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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2014
Applicants:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-ku Tokyo, JP;

Edge 3 Technologies, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Pedram Vaghefinazari, Long Beach, CA (US);

Stuart Masakazu Yamamoto, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);

Ritchie Winson Huang, Torrance, CA (US);

Josh Tyler King, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Tarek El Dokor, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignees:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Edge 3 Technologies, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06K 9/00832 (2013.01); G06K 9/209 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/106 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for capturing image data for gestures from a passenger or a driver in a vehicle with a dynamic illumination level comprises a low-lux sensor equipped to capture image data in an environment with an illumination level below an illumination threshold, a high-lux sensor equipped to capture image data in the environment with the illumination level above the illumination threshold, and an object recognition module for activating the sensors. The object recognition module determines the illumination level of the environment and activates the low-lux sensor if the illumination level is below the illumination threshold. If the illumination level is above the threshold, the object recognition module activates the high-lux sensor.


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