Patent Document ID: 20140125799
Application ID: 14153604
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising: an imaging sensor having a forward field of view in a forward direction of travel of a vehicle equipped with said vision system; wherein said imaging sensor comprises a lens and a CMOS imaging array comprising a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements; wherein said two-dimensional array of photosensing elements comprises at least 262,144 photosensing elements arranged in a matrix array of rows and columns; wherein said matrix array comprises at least 512 rows of photosensing elements; wherein said imaging sensor captures image data representative of objects present in said forward field of view; wherein said array of photosensing elements comprises groupings of photosensing elements, each grouping having at least three neighboring photosensing elements; wherein at least one photosensing element of each grouping comprises a red light sensitive photosensing element and at least one other photosensing element of each grouping comprises a white light sensitive photosensing element; a control, wherein said control processes captured image data to determine a taillight of a leading vehicle present in said forward field of view and traveling ahead of the equipped vehicle in the same direction as that of the equipped vehicle; and wherein said control processes captured image data to determine rate of approach of the equipped vehicle relative to the leading vehicle.