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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2006
Applicant:
Takeshi Tsukamoto, Okazaki, JP;
Inventor:
Takeshi Tsukamoto, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A rain sensor provided in a vehicle includes a camera and a processor. The camera takes an image of a scene outside of the vehicle through a windshield of the vehicle with an infinite focal length. The processor detects rain based on a variation degree of intensities of pixels in the image from an average intensity of the pixels.