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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
May. 10, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Sai Vishnu Aluru, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Brian Yousif-Dickow, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An optical sensor system operative for receiving, by a processor, a first image captured by a visible light camera, determining a value of a characteristic of the first image, determining an environmental condition in response to the value being less than a threshold, activating an infrared camera in response to the environmental condition, capturing a second image by the visible light camera and a third image by the infrared camera, generating a fused image in response to the second image and the third image, detecting an object in response to the fused image, and controlling a vehicle in response to the detection of the object.