Vehicle sensor occlusion detection

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12162497
APP PUB NO 20230134302A1
SERIAL NO

17517855

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A system for detecting a road surface includes a processor programmed to identify, in a vehicle sensor field of view, environment features including a sky, a road surface, a road shoulder, based on map data and data received from the one or more vehicle sensors, upon determining a low confidence in identifying an area of the field of view to be a road surface or sky, to receive a polarimetric image, and to determine, based on the received polarimetric image, whether the identified area is a mirage phenomenon, a wet road surface, or the sky. The low confidence is determined upon determining that a road surface has a vanishing edge, a road lane marker is missing, or an anomalous object is present.

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FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCFAIRLANE PLAZA SOUTH SUITE 800 330 TOWN CENTER DRIVE DEARBORN MI 48126

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Herman, David Michael Oak Park, US 107 558
Horowitz, Geoffrey Farmington Hills, US 14 12
Kettlewell, Brian Quinn Cambridge, CA 5 7
Lesky, Aaron Ypsilanti, US 8 31
Rajvanshi, Akshat Novi, US 6 48

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