Method for Providing Driver Information in a Motor Vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for providing information to a driver in a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
- capturing an image flow containing images of at least one part of an environment of the motor vehicle using a recording device of the motor vehicle;
reproducing at least one image section of the image flow on a display unit in an interior of the motor vehicle;
automatically modifying via a display control unit of the motor vehicle an environmental section displayed for a driver by reproducing the image section using the display unit; and
during the reproducing of the image section, in addition to a representation of the environmental section, displaying for the driver at least first optical information relating to a position of the environmental section relative to the motor vehicle.
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Abstract
A method provides driver information in a motor vehicle, in which method a recording device of the motor vehicle captures an image flow containing images of at least one part of the environment of the motor vehicle. A display unit in the interior of the motor vehicle reproduces at least one image section of the image flow. A display control unit of the motor vehicle automatically modifies the environmental section shown to the driver by reproducing the image section using the display unit. During the reproduction of the image section, in addition to the representation of the environmental section, at least first optical information relating to the position of the environmental section relative to the motor vehicle is output to the driver.
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1. A method for providing information to a driver in a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
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capturing an image flow containing images of at least one part of an environment of the motor vehicle using a recording device of the motor vehicle; reproducing at least one image section of the image flow on a display unit in an interior of the motor vehicle; automatically modifying via a display control unit of the motor vehicle an environmental section displayed for a driver by reproducing the image section using the display unit; and during the reproducing of the image section, in addition to a representation of the environmental section, displaying for the driver at least first optical information relating to a position of the environmental section relative to the motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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