Device and method for generating images
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Abstract
A method and a device for generating images in a motor vehicle. An infrared-sensitive camera generates images of the surroundings of the motor vehicle, line by line in scanning lines. The image recording region of the infrared-sensitive camera is illuminated in pulsed fashion by at least one emission source that radiates in the infrared spectral region. The recording of the scanning lines is carried out synchronized in time with the pulsed illumination. In a first example embodiment, the recording of scanning lines of an infrared-sensitive CMOS camera is synchronized in time with a laser diode emitting in the near infrared spectral region. In a second example embodiment, the synchronization in time of the recording of scanning lines of the infrared-sensitive CMOS camera with the pulsed illumination is performed autonomously by the CMOS camera by evaluation of at least one recorded scanning line.
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24 Claims
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11. A device for image generation in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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at least one infrared-sensitive camera configured to generate at least one image of surroundings of the motor vehicle;
at least one emission source radiating at least in a near infrared spectral region for a pulsed illumination of an image recording region of the at least one infrared-sensitive camera; and
an arrangement configured to record the at least one image line by line in scanning lines, and to carry out a synchronization in time of the recording of the scanning lines with the pulsed illumination. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for image generation in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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generating, by at least one infrared-sensitive camera, at least one image of surroundings of the motor vehicle;
in a pulsed manner at least in the near infrared spectral region, illuminating by at least one emission source an image recording region of the at least one infrared-sensitive camera; and
recording the at least one image line-wise in scanning lines and synchronizing in time the recording of the scanning lines with the pulsed illumination. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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