Patent ID: 8492698

Claim:
A driver assistance system for a vehicle, said driver assistance system comprising: a bracket attached at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with said driver assistance system; a housing mounted to said bracket; an imager disposed in said housing; said imager comprising (i) a two-dimensional CMOS photosensor array of photosensor elements and (ii) a lens; wherein, with said housing mounted to said bracket attached at the vehicle windshield, said imager views to the exterior of the equipped vehicle through the windshield of the equipped vehicle at a region of the windshield that is swept by a windshield wiper of the equipped vehicle; wherein said photosensor array is operable to capture image data; a control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor is disposed in said housing; wherein said image processor comprises a digital signal processor; wherein said driver assistance system identifies objects viewed by said imager via processing by said image processor of captured image data; wherein a spectral filter is disposed between said photosensor array and said lens; and wherein said spectral filter provides red spectral filtering at some of said photosensor elements and not at others of said photosensor elements.