Driver Assisting System and Method for a Motor Vehicle
First Claim
1. A driver assisting system (10) for a motor vehicle (20), comprising an imaging means (11) adapted to acquire images from a surrounding of the motor vehicle (20), a processing means (14) adapted to apply image processing to the images acquired by the imaging means (11), and a driver assisting means (18) controlled by the processing means (14) for providing information to the driver based on a result of the image processing, the processing means (14) further is adapted to detect from the image processing a periodically blinking warning light (22), and to control the driver assisting means (18) in order to inform or alert the driver in case the periodically blinking warning light (22) is detected.
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Abstract
A driver assisting system (10) for a motor vehicle (20) comprises an imaging means (11) adapted to acquire images from a surrounding of the motor vehicle (20), a processing means (14) adapted to apply image processing to images acquired by the imaging means (11), and a driver assisting means (18) controlled by the processing means (14) to provide information to the driver based on a result of the image processing. The processing means (14) is adapted to detect from the image processing a periodically blinking warning light (22), and to control the driver assisting means (18) in order to inform and/or alert the driver in case a periodically blinking warning light (22) is detected.
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23 Claims
- 1. A driver assisting system (10) for a motor vehicle (20), comprising an imaging means (11) adapted to acquire images from a surrounding of the motor vehicle (20), a processing means (14) adapted to apply image processing to the images acquired by the imaging means (11), and a driver assisting means (18) controlled by the processing means (14) for providing information to the driver based on a result of the image processing, the processing means (14) further is adapted to detect from the image processing a periodically blinking warning light (22), and to control the driver assisting means (18) in order to inform or alert the driver in case the periodically blinking warning light (22) is detected.
- 15. A driver assisting method for a motor vehicle, comprising acquiring images from a surrounding of the motor vehicle, applying image processing to the acquired images, and providing driver assistance information to the driver of the vehicle based on a result of the image processing, detecting, from the image processing, a periodically blinking warning light, and informing or alerting the driver in case a periodically blinking warning light is detected.
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