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Lighting system for ascertaining geometric properties, and driver assistance system and method therefor

US10836301B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Karsten Breuer · Rodenberg, DE
Thomas Fechner · Günzburg, DE
Dieter Kroekel · Eriskirch, DE
Steffen Goermer · Winterrieden, DE
Tobias Schwarz · Blaustein, DE
Bruno Nunes-Silva · Stockach, DE
Christopher Kuenzel · Wien, AT
Maximilian Austerer · Wien, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 24, 2017
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/58
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A driver assistance system of a motor vehicle includes a lighting system of the motor vehicle, having an illumination unit that illuminates a scene in the surroundings of the vehicle by projecting a number of actuatable pixels, whereby the illumination unit projects a predefined pattern onto the scene. An image capture unit captures an image of at least part of the scene. A computation unit computes at least one geometric property of the scene based on the captured image and the predefined pattern.

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