Display system for a vehicle

• US 20150077563A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Volker Niemz
• Inventors: Niemz, Volker
• Application Number:
  US14/372,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20150077563A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/60 characterised by monitoring and displaying vehicle exterior scenes from a transformed perspective
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/605 the adjustment being automatic
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8066 for monitoring rearward traffic
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/586 of parking space
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/63 Scene text, e.g. street names

Abstract

The invention relates to a display system (10) for a vehicle (1), using which surroundings (30) of the vehicle (1) are able to be displayed, having at least one camera (11) for taking an image (20) of the surroundings (30), having a display unit (13), on which the image (20) is able to be shown, at least partially. According to the invention, it is provided that the display system (10) has a processing unit (12) which, if the image (20) includes at least one information area (21), recognizes the information area (21) automatically and processes the image (20) that is to be shown on the display unit (13), at least partially, in such a way that the information area (21) is able to be shown in a remaining image (22) on the display unit (13) in a view which is a mirror image with respect to the remaining image (22).

Claims

1. A display system (10) for a vehicle (1), using which surroundings (30) of the vehicle (1) are able to be displayed, having at least one camera (11) for taking an image (20) of surroundings (30), having a display unit (13), on which the image (20) is able to be shown at least partially, wherein the display system (10) has a processing unit (12) which, if the image (20) includes at least one information area (21), recognizes the information area (21) automatically and processes the image (20) that is to be shown on the display unit (13) at least partially in such a way that the information area (21) is able to be shown in a remaining image (22) on the display unit (13) in a view which is a mirror image with respect to the remaining image (22).

2. The display system (10) as recited in claim 1, wherein the camera (11) is a rearview camera (11) and is situated so that by the camera (11) an image (20) is able to be taken of the rear surroundings (30) of the vehicle (1).

3. The display system (10) as recited in claim 1 or 2, wherein the information area (21) includes at least one symbol which, in the view which is a mirror image to the remaining image (22) that is to be shown on display unit (13), includes information for the driver.

4. The display system (10) as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the information area (21) includes at least one character and/or one number and/or one special character and/or is a sign, in particular, the information area (21) being at least partially surrounded by a border (36.1).

5. The display system (10) as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the information area (21) is located only in a middle area of the image (20).

6. The display system (10) as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein shapes are stored in the processing unit (12) with the aid of which the processing unit (12) recognizes the information area (21).

7. The display system (10) as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the processing unit (12) undertakes the processing digitally, particularly the information area (21) being integrated into the remaining image (22) after the processing.

8. The display system (10) as recited in one of the preceding claims, wherein the processing unit (12) determines the position of the information area (21) by at least one position information on a ground inclination and/or a vehicle inclination which the processing unit (12) receives.

10. The method (40) as recited in claim 9, wherein it is operated using a display system (10) as recited in one of claims 1 through 8.

9. A method (40) for displaying surroundings (30) of a vehicle (1), a camera (11) taking an image (20) of the surroundings (30) of the vehicle (1);

a display unit (13) showing the image (20) at least partially, wherein a processing unit (12) recognizes whether the image (20) includes an information area (21), and, when the processing unit (12) has recognized an information area (21), it processes the image (20) that is to be shown on the display unit (13) at least partially in such a way that the information area (21) is shown in a remaining image (22) on the display unit (13) in a view which is a mirror image with respect to the remaining image (22).