Control device for a vehicle and method
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1. A control device for a vehicle with a light, which is designed to illuminate an area in front of the vehicle, comprising:
- an image capturing device in the vehicle, to capture image data for an area in front of the vehicle which is illuminated by the light in a switched-on state; and
a calculation device in the vehicle which is coupled to the image capturing device and calculates from the image data a light colour that the light emits, andwherein the calculation device calculates a deviation between an average intensity of the reflecting surfaces and/or reflecting objects in predefined areas of the image data and between predefined intensities, and the control device controls the vehicle when the deviation is above a predefined threshold.
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Abstract
A control device and method for a vehicle with a light which is designed to illuminate an area in front of the vehicle, including an image capturing device, which is designed to capture image data for an area in front of the vehicle which is illuminated by the light in a switched-on state, and to output the image data, and including a calculation device, which is coupled to the image capturing device and is designed to calculate from the image data a light color that the light emits, and output it.
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1. A control device for a vehicle with a light, which is designed to illuminate an area in front of the vehicle, comprising:
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an image capturing device in the vehicle, to capture image data for an area in front of the vehicle which is illuminated by the light in a switched-on state; and a calculation device in the vehicle which is coupled to the image capturing device and calculates from the image data a light colour that the light emits, and wherein the calculation device calculates a deviation between an average intensity of the reflecting surfaces and/or reflecting objects in predefined areas of the image data and between predefined intensities, and the control device controls the vehicle when the deviation is above a predefined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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9. A method for determining a light colour for a vehicle with a light, which is designed to illuminate an area in front of the vehicle, comprising:
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capturing, by an image capturing device in the vehicle, image data for an area in front of the vehicle, which is illuminated by the light in a switched-on state; and calculating, by a calculation device in the vehicle, a light colour that the light emits on the basis of reflecting surfaces and/or reflecting objects captured by the image data, and wherein the calculation device calculates a deviation between an average intensity of the reflecting surfaces and/or reflecting objects in predefined areas of the image data and between predefined intensities, and a control device in the vehicle controls the vehicle when the deviation is above a predefined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19)
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