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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2024
Aptiv Technologies Ag, Schaffhausen, CH;
Ali Saheli, Wuppertal, DE;
Alexander Barth, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
A method includes obtaining a short exposure color-infrared (color-IR) image captured with an activated infrared (IR) illuminator and a long exposure color-IR image captured with a deactivated IR illuminator. The short exposure color-IR image is captured with a shorter exposure time than the long exposure color-IR image. The method includes determining an IR light impact of the of the short exposure color-IR image and of the long exposure color-IR image. The method includes mitigating the IR light impact in the short exposure color-IR image to obtain a short exposure IR-suppressed color image. The method includes mitigating the IR light impact in the long exposure color-IR image to obtain a long exposure IR-suppressed color image. The method includes merging the short exposure IR-suppressed color image with the long exposure IR-suppressed color image to obtain a merged HDR image.