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Camera device and method for capturing a surrounding region of a vehicle in a situation-adapted manner

US10798319B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karsten Breuer · Rodenberg, DE
Dieter Kroekel · Eriskirch, DE
Robert Thiel · Niederstaufen, DE
Martin Pfitzer · Bodolz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 11, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N25/46
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera device includes an optronics system and an image capture control unit, for acquiring a sequence of images of a surrounding region of a vehicle. The optronics system includes a wide-angle optical system and a high-resolution image acquisition sensor. The optronics system and the image capture control unit are configured to generate a reduced-resolution binned image of the entire capture region of the optronics system, or to capture an unbinned high-resolution image of a subregion of the capture region, respectively for each individual image of the sequence of images, depending on a current traffic and/or surrounding situation. A height and a width of the subregion are set depending on the current situation. A size of the subregion is set such that the pixel count of the high-resolution image of the subregion is no greater than the pixel count of the reduced-resolution image of the entire capture region.

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