US Patent 11972613 Apparatus and methods for atmospheric condition detection

Apparatus and methods for determining an atmospheric condition in an environment of a vehicle are described herein. A long wave infrared camera may be used to produce thermal image data from a field of view of the LWIR camera that includes an unknown atmospheric condition. The thermal image data may include a characteristic that may be compared to characteristic of thermal image data for a known atmospheric condition. A result of the comparison may be used to make a determination related to the unknown atmospheric condition which may be used in controlling the vehicle.