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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Magna Electronics, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Yuesheng Lu, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael J. Higgins-Luthman, Livonia, MI (US);
William R. Livengood, Koenigstein, DE;
James D. Harris, Noblesville, IN (US);
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor having four photosensing pixels of a sub-array, with one of (a) a red-light transmitting spectral filter disposed at a first photosensing pixel whereby the first pixel of each sub-array primarily senses red visible light and with an IR transmitting spectral filter disposed at the fourth photosensing pixel whereby the fourth pixel of each sub-array primarily senses infrared radiation, and (b) a red-light transmitting spectral filter disposed at a first photosensing pixel whereby the first pixel of each sub-array primarily senses red visible light and with an IR transmitting spectral filter disposed at a third photosensing pixel whereby the third pixel of each sub-array primarily senses infrared radiation. An image processor processes the output of each sub-array to determine at least one of an infrared component of the imaged scene and a visible light component of the imaged scene.