Viewing system for vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles

USRE48017E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• MEKRA Lang GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Werner Lang · Calw, DE
• Manuel Kunz · Oettingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2017
• Grant date: May 26, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 21, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A viewing system for a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, includes an image capture unit, a computing unit, and a reproducing unit. The image capture unit includes a lens, which has an optical axis, and a digital image sensing unit, and is configured to be attached to the vehicle such that a viewing area on the side of the vehicle is sensed with at least one part of a first legally-prescribed field of view and with at least one part of a second legally-prescribed field of view. The lens is disposed with respect to the digital image sensing unit such that the optical axis extends through the part of the first legally-prescribed field of view that is reproduced on the digital image sensing unit.