Method and Warning Device for Graphically Processing an Image of a Camera
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for graphically processing an image of the surroundings of a motor vehicle, the image being been provided by a camera device. It is known fact that said images are processed in such a way that the danger potential for the motor vehicle posed by an obstacle in the surroundings is visualized optically by or highlighted for the driver. According to the invention, the image provided by the camera device is processed taking into account the position of the obstacle in the image in order to highlight said danger potential in an even clearer manner for the driver. To this end, the actual position of the obstacle in the surroundings of the motor vehicle is initially determined. The position of the obstacle in the image corresponding to the actual position of the obstacle in the surroundings is subsequently determined.
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35 Claims
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18. A method for graphically processing an image, provided by a camera device, of surroundings of a vehicle or in a direction of travel of the vehicle for presentation to an observer or to a driver of the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) detecting an obstacle in the surroundings of the vehicle; b) determining a position of the obstacle relative to a position of the vehicle; c) determining a position of the obstacle relative to the surroundings; d) determining a position of the obstacle in the image provided by the camera device; and e) processing the image thereby taking into consideration the determined position of the obstacle in the image. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A warning device for a vehicle, comprising:
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a camera device for generating images of surroundings of the vehicle or in a direction of vehicle travel; an image processing device for processing the images produced by the camera device; a display means for displaying the processed image to a viewer or to a driver of the vehicle; an obstacle detection/distance measuring device for detecting an obstacle in the surroundings of the vehicle and for determining a real position of the obstacle; a transformation device for transforming the real position of the obstacle in the surroundings into a corresponding position of the obstacle in the image of the camera device; and means, within said image processing device, for processing the image of the camera device, thereby taking into consideration the determined position of the obstacle in the image. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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