Process and arrangement for operating a vehicle having a camera arranged on an outside mirror

US9227575B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Guenter Bauer · Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE
• Thomas Reicher · Grafing, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 5, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2001/1253
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a process for operating a vehicle having an outside mirror on which a camera is arranged and which is swivelable by a swiveling device between a first end position and a second end position, first picture data and second picture data of a first picture and of a second picture captured by the camera are provided. As a function of the first and second picture data, it is determined whether an object is imaged in both pictures. If an object is imaged in both pictures, as a function of the first and second picture data, a distance from the object relative to a reference point with respect to the camera is determined. As a function of the determined distance, the swiveling device is triggered such that it contributes to the fact that the distance is greater than or equal to a predefined minimum distance value.