Method for operating a camera in a covered state, camera for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle
US9521299B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2300/70
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a camera (3, 4) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein a cover (10, 11) is moved between an operating position, in which the camera (3, 4) provides images of an environmental region (12, 13) of the motor vehicle (1), and a covering position, in which the cover (10, 11) covers the camera (3, 4) against the environmental region (12, 13). The current brightness level of a scene of the camera (3, 4) is acquired by means of the camera (3, 4); in the operating position of the cover (10, 11), at least one operating parameter of the camera (3, 4) is adjusted depending on the current brightness level of the scene; a movement operation of the cover (10, 11) from the operating position into the covering position is acquired by the camera (3, 4); and after acquiring the movement operation, the at least one operating parameter is adjusted to a value independent of the current brightness level of the scene acquired by the camera (3, 4), in particular whilst maintaining an activated operating state of the camera (3, 4).
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