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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Joël Lelevé, Epinay sur Seine, FR;
Julien Rebut, Paris, FR;
Abdelaziz Bensrhair, Mont Saint Aignan, FR;
Georges Challita, Mont Saint Aignan, FR;
Inventors:
Joël Lelevé, Epinay sur Seine, FR;
Julien Rebut, Paris, FR;
Abdelaziz Bensrhair, Mont Saint Aignan, FR;
Georges Challita, Mont Saint Aignan, FR;
Assignee:
Valeo Vision, Bobigny, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for detecting raindrops on a windscreen, which uses a camera, which is fitted inside the vehicle opposite the windscreen and which is focused at infinite. The method comprises steps of acquiring images by a camera through the windscreen, camera preferably focused at infinite, retrieving the contours of the spots present on the acquired images, and realizing the histogram of the widths of contours of the spots.