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Image acquisition system and method for distance determination using an image recording system

US8896690B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karsten Muehlmann · Stuttgart, DE
Alexander Wuerz-Wessel · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 2007
Grant date	Nov 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06V20/584
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle-based image acquisition system having an image sensor that has a characteristic curve assembled from linear segments. The system includes an arrangement for determining the distance of luminous objects imaged by the image sensor.

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