Method for providing a rear mirror view of a surroundings of a vehicle
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsRaphael Cano, Aleksandra Mitrovic, Milica Vujicic
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Abstract
A method for providing a rear mirror view of a surroundings of a vehicle includes capturing at least one portion of the vehicle surroundings in a first image by at least one wide-angle camera that is mounted on the vehicle, computing a second image (20) on the basis of the first image; the second image corresponding to an imaged field of view of a first virtual camera that is located in a first position in the vehicle surroundings and imaging an area located behind the vehicle in the vehicle surroundings, and providing the second image for displaying a rear mirror view.
Claims10
A method for providing a rear mirror view of a surroundings of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- capturing at least one portion of the vehicle surroundings in a first image by at least one wide-angle camera located on the vehicle;
- computing a second image based on the first image, wherein the second image corresponds to an imaged field of view of a first virtual camera that is located in a first position in the vehicle surroundings and that images an area located behind the vehicle in the vehicle surroundings;
- providing the second image for displaying a rear mirror view;
- computing an exterior view of the vehicle;
- displaying the vehicle surroundings by image data of the first image;
- and
- displaying the vehicle by a 3D model of the vehicle, wherein the second image is displayed as a mirror surface of an outside mirror of the 3D model.
An apparatus for providing a rear mirror view of a surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:
- a device configured to perform the following
- capturing at least one portion of the vehicle surroundings in a first image by at least one wide-angle camera located on the vehicle;
- computing a second image based on the first image, wherein the second image corresponds to an imaged field of view of a first virtual camera that is located in a first position in the vehicle surroundings and that images an area located behind the vehicle in the vehicle surroundings;
- providing the second image for displaying a rear mirror view,
- computing an exterior view of the vehicle;
- displaying the vehicle surroundings by image data of the first image;
- and
- displaying the vehicle by a 3D model of the vehicle, wherein the second image is displayed as a mirror surface of an outside mirror of the 3D model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.