Viewing system for vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles
First Claim
1. A vehicle equipped with a viewing system the viewing system comprising:
- an image capture unit, a computing unit connected to the image capture unit, and a reproducing unit connected to the computing unit,wherein the image capture unit comprises a lens, which has an optical axis, and a digital image sensing unit, and is attached to the vehicle such that, in use, a viewing area on the side of the vehicle is sensed with at least a part of a first legally-prescribed field of view and at least a part of a second legally-prescribed field of view,wherein the lens is disposed with respect to the digital image sensing unit such that the optical axis intersects the part of the first legally-prescribed field of view that is reproduced on the digital image sensing unit at a point, andwherein the point is located between a center of the digital image sensing unit and a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A viewing system for a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, includes an image capture unit, a computing unit, and a reproducing unit. The image capture unit includes a lens, which has an optical axis, and a digital image sensing unit, and is configured to be attached to the vehicle such that a viewing area on the side of the vehicle is sensed with at least one part of a first legally-prescribed field of view and with at least one part of a second legally-prescribed field of view. The lens is disposed with respect to the digital image sensing unit such that the optical axis extends through the part of the first legally-prescribed field of view that is reproduced on the digital image sensing unit.
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25 Claims
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1. A vehicle equipped with a viewing system the viewing system comprising:
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an image capture unit, a computing unit connected to the image capture unit, and a reproducing unit connected to the computing unit, wherein the image capture unit comprises a lens, which has an optical axis, and a digital image sensing unit, and is attached to the vehicle such that, in use, a viewing area on the side of the vehicle is sensed with at least a part of a first legally-prescribed field of view and at least a part of a second legally-prescribed field of view, wherein the lens is disposed with respect to the digital image sensing unit such that the optical axis intersects the part of the first legally-prescribed field of view that is reproduced on the digital image sensing unit at a point, and wherein the point is located between a center of the digital image sensing unit and a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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8. A viewing system for a commercial vehicle, including:
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an image capture unit comprising a lens having an optical axis and a digital image sensor having a sensor surface having a center point, the digital image sensor being positioned adjacent to the lens such that the optical axis intersects the sensor surface at an intersection point offset from the sensor surface center point; a computing unit in communication with the image capture unit, and a reproducing unit in communication with the computing unit, wherein the computing unit is configured to receive an image sensed by the image capture unit and to modify it into a reproduced image such that the part of the first legally-prescribed field of view sensed by the image capture unit and the sensed part of the second legally-prescribed field of view are contained in the reproduced image, and the reproducing unit is configured to be disposed in the interior of the vehicle so as to be viewable by the driver and to display the reproduced image received from the computing unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 17, 18)
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19. A vehicle equipped with a viewing system, the viewing system comprising:
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an image capture unit, a computing unit connected to the image capture unit, and a reproducing unit connected to the computing unit, wherein the image capture unit comprises a lens, which has an optical axis, and a digital image sensing unit, and is attached to the vehicle such that, in use, a viewing area on the side of the vehicle is sensed with at least a part of a first legally-prescribed field of view and at least a part of a second legally-prescribed field of view, wherein the first legally-prescribed field of view is a view from a perspective of a driver of the vehicle of at least a 4 meter wide, flat, horizontal portion of a road bounded on one side by a plane that a) is parallel to a median longitudinal vertical plane of the vehicle, b) passes through an outermost point of the vehicle on a driver'"'"'s side of the vehicle or a passenger'"'"'s side of the vehicle, and c) extends from a location 20 meters behind an eye of the driver of the vehicle to the horizon, and of a 1 meter wide portion of the road bounded by a plane a) parallel to the median longitudinal vertical plane of the vehicle, b) passing through the outermost point of the vehicle, and c) extending from a location 4 meters behind a vertical plane passing through the eye of the driver of the vehicle, and wherein the lens is disposed with respect to the digital image sensing unit such that the optical axis extends through the part of the first legally-prescribed field of view that is reproduced on the digital image sensing unit. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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