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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2013
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Wende Zhang, Troy, MI (US);
Jinsong Wang, Troy, MI (US);
Kent S. Lybecker, Rochester, MI (US);
Jeffrey S. Piasecki, Rochester, MI (US);
Ryan M. Frakes, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Travis S. Hester, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for generating a glare-reduced image from images captured by a camera device of a subject vehicle includes obtaining a short-exposure image and a long-exposure image and generating a resulting high dynamic range image based on the short-exposure and long-exposure images. Pixel values are monitored within both the short- and long-exposure images. A light source region is identified within both the short- and long-exposure images based on the monitored pixel values. A glaring region is identified based on the identified light source region and one of calculated pixel ratios and calculated pixel differences between the monitored pixel values of the long- and short-exposure images. The identified glaring region upon the resulting high dynamic range image is modified with the identified light source region within the short-exposure image. The glare-reduced image is generated based on the modified identified glaring region upon the resulting HDR image.