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Device for monitoring the environment of a vehicle being parked

  • US 6,919,917 B1
  • Filed: 09/28/2000
  • Issued: 07/19/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for monitoring the environment of a vehicle being parked, comprising:

  • at least one video camera, the at least one camera having a vision field the vision field being fixed relative to the vehicle;

    at least one display unit, one of the at least one display unit being a video display unit for representing the vision field; and

    at least one object-detection sensor for detecting objects in an area outside of and directly adjacent to the vision field;

    wherein a driver of the vehicle is informed via the at least one display unit of an existence of the objects located outside of the vision field of the at least one video camera detected by the at least one object-detection sensor.

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