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Method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle by fusing an infrared image and a visual image

  • US 20080024608A1
  • Filed: 08/07/2007
  • Published: 01/31/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for visualizing surroundings of a vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:

  • obtaining a visual image, containing digital data of the surroundings, in order to show visually perceptible objects;

    obtaining an infrared image, containing digital data of the surroundings, in order to show infrared radiation emitted by the visually perceptible objects and/or other objects;

    fusing the visual image and the infrared image into a target image, which target image is representable in a display unit, in order to simplify an allocation of the infrared radiation emitting objects in a recorded environment, and interrupting the fusing of the visual image and the infrared image as a function of an environment parameter in order to represent only one of the visual and infrared images, or none of the images, as the target image.

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