Method and device for monitoring the interior and surrounding area of a vehicle
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1. A method for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle and a surrounding area of the motor vehicle, comprising:
- (1) capturing an image of at least part of the surrounding area of the motor vehicle by a first optical opening of a camera device;
(2) capturing an image of at least part of the interior of the motor vehicle by a second optical opening of the camera device, the steps (1) and (2) being performed alternately; and
(3) transmitting the images obtained in steps (1) and (2) to a processing unit.
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Abstract
A method and device for capturing a surrounding area and interior of a motor vehicle are described. The device for performing the method includes a camera device that has a beam path that points in a direction of the surrounding area of the vehicle, in particular a road, and has a beam path that points in a direction of the vehicle interior. A processing unit controls and evaluates the image information obtained.
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1. A method for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle and a surrounding area of the motor vehicle, comprising:
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(1) capturing an image of at least part of the surrounding area of the motor vehicle by a first optical opening of a camera device;
(2) capturing an image of at least part of the interior of the motor vehicle by a second optical opening of the camera device, the steps (1) and (2) being performed alternately; and
(3) transmitting the images obtained in steps (1) and (2) to a processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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6. A method for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle and a surrounding area of the motor vehicle, comprising:
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(1) capturing an image of at least part of the surrounding area of the motor vehicle by a camera device;
(2) capturing an image of at least part of the interior of the motor vehicle by the camera device, the steps (1) and (2) being performed alternately; and
(3) transmitting the images obtained in steps (1) and (2) to a processing unit;
wherein step (2) includes;
superimposing the at least part of the interior of the vehicle visible to the camera device on the at least part of the surrounding area of the vehicle visible to the camera device; and
determining the image of the at least part of the interior of the vehicle by subtracting the image of the at least part of the surrounding area.
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19. A device for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle and a surrounding area of the motor vehicle, comprising:
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a camera device having a first optical opening and a second optical opening, wherein the camera device is configured to alternately capture an image of at least part of the interior of the motor vehicle by the first optical opening and capture an image of at least part of the surrounding area of the motor vehicle by the second optical opening; and
a processing unit connected to the camera device, the images captured by the camera device transmitted to the processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A device for monitoring an interior of a motor vehicle and a surrounding area of the motor vehicle, comprising:
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a camera device having a first optical opening and a second optical opening, wherein the camera device is configured to alternately capture an image of at least part of the interior of the motor vehicle by the first optical opening and capture an image of at least part of the surrounding area of the motor vehicle by the second optical opening; and
a processing unit connected to the camera device, the images captured by the camera device transmitted to the processing unit;
wherein the image of at least part of the interior of the motor vehicle is determined by;
superimposing the at least part of the interior of the vehicle visible to the camera device on the at least part of the surrounding area of the vehicle visible to the camera device; and
determining the image of the at least part of the interior of the vehicle by subtracting the image of the at least part of the surrounding area.
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