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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2020
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mohannad Murad, Troy, MI (US);
Sai Vishnu Aluru, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Yun Qian Miao, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2013.01); H04N 9/646 (2013.01); H04N 9/735 (2013.01);
Abstract
One general aspect includes a method to remove a vehicle shadow from image information, the method includes the steps of—determining a location of the vehicle shadow in an environment surrounding the vehicle, (based on the outcome of step) selecting one or more cameras installed on the vehicle, and removing the vehicle shadow from the image information produced by the one or more cameras.