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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2021
Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany Gmbh, Ingolstadt, DE;
Christian Scharfenberger, Lindau, DE;
Michelle Karg, Lindau, DE;
CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A machine learning method, a method, and an apparatus for correcting input image data, which are negatively influenced by rain, incident light and/or dirt, from a camera, for example a vehicle-mounted environment-capturing camera are disclosed. The method providing input image data captured by the camera to a trained artificial neural network. The trained artificial neural network is configured to convert the input image data into output image data without negative influence and to determine a certainty measure c which is dependent on the degree of wetting by water, incident light and/or contamination for an image of the input image data and characterizes the certainty of the network that the image correction of the network is accurate. The trained artificial neural network is configured to output the output image data and the determined certainty measure c.