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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jonathan Diedrich, Carleton, MI (US);
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Adil Nizam Siddiqui, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mark Gehrke, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate environmental visibility determination. An example vehicle comprises a sensor and a processor and memory. The sensor is to generate road image information. The processor and memory are in communication with the sensor and are configured to: detect vanishing points of lane markings in the road image information, convert an average pixel row value of the vanishing points to a distance value, and if the distance value is below a threshold, stop execution of at least one road condition monitoring feature.