The invention relates to a rearview device (1) for a motor vehicle (10) comprising a camera arrangement (2) for capturing a rearward traffic situation (VG) and to a motor vehicle (10) with such a rearview device (1) and a method (100) for operating such a rearview device (1) with an output unit (3) which is partially reflective at least in regions, in particular a screen on which the rearward traffic situation captured by the camera arrangement (2) is displayed as a camera image (KB) or this is visibly displayed by means of a conventional mirror image in the absence of a camera image and having a control unit (4) for determining a degree of impairment (BG) of the camera image (KB), the control unit, when a predetermined degree of impairment (VBG) of the camera image (KB) is exceeded, activating the output unit (3) in such a way that the camera image (KB) is no longer displayed on the output unit (3) and instead the output unit (3) displays the rearward traffic situation (RV) by means of a conventional mirror image (SB).
REARVIEW DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH REARVIEW DEVICE
2021-08-12
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |