Night vision device
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1. A night vision device for a motor vehicle comprising:
- at least one night vision camera;
at least one display unit for displaying a night vision image of an area in the proximity of the motor vehicle as captured by the at least one night vision camera; and
at least one control unit for ascertaining and displaying at least one assister marking for at least one of longitudinal and lateral guidance in driving the motor vehicle, wherein the at least one assister marking is an addition to the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and is superimposed on the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and displayed on the display unit, and wherein the at least one assister marking includes at least one icon representing the actual lateral position of the motor vehicle relative to lane boundaries of a traffic lane on the night vision image.
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Abstract
In a night vision device for motor vehicles having at least one night vision camera, a control unit and a display unit for displaying a night vision image, the control unit is designed to ascertain and display assister markings for longitudinal and/or lateral guidance while driving the motor vehicle.
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1. A night vision device for a motor vehicle comprising:
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at least one night vision camera; at least one display unit for displaying a night vision image of an area in the proximity of the motor vehicle as captured by the at least one night vision camera; and at least one control unit for ascertaining and displaying at least one assister marking for at least one of longitudinal and lateral guidance in driving the motor vehicle, wherein the at least one assister marking is an addition to the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and is superimposed on the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and displayed on the display unit, and wherein the at least one assister marking includes at least one icon representing the actual lateral position of the motor vehicle relative to lane boundaries of a traffic lane on the night vision image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A night vision device for a motor vehicle comprising:
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at least one night vision camera; at least one display unit for displaying a night vision image of an area in the proximity of the motor vehicle as captured by the at least one night vision camera; and at least one control unit for ascertaining and displaying at least one assister marking for at least one of longitudinal and lateral guidance in driving the motor vehicle, wherein the at least one assister marking is an addition to the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and is superimposed on the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and displayed on the display unit, and wherein the at least one assister marking indicates the actual lateral position of the motor vehicle relative to lane boundaries of a traffic lane on the night vision image, wherein the at least one assister marking includes a first icon representing the actual lateral position of the motor vehicle and a second icon representing at least one of (a) a lane center and (b) lane limits of the traffic lane on the night vision image. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A night vision device for a motor vehicle comprising:
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at least one night vision camera; at least one display unit for displaying a night vision image of an area in the proximity of the motor vehicle as captured by the at least one night vision camera; and at least one control unit for ascertaining and displaying at least one assister marking for at least one of longitudinal and lateral guidance in driving the motor vehicle, wherein the at least one assister marking is an addition to the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and is superimposed on the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and displayed on the display unit, and wherein the at least one assister marking indicates the actual lateral position of the motor vehicle relative to lane boundaries of a traffic lane on the night vision image, wherein the at least one assister marking is an icon representing at least one of (c) a vehicle center and (d) a vehicle width relative to the traffic lane on the night vision image, and wherein the at least one assister marking is superimposed on the night vision image.
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12. A night vision device for a motor vehicle comprising:
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at least one night vision camera; at least one display unit for displaying a night vision image of an area in the proximity of the motor vehicle as captured by the at least one night vision camera; and at least one control unit for ascertaining and displaying at least one assister marking for at least one of longitudinal and lateral guidance in driving the motor vehicle, wherein the at least one assister marking is an addition to the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and is superimposed on the night vision image captured by the at least one night vision camera and displayed on the display unit, and wherein the at least one assister marking indicates the actual lateral position of the motor vehicle relative to lane boundaries of a traffic lane on the night vision image, wherein the control unit calculates a current position of the vehicle in a traffic lane from the night vision image and compares to a setpoint position for ascertaining and displaying a correction vector.
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