US 11,758,121 B2
Validation of a camera cleaning system
Dustin Ryan Yautz, Wexford, PA (US); Morgan M. Wagner, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Eric K. Thong, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Christopher N. St. John, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to Argo AI, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Argo AI, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,588.
Application 17/844,588 is a continuation of application No. 17/020,297, filed on Sep. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,368,672.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007234 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 17/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 17/002 (2013.01) [G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06V 10/25 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera cleaning validation system comprising:
a camera with a lens; and
a processor configured to:
cause the camera to capture a baseline image when the lens is a clean state,
after a cleaning system has initiated a cleaning operation to remove a detected obstruction from the lens, cause the camera to capture a post clean image after the cleaning operation,
generate a post-clean image quality score based on a comparison between the baseline image and the post clean image by:
performing a first down-sampling operation of the post clean image to generate a first down-sampled image, and
determining a first image quality score for the first down-sampled image based on comparing the baseline image and the first down-sampled image, the first image quality score being a first local image quality score, and
determine an operational state of the cleaning system in response to the post-clean image quality score being less than a validation threshold.