1. An automatic vehicle equipment control system comprising: at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and said at least one imager comprising a pixel array; a color spectral filter array in optical communication with said at least one imager, said color spectral filter array comprising a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and each said pixel being in optical communication with substantially one said spectral color filter; a lens in optical communication with said at least one imager and said color spectral filter array; and a processor in communication with said at least one imager, said processor being configured to analyze said continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images to detect any AC light sources and any DC light sources in said continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, wherein said processor generates a control signal that is used to control vehicle equipment in response to analysis of said continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and wherein said processor is configured to respond differently to detection of an AC light source than to the detection of a DC light source, wherein said at least one imager is configured to have a sampling image repetition period that is longer than that of a flicker cycle period of said AC light source.