US 12,275,437 B1
Modifying autonomous vehicle cameras based on detected lighting boundaries
John Hayes, Mountain View, CA (US); Volkmar Uhlig, Cupertino, CA (US); and Nima Soltani, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Applied Intuition, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GHOST AUTONOMY INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/502,300.
Application 18/502,300 is a continuation of application No. 16/906,305, filed on Jun. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,897,512.
Int. Cl. B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/06 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01)
CPC B60W 60/0025 (2020.02) [B60W 50/06 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); B60W 2420/403 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
determining, based on video data, that a vehicle will pass through a lighting boundary;
determining, based on the video data, that an illumination of a predicted input to a camera of the vehicle after passing the lighting boundary falls outside an operating range of the camera, wherein the operating range of the camera comprises a range of illumination based on a current exposure setting of the camera;
modifying, in response to determining that the illumination of the predicted input falls outside the operating range of the camera, an exposure setting of a second camera distinct from the camera; and
modifying, after modifying the exposure setting, a switched fabric to provide video data to the vehicle from the second camera instead of the camera.