Optical image monitoring system and method for vehicles

摘要

A system and method of acquiring information from an image of a vehicle in real time wherein at least one imaging device with advanced light metering capabilities is placed aboard a vehicle, a computer processor means is provided to control the imaging device and the advanced light metering capabilities, the advanced light metering capabilities are used to capture an image of at least a portion of the vehicle, and image recognition algorithms are used to identify the current state or position of the corresponding portion of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A method of acquiring information from an image of at least a portion of a vehicle comprising the steps of:
mounting at least one imaging device aboard said vehicle, wherein said imaging device has a view of an external control surface of said vehicle; providing a computer processor connected to and controlling said imaging device; capturing an image of said external control surface with said imaging device; inputting said image to said computer processor; identifying with said computer processor a state of said image; and said computer processor providing an output corresponding to said image state.