Plausibility and consistency checkers for vehicle apparatus cameras

Abstract

Various embodiments include methods for processing an image from an apparatus camera to recognize potentially malicious attacks on the camera. Various embodiments may include processing an image received from a camera of the apparatus using a plurality of different trained image processing models or vision pipelines to obtain a plurality of different image processing outputs, and performing a plurality of consistency checks on the plurality of different image processing outputs. Such consistency checks compare two or more selected outputs of the plurality of different outputs to detect inconsistencies that may be associated with or due to an attack on the camera. Indications of an attack on a camera may be reported to and considered by an autonomous driving system of the apparatus or otherwise addressed in one or more mitigation actions.