Patent ID: 11865967
Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:
receiving sensor data captured by at least one sensor associated with the autonomous vehicle;
detecting, based on the received sensor data, an absence of oncoming traffic;
turning on one or more of a high beam infrared light source of the headlight and a high beam light source of the headlight;
determining a quality of an infrared image captured by an infrared camera associated with the autonomous vehicle;
determining that the quality of the infrared image is less than a threshold infrared image quality; and
increasing an intensity of infrared light emitted from the high beam infrared light source until the quality of the infrared image becomes at least equal to the threshold infrared image quality.