A surround view monitor apparatus includes two imaging devices mounted on a first vehicle section of an articulated vehicle to capture two respective images that include, within fields of view thereof, areas of view looking in a direction of a road surface area occupied by a second vehicle section in an unbent state, a control unit configured to select one of the two images as an image to be displayed on the road surface area in response to a bending angle between the first vehicle section and the second vehicle section, and configured to combine the two images to generate a synthesized image showing surroundings of the articulated vehicle, and a display monitor configured to display the synthesized image.
Surround view monitor apparatus
2020-07-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / E01H STREET CLEANING , Reinigen von Straßen / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL |
Surround view system and vehicle including a surround view system
European Patent Office | 2016
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