Patent ID: 11933898
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An imaging system for a vehicle, comprising:
a light source that generates transmitted light that defines a field of view encompassing target objects within the transmitted light;
at least one sensor positioned to receive reflected light from at least a portion of at least one of the target objects;
a computer connected to the light source and the sensor, wherein the computer comprises a processor and computerized memory running software stored in the memory, wherein the software is configured to:
use the processor to compile an image from a series of data outputs from the sensor;
determine a region of interest within the image; and
dynamically adjust the transmitted light source to change the field of view and/or the light intensity distribution within the beam of the light source such that successive received images have a higher image resolution and/or return signal level for the region of interest.