Device for the expanded representation of a surrounding region of a vehicle

• US 9,836,656 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2013
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Langenberg, Markus
• Primary Examiner(s): Aghevli, Reza
• Application Number:
  US14/653,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20150324650A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,467 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/02 Rear-view mirror arrangements periscope arrangements B60R1/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/025 comprising special mechanical means for correcting the field of view in relation to particular driving conditions, e.g. change of lane; scanning mirrors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/588 Recognition of the road, e.g. of lane markings; Recognition of the vehicle driving pattern in relation to the road
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/167 Driving aids for lane monitoring, lane changing, e.g. blind spot detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/265 Mixing

Abstract

A device is provided for the expanded representation of a surrounding region of a vehicle, the device having an imaging component for the visual representation of the surrounding region. Information from a road model is additionally able to be superimposed on the visual representation of the surrounding region.

Claims

1. A device for an expanded display of a rear surrounding region of a vehicle, comprising:

an imaging component including one of a rear-view mirror and a camera having a display, the imaging component providing an actual view of the rear surrounding region, wherein information from a road model is superimposable on the actual view of the rear surrounding region, wherein the information superimposed on the actual view of the rear surrounding image includes road-lane markings of a multi-lane road on which the vehicle is traveling.

2. The device as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a sensor for detecting a first position of the road-lane markings, wherein the road model includes a second position of the road-lane markings in the surrounding region of the vehicle that is ascertainable from the first position of the road-lane markings, and wherein the information superimposed on the actual view of the rear surrounding image includes the second position of the road-lane markings.

3. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the device is developed for an expanded representation of the rear surrounding region of the vehicle.

4. The device as recited in claim 3, wherein the rear-view mirror includes a first area that provides a mirrored view of the rear surrounding region and a second area that is provided with a rear-side display for the expanded representation.

5. The device as recited in claim 2, wherein the sensor is part of a lane-keeping assistant system.

6. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein in superimposing the information on the rear-view mirror, a position of a head of a driver of the vehicle and an orientation of the rear-view mirror are taken into account in order to compensate for a perspective distortion.

7. The device as recited in claim 2, wherein the first position of the road-lane markings is located in a front region of the vehicle, and wherein the second position of the road-lane markings are located in the rear surrounding region.

8. The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the information including the road-lane markings that is superimposed on the imaging component is reconstructed at least on the basis of at least one of a speed of the vehicle, a steering angle of the vehicle, and a distance of the vehicle to a road-lane marking in which the vehicle is located.