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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventors:
Masaaki Yamaoka, Tokyo, JP;
Naotoshi Kadotani, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01);
Abstract
An in-vehicle camera system including a far camera and a near camera, both of which capture an image ahead of a vehicle, includes a determining unit configured to, during travel of the vehicle, determine whether an illumination of an image captured by the far camera is abnormal as a result of an illumination change ahead of the vehicle, and an aperture control unit configured to, when the determining unit determines that the illumination of the image captured by the far camera is abnormal, execute aperture control over the near camera.