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Method and device for monitoring vehicle surroundings

US8031907B2 · 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	Aug 7, 2007
Grant date	Oct 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30252
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device is provided for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle with at least one camera, an image processing unit, and an image display unit. The image processing unit is operatively configured for reducing noise components in the images, recorded by the camera. The reducing of the noise components is accomplished by image grading, during which an averaging of a number of images occurs. The number of images, processed for the image grading, is variable.

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