Automotive Comphotogrammetry

Comphotogrammetry is a "coined word" that describes the merger of camera communications and photogrammetry in which LED lights self-identify their location within a photographic image using camera communications. Camera communications (CamCom) is defined as the transmission of data via an LED light that is received via a camera image sensor. Multiple lights on a vehicle can be modulated with positioning information which can be processed by a second vehicle to determine relative location using photogrammetric image processing techniques. Photogrammetry is the science of obtaining reliable positioning information from images based upon the identification of image features that can serve as positioning anchors.