Mirror substitute device and vehicle
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1. A mirror substitute device for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one camera configured and arranged to monitor at least a part of surroundings of a vehicle and to provide a corresponding initial image signal;
an image processing device coupled to the at least one camera and configured to process the initial image signal and to output a processed image signal,wherein the image processing device has a selection device configured to automatically select and/or mark a first image detail as a portion from the initial image signal in response to a trigger condition, and to output the first image detail as the processed image signal,wherein the trigger condition is that the vehicle is moving backward at a speed below a first speed threshold value,wherein the first image detail shows the ground and/or the curbstone in the surroundings behind the vehicle, andwherein the image processing device is configured to obtain motion data about a forward or backward motion of the vehicle and about the speed of the vehicle to determine the trigger condition by determining whether the vehicle is moving backward and whether the speed of the vehicle is below the first speed threshold value;
andat least one display device configured and arranged to display the first image detail from the processed image signal.
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Abstract
A mirror substitute device for a vehicle has at least one camera designed to cover at least a part of the surroundings of the vehicle and to provide a corresponding image signal, an image processing device coupled to the camera and designed to process the image signal and to output a processed image signal, and at least one display device designed to display the processed image signal.
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1. A mirror substitute device for a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one camera configured and arranged to monitor at least a part of surroundings of a vehicle and to provide a corresponding initial image signal; an image processing device coupled to the at least one camera and configured to process the initial image signal and to output a processed image signal, wherein the image processing device has a selection device configured to automatically select and/or mark a first image detail as a portion from the initial image signal in response to a trigger condition, and to output the first image detail as the processed image signal, wherein the trigger condition is that the vehicle is moving backward at a speed below a first speed threshold value, wherein the first image detail shows the ground and/or the curbstone in the surroundings behind the vehicle, and wherein the image processing device is configured to obtain motion data about a forward or backward motion of the vehicle and about the speed of the vehicle to determine the trigger condition by determining whether the vehicle is moving backward and whether the speed of the vehicle is below the first speed threshold value; and at least one display device configured and arranged to display the first image detail from the processed image signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
wherein the selection device is configured to select, under a specified condition, a further image detail which corresponds to the blind spot of the vehicle.
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7. The mirror substitute device according to claim 1, wherein the selection device is configured to select, when the vehicle is loaded and/or is cornering and/or is moving uphill or downhill, another image detail that shows a road behind the vehicle.
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8. The mirror substitute device according to claim 1, wherein the selection device is configured to select more than one said image detail and to combine the selected image details in the processed image signal;
- and/or the selection device is configured to enlarge the image detail.
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9. The mirror substitute device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing device has an image editing device configured to:
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change, particularly to normalize, a brightness of at least one detail of the initial image signal; and
/orchange, particularly to increase, a contrast of at least one detail of the initial image signal; and
/orchange a coloration of at least one detail of the initial image signal; and
/orstabilize contents of the initial image signal.
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10. The mirror substitute device according to claim 1,
wherein the image processing device has an object detection device configured to detect objects in the initial image signal and/or in the processed image signal and to mark at least one detected object in the initial image signal; - and
wherein the object detection device is configured to mark an object by boxing the object and/or coloring the object with a predetermined color and/or zooming in on the object.
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11. The mirror substitute device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing device has a calculating device configured to generate a warning signal based on the initial image signal when the vehicle is on a point of deviating from a traffic lane and/or when an object is in a blind spot of the vehicle and/or when an object is approaching the vehicle from behind.
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12. The mirror substitute device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing device has a storage device configured to store the initial image signal.
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13. A vehicle comprising a mirror substitute device according to claim 1 mounted on a vehicle body.
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14. The vehicle according to claim 13, wherein the vehicle includes no inside rear view mirror, no left lateral rear view mirror, and no right lateral rear view mirror.
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