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Method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle

US7593573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Hahn · Neutraubling, DE
Thomas Weidner · Edenkoben, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2006
Grant date	Sep 22, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/56
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle, in particular for detecting and representing the traffic situation in front of a driver are provided. A night vision information system fuses video images from essentially the same location and time but from different spectral regions are fused using weighting factors. The video images are weighted with a globally settable preliminary weighting factor, and an object analysis of the video images is performed. Based on the object analysis the weighting factors are locally adapted in an object-selective manner.

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