data from the sensor, the geospatial data from the GPS device, and the inertial data from the IMU of the first vehicle; inputting the inertial data into a Bayesian Network to determine a predicted location of the first vehicle and a predicted trajectory of the first vehicle, and updating the Bayesian Network using the estimated-current location and the estimated-current trajectory of the first vehicle using the odometry data and the geospatial data.

Method and apparatus of parallel tracking and localization via multi-mode slam fusion process

A parking assist system and method for aligning a capture resonator mounted on a vehicle with a source resonator, charging pad, disposed on a ground surface is disclosed. The parking assist system includes a vehicle GPS receiver, a vehicle external sensor, an ultra-wide band (UWB) sensor, a controller; and a display device. The controller is configured to process information collected from the vehicle GPS receiver, the vehicle external sensor, and the UWB sensor to determine the location of the source resonator and to calculate a path to park the vehicle such that the capture resonator is aligned with the source resonator. A rendering of a trajectory path is displayed on a display device. The calculated path may be communicated to an autonomous driving system to autonomously maneuvering the vehicle into a parking space such that the capture resonator is aligned with the source resonator.

System and method for assisting a vehicle to park in alignment with a wireless battery charging pad

Vision sensor systems and methods detect banding and flicker. The method includes receiving camera data and identifying a light source location in a frame of camera data and assigning a luminance measure at the light source as a signal reference. A region of interest (ROI) is then associated with the light source. The frame is incremented, and then a signal to noise ratio (SNR) at the light source is calculated. A number, N of frames may be processed to identify banding when it is present, and to identify flicker when it is present. Responsive to identifying banding or identifying flicker, a response for a display system or for a machine vision system is generated.

Systems and methods for LED flickering and banding detection

Systems and methods for depth estimation of images from a mono-camera by use of radar data by: receiving, a plurality of input 2-D images from the mono-camera; generating, by the processing unit, an estimated depth image by supervised training of an image estimation model; generating, by the processing unit, a synthetic image from a first input image and a second input image from the mono-camera by applying an estimated transform pose; comparing, by the processing unit, an estimated three-dimensional (3-D) point cloud to radar data by applying another estimated transform pose to a 3-D point cloud wherein the 3-D point cloud is estimated from a depth image by supervised training of the image estimation model to radar distance and radar doppler measurement; correcting a depth estimation of the estimated depth image by losses derived from differences: of the synthetic image and original images; of an estimated depth image and a measured radar distance; and of an estimated doppler information and measured radar doppler information.

Systems and methods for enhanced distance estimation by a mono-camera using radar and motion data

A system and method to perform dynamic bandwidth adjustment among two or more vehicle sensors includes receiving input. The input includes data from each of the two or more vehicle sensors. The two or more vehicle sensors include a camera, an audio detector, a radar system, or a lidar system. The method also includes determining a bandwidth at which each of the two or more vehicle sensors should provide the data, and providing a control signal to each of the two or more vehicle sensors to adjust the bandwidth based on the determining.

Dynamic bandwidth adjustment among vehicle sensors

One general aspect includes a method to provide an alert to a vehicle occupant, the method includes: detecting, via an internal camera, whether the vehicle occupant is paying attention to an environment surrounding the vehicle; detecting, via an external camera, an occurrence of an event in the environment surrounding the vehicle; and based on each of the preceding steps, providing a notification configured to alert the vehicle occupant to transition the vehicle from a stopped state to a moving state.

System and method to alert a vehicle occupant to recommence vehicle operations

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Royal Oak, MI, United States of America

Mohannad F Murad