Patent ID: 11904666
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 10:
11. A method for adjusting operation of apparatus in a vehicle using a sunload map, comprising the steps of:
capturing image data using an imaging system including at least one camera, wherein the image data includes at least a portion of a passenger cabin of the vehicle;
extracting selected image data covering a region of interest (ROI) from the image data, wherein the ROI is defined according to predetermined scene elements of an environment of the vehicle;
detecting an occupant overlay corresponding to selected image data that represents a vehicle occupant;
generating truncated image data by subtracting image data corresponding to the occupant overlay from the selected image data;
estimating an expected sunload range using an ambient light model based on environmental parameters including a sun position; and
generating a sunload map comprising respective sunload values for a plurality of locations on the vehicle according to the truncated image data and the expected sunload range.