Driver assistance system and method for a motor vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9990551
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14001550

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A driver assistance system (10) for a motor vehicle comprises an imaging means (11) for acquiring images from a surrounding of the motor vehicle, and a processing means (14) adapted to perform image processing of images (30) recorded by the imaging means (11) and to detect an oncoming vehicle (33) by identifying its head lights (34) as a result of the image processing. The processing means (14) is adapted to detect, in the recorded images (30), a light aura (37) originating from at least one light source (34) hidden to the imaging means (11), and to use the light aura detection in the oncoming vehicle detection.

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QUALCOMM AUTO LTDCHURCHILL HOUSE CAMBRIDGE BUSINESS PARK COWLEY ROAD CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WZ

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hammarström, Jonas Linkoping, SE 2 11
Hedberg, Ognjan Linkoping, SE 8 44

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