Patent ID: 11972613
Assignee: ZOOX, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A vehicle system comprising:
at least one processor; and
computer readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the operations comprising:
receiving thermal image data from a long wave infrared (LWIR) sensor, the thermal image data comprising a representation of an object in an environment of a vehicle;
determining, based at least in part on the thermal image data, a thermal image data characteristic, the thermal image data characteristic comprising an intensity distribution associated with the thermal image data;
comparing the thermal image data characteristic to a previously determined thermal image data characteristic associated with a known atmospheric condition, the previously determined thermal image data characteristic comprising an additional intensity distribution associated with the known atmospheric condition;
determining, based at least on the comparison, an estimated atmospheric condition; and
controlling the vehicle based at least in part on the estimated atmospheric condition.