Vehicle with image processing system and method for operating an image processing system
First Claim
1. A vehicle comprising:
- two image data sources;
a mixing unit;
a conversion unit;
a plurality of arithmetic units of identical design;
an image display unit, wherein an image processing chain is provided in which pixel data with digital addressing generated with the image data sources can be brought together by means of the mixing unit for simultaneous display on the image display unit and wherein, by means of the conversion unit, the pixel data can be transformed to a form of image data which can be displayed on the image display unit, said mixing unit comprising two data input ports for receiving pixel data from the two image data sources and a data output port for the brought together pixel data, wherein the conversion unit comprises a data input port for the brought-together pixel data, and wherein the data output port of the mixing unit is directly or indirectly connected to the data input port of the conversion unit and wherein the plurality of arithmetic units are provided in the digital data processing chain and carry out individual functions in parallel, independently of one another, for at least one of image region analysis, object detection analysis and image overlap detection.
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Abstract
A vehicle (01) has at least two image data sources (02), at least one mixing unit (03), at least one conversion unit (04) and an image display unit (05). The pixel data (09) generated with the image data sources (02) can be brought together by means of the mixing unit (03) in particular for simultaneous display on the image display unit (05). With the conversion unit (04), the pixel data (10) can be transformed to a form of image data (11) which can be displayed on the image display unit (05). The mixing unit (03) includes at least two data input ports (06) for receiving pixel data (09) from the two image data sources (02), and at least one data output port (07) for the brought-together pixel data (10). The conversion unit (04) includes at least one data input port (08) for the brought-together pixel data (10). The data output port (07) of the mixing unit (03) is directly or indirectly connected to the data input port (08) of the conversion unit (04). A method for operating an image processing system in a vehicle (01) is provided in which first the pixel data (09) of the various image data sources (02) is brought together by means of the mixing unit (03), and thereafter, by means of the conversion unit (04), the brought-together pixel data (10) is transformed into a form of image data (11).
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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two image data sources; a mixing unit; a conversion unit; a plurality of arithmetic units of identical design; an image display unit, wherein an image processing chain is provided in which pixel data with digital addressing generated with the image data sources can be brought together by means of the mixing unit for simultaneous display on the image display unit and wherein, by means of the conversion unit, the pixel data can be transformed to a form of image data which can be displayed on the image display unit, said mixing unit comprising two data input ports for receiving pixel data from the two image data sources and a data output port for the brought together pixel data, wherein the conversion unit comprises a data input port for the brought-together pixel data, and wherein the data output port of the mixing unit is directly or indirectly connected to the data input port of the conversion unit and wherein the plurality of arithmetic units are provided in the digital data processing chain and carry out individual functions in parallel, independently of one another, for at least one of image region analysis, object detection analysis and image overlap detection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating an image processing system in a vehicle, comprising at least two image data sources including a CCD unit and/or CMOS unit, an image display unit and a digital processing chain including at least one mixing unit and at least one conversion unit, the method comprising:
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bringing the pixel data of the various image data sources together by means of the mixing unit whereby the overall quantity of the pixel data generated by the various image data sources is reducible to that part which is to be displayed on the image display unit; and subsequent to said step of bringing the pixel data of the various image data sources together, transforming the brought together pixel data by means of the conversion unit into a form of image data whereby the transformation of the pixel data into a form of image data is based on averaging by way of adjacent pixel data or interpolation, and plural arithmetic units carry out additional processing steps including one of image region analysis, object detection analysis and image overlap detection. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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