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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2012
Barry W. Hutzel, Holland, MI (US);
Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US);
Darryl P. Dewind, West Olive, MI (US);
John O. Lindahl, Fruitport, MI (US);
Barry W. Hutzel, Holland, MI (US);
Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US);
Darryl P. DeWind, West Olive, MI (US);
John O. Lindahl, Fruitport, MI (US);
DONNELLY CORPORATION, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A forward facing imaging system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at an interior portion of a vehicle and a camera disposed at the interior rearview mirror assembly. The camera has a forward field of view through a windshield of the vehicle. The camera captures image data and captured image data is recorded by a recording system. During operation of the vehicle, the recording system records image data, as it is captured over a given period of operation of the vehicle, in a closed-loop fashion onto electronic memory. Image data, as captured by the camera, is processed by an image processor in order to determine the presence of at least one object forward of the equipped vehicle.