Patent · US Expired

Automobile infrared night vision device

US7312723B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

9Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Helmuth Eggers · Ulm, DE
Gerhard Kurz · Calw, DE
Juergen Seekircher · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Thomas Wohlgemuth · Neckartenzlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2003
Grant date	Dec 25, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2300/8053
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an automobile infrared-night viewing device comprising an infrared camera used to receive image data representing the surroundings of the automobile. Said device also comprises an image processing unit which is connected to the infrared-camera and which processes the image data supplied by said camera in such am manner that a continuous image section from the supplied image data is selected and said selected data is retransmitted to a display. Said display then completely or almost completely reproduces the selected data, thereby renouncing any other further representations of the image data. Preferably, the selection of the image data is made according to the speed of the vehicle, the surroundings of the vehicle or the driver.

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