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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Donald R. Gignac, Waterford, MI (US);
Allan K. Lewis, Windsor, CA;
Mohammad Naserian, Windsor, CA;
Norman J. Weigert, Whitby, CA;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/332 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an image sensor, an electrochromic filter element, an infrared illuminator, and a controller configured to activate at least one from among the electrochromic filter element and the infrared illuminator based on a feature of an image of a scene captured by the image sensor.