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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2023
Lumileds Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Benno Spinger, Aachen, DE;
Dirk Vanderhaeghen, Wilrijk, BE;
Ronald Johannes Bonne, Plainfield, IL (US);
Wouter Schrama, Nuenen, NL;
Norbert Lesch, Vaals, NL;
Patrick Van Den Akker, Valkenburg aan de Geul, NL;
Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A vehicle vision system comprises first and second vehicle headlights configured to project first and second light structures into a travel path of the vehicle to illuminate an object in the travel path. The system includes a camera disposed in the vehicle between the first and second headlights to capture images of the object in response to capture signals. The first and second vehicle headlights alternately project the first and second light structures. A system controller synchronizes the capture signals so that images of the object captured by the camera include reflections of the first and second light structures. An image processor can reconstruct a surface geometry of the object based on the reflected first and second light structures.