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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2021
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Atul Maharshi, South Orange, NJ (US);
Pablo A Anigstein, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rajiv Laroia, Far Hills, NJ (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A wiper is controlled to sweep a surface area, e.g., a portion of a windshield, in front of a camera, e.g., a camera mounted inside a vehicle. An image captured from the camera after the wiper completes, e.g., immediately completes, the sweep of the surface area in front of the camera is used in generating a depth map. In some embodiments a first wiper is controlled to clear a surface area in front of a first camera while a second wiper is controlled to clear a surface area in front of second camera at the same time, and the first and second cameras are synchronized to initiate image capture at the same time, capturing images through recently cleared area, and the captured images are used to generate a depth map. A vehicle control operation, e.g., a direction, braking or speed control operation is performed based on the depth map.