Method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle
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1. A method for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle by a night vision information system, the method comprising the acts of:
- detecting video images, of different spectral regions, from essentially the same location and time;
weighting the video images with a globally settable preliminary weighting factor;
performing object analysis, using an object recognition system, of the video images;
locally adapting the weighting factors based on the object analysis in an object-selective manner to generate locally adapted weighting factors; and
fusing the video images based, at least in part, on the locally adapted weighting factors.
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Abstract
A method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle, in particular for detecting and representing the traffic situation in front of a driver are provided. A night vision information system fuses video images from essentially the same location and time but from different spectral regions are fused using weighting factors. The video images are weighted with a globally settable preliminary weighting factor, and an object analysis of the video images is performed. Based on the object analysis the weighting factors are locally adapted in an object-selective manner.
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1. A method for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle by a night vision information system, the method comprising the acts of:
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detecting video images, of different spectral regions, from essentially the same location and time; weighting the video images with a globally settable preliminary weighting factor; performing object analysis, using an object recognition system, of the video images; locally adapting the weighting factors based on the object analysis in an object-selective manner to generate locally adapted weighting factors; and fusing the video images based, at least in part, on the locally adapted weighting factors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle, the device comprising:
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a camera system that records video images from different spectral regions essentially at the same location and time; a fusion device that fuses the video images in a weighted manner, wherein the fusion device globally applies a preliminary weighting factor to the video images; an object recognition system, located upstream from the fusion device, which locates objects in the surroundings of a vehicle using images provided by the camera system; and a control device which in operative connection with the object recognition system actuates the fusion device with an object-selective local spectral region weighting, wherein the fusion device locally adapts weighting factors based on a result of the object recognition system in an object-selective manner. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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