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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
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);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
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.