Method for operating at least one image sensor
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorChristopher Herbon
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Abstract
A method of operating at least one image sensor that records an image content with a recording direction. The method includes the following steps: a) determining at least one piece of information about an expected main direction of movement of an expected movement in at least a portion of an image content to be recorded relative to the image sensor, b) setting the recording direction taking into account the expected main direction of movement, c) recording at least a portion of the image content with the recording direction.
Claims18
A method of operating at least one image sensor of a vehicle that records an image content with a recording direction, the method comprising:
- a) determining an expected main direction of movement of an expected movement in at least a portion of an image content to be recorded relative to the image sensor;
- b) setting the recording direction taking into account the expected main direction of movement;
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- c) recording at least a portion of the image content with the recording direction;
- wherein the expected main direction of movement is derived based on:
- (i) an installation position of the at least one image sensor on the vehicle, or (ii) a mounting position of the at least one image sensor on the vehicle;
- wherein the expected main direction of movement is determined based on information from a vehicle movement sensor of the vehicle.
An environmental sensor system of a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one image sensor, of the vehicle, that records an image content with a recording direction;
- wherein the at least one image sensor and/or the environmental sensor system are configured to perform the following:
- a) determining an expected main direction of movement of an expected movement in at least a portion of an image content to be recorded relative to the image sensor,
- b) setting the recording direction taking into account the expected main direction of movement, and
- c) recording at least a portion of the image content with the recording direction;
- wherein the expected main direction of movement is derived based:
- (i) an installation position of the at least one image sensor on the vehicle, or (ii) a mounting position of the at least one image sensor on the vehicle;
- wherein the expected main direction of movement is determined based on information from a vehicle movement sensor of the vehicle.
A method of operating at least one image sensor of a vehicle that records an image content with a recording direction, the method comprising:
- a) determining an expected main direction of movement of an expected movement in at least a portion of an image content to be recorded relative to the image sensor;
- b) setting the recording direction taking into account the expected main direction of movement;
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- c) recording at least a portion of the image content with the recording direction;
- wherein the expected main direction of movement is derived based on:
- (i) an installation position of the at least one image sensor on the vehicle, or (ii) a mounting position of the at least one image sensor on the vehicle;
- wherein the expected main direction of movement is determined as a function of a detected travel situation of the vehicle;
- wherein the sensor is part of a side camera of the vehicle, wherein when the detected travel situation is that the vehicle is traveling on a single-lane road, the recording direction is set to a first direction, and when the detected travel situation is that the vehicle is traveling on a multi-lane road, the recording direction is set to a second direction opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.