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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley Coventry Warwickshire, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED, Whitley, Coventry, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/06 (2012.01); G01F 23/292 (2006.01); G01S 17/46 (2006.01); G01C 13/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G01B 11/22 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60W 40/06 (2013.01); G01B 11/22 (2013.01); G01C 13/008 (2013.01); G01F 23/292 (2013.01); G01F 23/2928 (2013.01); G01S 17/46 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06T 7/50 (2017.01); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); B60R 2300/80 (2013.01); B60W 2420/42 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30248 (2013.01); Y02A 90/32 (2018.01);
Abstract
A land-based automotive vehicle comprising an apparatus for estimating the depth of water about the vehicle. The apparatus comprising at least one light source, at least one imaging means such as a camera mounted to the vehicle and a control unit, the apparatus being structured and arranged such that a first light signal is emitted toward a water surface about the vehicle, the at least one camera is configured for imaging the first light signal and the control unit is configured and arranged to compute from the imagery obtained by the at least one camera an estimation of a depth of water about the vehicle.