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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Samuel Edward Ebenstein, Southfield, MI (US);
James Stewart Rankin, Ii, Novi, MI (US);
Gregory H. Smith, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yelena Mordechai Rodin, Southfield, MI (US);
David Bednarz, Pontiac, MI (US);
Thomas Meitzler, Troy, MI (US);
Samuel Edward Ebenstein, Southfield, MI (US);
James Stewart Rankin, II, Novi, MI (US);
Gregory H. Smith, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yelena Mordechai Rodin, Southfield, MI (US);
David Bednarz, Pontiac, MI (US);
Thomas Meitzler, Troy, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for testing cameras includes positioning a camera such that an image of a target is displayed on a monitor within at least one default image parameter. The method further includes engaging a dimming condition of a light source from the camera, thereby generating a lighting condition signal. Subsequently the camera receives the lighting condition signal and displays it on the monitor. A group of observers then analyze the lighting condition signal. The method continues through engaging a second dimming condition of the light source from the first camera, thereby generating a second lighting condition signal, which is also displayed on the monitor. The group of observers then analyzes the second lighting condition signal.