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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2021
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Brent Navin Roger Bacchus, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for determining relevance of a light source to an automobile includes at least one camera adapted to capture images of light sources in proximity to the automobile, a controller in communication with the at least one camera and adapted to receive captured images from the at least one camera, the controller further adapted to estimate an orientation of at least one light source relative to the automobile, classify the at least one light source as one of relevant and irrelevant, and, when the at least one light source is classified as relevant, send information about the at least one light source to a planning module for the automobile.