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Method and device for observing the environment of a vehicle

  • US 9,898,670 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2014
  • Issued: 02/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of monitoring the area in front of a vehicle, the method comprising:

  • providing an apparatus, which comprises at least two imaging devices (110, 120), wherein at least one first, preferably precisely one first imaging device (110) covers a first imaging angle, and at least one second, preferably precisely one second imaging device (120) covers a second imaging angle, the second imaging angle being greater than the first imaging angle and wherein the at least one first imaging device (110) and the at least one second imaging device (120) are arranged spaced, in particular spaced laterally, from one another;

    covering, with the at least one, preferably precisely one first imaging device (110), a first zone (111) of the area in front of the vehicle, particularly the area in close proximity to the front of the vehicle;

    preferably simultaneously, covering, with the at least one, preferably precisely one second imaging device (120), a second zone (121) of the area in front of the vehicle, in particular the distant area in front of the vehicle, wherein the at least one first imaging device (110) and the at least one second imaging device (120) are arranged in relation to one another such that a central area (140), which is an area of overlap between the first zone and the second zone, is covered by both the at least one first and the at least one second imaging device (110, 120);

    fusing data acquired by the imaging devices (110, 120) to generate a stereo image of the central area, using a fusion computer (202); and

    generating a monoscopic image of those zones that are each covered by only a first or a second imaging device, using the fusion computer (202).

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