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Merging of partial images to form an image of surroundings of a mode of transport

US11087438B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Torsten Schmidt · Chemnitz, DE
Philipp Hoffmann · Weil im Schönbuch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T3/4038
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A driver assistance system and a method for merging partial images to form an image of a contiguous surrounding region of a mode of transport are provided. The method includes the following steps: detecting a first partial region of the surrounding region by a first environmental sensor; detecting a second partial region of the surrounding region by a second environmental sensor; generating a first partial image of the first partial region on the basis of a signal from the first environmental sensor; generating a second partial image of the second partial region on the basis of a signal of the second environmental sensor and a multiplicity of virtual sensors for detecting the second partial region; and merging the first partial image and the second partial image along a straight first joining line, wherein the virtual sensors are arranged at positions substantially on a perpendicular to the joining line.

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