Patent ID: 8781171

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for capturing image data for gestures from a passenger or a driver in a vehicle with a dynamic illumination level, the method comprising: determining an illumination level for the vehicle, the vehicle comprising a low-lux sensor and a high-lux sensor located in an overhead console of the vehicle, the low-lux sensor assigned to capture image data indicating gestures from the driver or the passenger in the vehicle with illumination levels below a threshold illumination level, the high-lux sensor assigned to capture image data indicating gestures from the driver or the passenger in the vehicle with illumination levels above a threshold illumination level; determining, by an illumination threshold module, whether the determined illumination level is below a threshold illumination level; processing image data captured by the low-lux sensor when the illumination level is below the threshold illumination level; and processing image data captured by the high-lux sensor when the illumination level is above the threshold illumination level.