Rearview device simulation

US11731558B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SMR Patents S.à.r.l. · LU

Inventors

• Andreas Herrmann · Stuttgart, DE
• Martin Schwalb · Hamberg, DE
• Frank Linsenmaier · Waiblingen, DE
• Oliver Eder · Pinache, DE
• Ilka Rötzer · Köngen, DE
• Thomas Jochmann · Jena, DE
• Firas Mualla · Stuttgart, DE
• Maximilian Kauffmann · Stuttgart, DE
• Thorsten Steder · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2022
• Grant date: Aug 22, 2023
• Expiry date: Jan 26, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2300/8093
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for displaying and processing an image captured by an optical system used to simulate a rear-view system of a vehicle, includes capturing the image, identifying primary edges of a first image of the plurality of images, locating a first border within the first image that extends to part of a first edge of the first image, identifying secondary edges of a second image of the plurality of images, selecting a second edge from the secondary edges closest in position and orientation to the part of the first edge of the first image, locating a second border within the second image that extends to the second edge, and adjusting the second image such that a second part of the second border of the second image aligns with the first border of the first image, wherein the optical system simultaneously simulates both a plane mirror and a spotter mirror in form of a spherical mirror in the single image to provide a plurality of optical subsystems.