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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Maher Ghneim, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0042 (2013.01); B60R 1/007 (2013.01); B60R 1/081 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01);
Abstract
A position of a mirror in or on a vehicle can be detected by receiving a first image and a second image, and comparing the first image to the second image. The comparison is used for determining whether the vehicle mirror has moved from one of an extended state and a non-extended state.