Method for assisting a user in the remote control of a motor vehicle, computer program product, remote-control device and driver assistance system for a motor vehicle

A remote-control device for assisting a user in the remote control of a motor vehicle, wherein the remote-control device is configured to

• receive, from the user in proximity of the remote-control device and remote from the motor vehicle, a user input that specifies a point in a three-dimensional (3D) vehicle model of the motor vehicle, wherein the point in the 3D vehicle model corresponds to an interior location within the motor vehicle;
• depending on sensor data provided by at least one environment sensor of the motor vehicle, obtain a first surroundings image of at least one part of the surroundings of the motor vehicle viewed from the interior location of the motor vehicle as a determined perspective, wherein the determined perspective is represented by using the point in the 3D vehicle model as a virtual viewpoint, wherein the first surroundings image comprises the sensor data and an interior portion of the 3D vehicle model;
• displaying, while the remote-control device and the user are remote from the motor vehicle, the first surroundings image by the remote-control device to be viewed by the user as if the user is at the interior location within the motor vehicle;
• and
• select the determined perspective from a plurality of selectable perspectives as a perspective that is independent of a position of the at least one environment sensor, depending on the user input effected by the user and detected by the remote-control device,
• wherein the remote control of the motor vehicle is carried out independently of a distance between the remote-control device and the motor vehicle.

A driver assistance system for a motor vehicle for assisting a user in the remote control of the motor vehicle by a remote-control device, wherein the driver assistance system is configured, depending on sensor data provided by at least one environment sensor of the motor vehicle, to:

• provide a surroundings image of at least one part of the surroundings of the motor vehicle from a determined perspective and to communicate the surroundings image to the remote-control device for displaying, while the remote-control device and the user are remote from the motor vehicle, the surroundings image to be viewed by the user as if the user is at an interior location within the motor vehicle;
• receive from the remote-control device selection information dependent on a user input effected by the user and detected by means of the remote-control device and, depending on the received selection information, to select the determined perspective from a plurality of selectable perspectives as a perspective that is independent of a position of the at least one environment sensor,
• wherein the user input is received by the remote-control device from the user in proximity of the remote-control device and remote from the motor vehicle,
• wherein the user input specifies a point in a three-dimensional (3D) vehicle model of the motor vehicle,
• wherein the point in the 3D vehicle model corresponds to the interior location within the motor vehicle,
• wherein the surroundings image corresponds to the at least one part of the surroundings of the motor vehicle viewed from the interior location of the motor vehicle as the determined perspective, wherein the determined perspective is represented by using the point in the 3D vehicle model as a virtual viewpoint, wherein the surroundings image comprises the sensor data and an interior portion of the 3D vehicle model, and
• wherein the remote control of the motor vehicle is carried out independently of a distance between the remote-control device and the motor vehicle.