US 12,135,418 B2
Methods and apparatus for capturing and using images in a system including wipers
Atul Maharshi, South Orange, NJ (US); Pablo A Anigstein, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Rajiv Laroia, Far Hills, NJ (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,910.
Application 17/532,910 is a continuation of application No. 16/711,363, filed on Dec. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,180,117.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,785, filed on Aug. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080925 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC G02B 27/0006 (2013.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60S 1/0848 (2013.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
operating a processor or circuit to control a single wiper to perform a first wiper sweep, said single wiper passing over a first surface in front of a first camera and a second surface in front of a second camera at the same time while said the single wiper moves during said first wiper sweep;
controlling the first and second cameras to capture images at the same time, controlling the first and second cameras to capture images at the same time including controlling the first camera to capture a first image and controlling the second camera to capture a second image while the first camera captures the first image, said first and second images being captured while said first wiper sweep is ongoing, said first image being captured after the single wiper sweeps the first surface in front of the first camera while the single wiper is moving;
and
generating a first depth map from at least the first image captured by the first camera and the second image captured by the second camera.