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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Christopher Michael Seubert, New Hudson, MI (US);
Mark Edward Nichols, Saline, MI (US);
Cindy Anne Peters, Canton, MI (US);
Kerrie Nikaido Holguin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle computer includes a memory and a processor programmed to execute instructions stored in the memory. The instructions include comparing a captured image of a predetermined object to a target image of the predetermined object to quantify a first noise characteristic of the captured image, comparing the first noise characteristic to a first predetermined threshold, and detecting debris on an image sensor that outputs the captured image as a result of comparing the first noise characteristic to the first predetermined threshold.