Camera monitor system, vehicle and method

A camera monitoring system adapted for use with a vehicle and providing a recorded image to a driver of the vehicle, comprising

• a camera unit for recording a scenery around the vehicle with a certain viewing direction and
• a monitoring unit for displaying the recorded image of the scenery,
• wherein the viewing direction can be adjusted
• by panning the camera unit or,
• in case the recorded image has a size exceeding a display area of the monitoring unit resulting
• in shown and not-shown parts of the recorded image, by adjusting the part of the recorded
• image visible on the display area to display the recorded scenery around the vehicle in a
• desired viewing direction,
• wherein the camera monitoring system is adapted to at least temporarily or on demand provide a static indication pattern in the display area in addition to the recorded image enabling the driver to adjust the desired viewing direction relative to the static indication pattern improving the driving security of the vehicle,
• wherein the camera monitoring system provides an interior mirror, with a central line of the vehicle defining the desired viewing direction or the camera unit being mounted at the rear of the vehicle, and
• wherein the certain viewing direction of the camera unit or the attachment of the camera unit to the vehicle is offset with respect to the central line of the vehicle, such that the middle of the recorded image is not aligned with the central line of the vehicle, and the viewing direction adjustment is suited to align the recorded image or recorded image part visible on the display area with the central line of the vehicle to display the recorded scenery around the vehicle as if the certain viewing direction of the camera unit or the attachment of the camera unit to the vehicle would not be offset with respect to the central line of the vehicle.