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US 2004/0165749 A1Published application
Device and method for vision enhancement and for determining the weather situation
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsMichael Holz, Joerg Moisel, Michael Weidel
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Abstract
A method and a device for vision enhancement in a motor vehicle. Image data are detected from the surroundings, and additionally the weather situation is determined from image data, one or more areas of an image and/or a plurality of images recorded at different points in time being compared for determining the weather situation.
Claims13
A method for vision enhancement in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- recording a first image data of a first image area, the first image area representing at least a portion of a first image;
- recording second image data of a second image area, the second image area representing at least one of a portion of the first image and at least a portion of a second image recorded at a different point in time;
- comparing the first set of image data with the second set of image data so as to determine a weather situation.
A device for vision enhancement in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- an image-recording device configured to record a first image data of a first image area, the first image area representing at least a portion of a first image, and to record a second image data of a second image area, the second image area representing at least one of a portion of the first image and at least a portion of a second image recorded at a difference point in time;
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- an analyzer device configured to compare the first image data with the second image data so as to determine a weather situation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.