Patent · US Expired

Area of representation in an automotive night vision system

US7408478B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Daimler AG · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2003
Grant date	Aug 5, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for detecting surroundings by an automotive night vision system comprising several areas, including a detection area (3) in which surroundings related data is detected, an evaluation area within which the surroundings-related data detected by the night vision system is evaluated, and an area of representation in which information about the surroundings-related data detected therein is represented to the driver by an optical display unit. The area of representation is therefore restricted in the inventive method for detecting surroundings such that the area of representation comprises no more than the high beam area (2). The driver is shown only the surroundings related data which he/she would see anyway when actuating the conventional high beam due to the fact that the area of representation is restricted.

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