Trw Automotive U.S. LLC

Zf Active Safety and Electronic US LLC

Robert J Newton

Thomas E Blake, Iii

Shaoying Kang

Michael L Babala

Songwei Zhang

Aaron M Jefferson

Thomas White

Mohammad Masud Siraj

Marwan Waheed

Sharath Reddy

Marwan Shaker

Thomas E Iii Blake

A driver assist system for a vehicle includes a housing and a lens having an axial end extending into the housing. A first printed circuit board (PCB) is connected to the housing. The first PCB has a rigid portion and a flexible portion. The rigid portion and the flexible portion extend along a common axis. An image sensor is mounted on the rigid portion of the PCB adjacent the axial end of the lens.

Driver assist system

A system for evaluating the modulation transfer function (MTF) of a device under test is provided. The system includes an image projector configured to provide light in a pattern representing a desired image. The system further includes a lens configured to direct the provided light toward the device under test as a collimated beam. An image analysis component calculates the MTF for the device under test from the at least one image taken at the device under test and the known characteristics of the image projector and the lens.

Compact modular transfer function evaluation system

A surround view system for a vehicle includes a plurality of brackets adjacent interior surfaces of windows of the vehicle. A plurality of camera assemblies are provided within the brackets. Each camera assembly includes a lens having a field of view extending through one of the windows for capturing images of a vehicle exterior. The images captured by the lenses through the windows are integrated together to form a 360&#xb0; view of the vehicle exterior.

Active surround view system with self-cleaning mechanism

Apparatus for use with a camera module having an imager and adapted for mounting on the inside surface of a vehicle window. The apparatus comprising structures sized and positioned to block reflections that might otherwise impinge on the imager from below the module, while still permitting the flow of air onto the window surface within the imager's field of view.

Vehicle camera defogging vent with glare mitigation

A sensor module includes a housing. A heat source is located within the housing of the sensor module and a plurality of temperature sensors are mounted in housing of said sensor module. At least one temperature sensors is located adjacent to the heat source and at least one other temperature sensor is spaced from the heat source. A humidity sensor is located within the housing of the sensor module. A controller is connected to the plurality of temperature sensors and to the humidity sensor for determining at least one of relative humidity and temperature at the windscreen using a regression analysis and for providing a control signal indicative thereof.

Method and apparatus for determining temperature and relative humidity for use in a vehicle HVAC system

An apparatus for use in association with a vehicle having a windshield, includes a module and a camera assembly disposed in the module. The camera assembly includes an image sensor and a camera lens. The camera lens has a first end portion disposed adjacent to the image sensor and a second end portion spaced from the image sensor. A polarizer lens is disposed adjacent to the second end portion of the camera lens.

Apparatus for use in association with a vehicle

An apparatus for use in association with a vehicle having a windshield () includes a module () having an end portion which pivotally engages a bracket () connected with the windshield. The module () is pivotal relative to the bracket () to press a rain sensor coupler () connected with the module against the windshield () with a predetermined force. A camera assembly () may be disposed in the module (). The camera assembly () may include an image sensor () and a camera lens (). A polarizer lens () is disposed adjacent to the camera lens ().

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Chesterfield, MI, United States of America

Robert J Newton