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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Avrokin Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

David Michael Herman, Oak Park, MI (US);

John Craig Elson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Scott Andrew Amman, Milford, MI (US);

Nikhitha Bekkanti, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Michael Monforton, Livonia, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2014.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); B60R 2011/0003 (2013.01); G01N 2201/063 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, comprising a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine, from an image including a portion of a surface of a human body, a reflected light intensity from the body surface portion, determine, a skin reflectance of the body surface portion based on a location of the body surface, a light source, and an image sensor location, and to determine, for the body surface portion, an incoming radiance, based on the skin reflectance and the reflected light intensity.


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