Method for combining several images to a full image in the bird's eye view

Abstract

During the combination of several adjacent images to a full image in the bird's eye view, points of discontinuity in addition to distortions can form in the overlapping regions of individual image portions, in which detected objects cannot be detected due to perspective differences. The aim of the invention is therefore to provide a method for combining several images to a full image in the bird's eye view, wherein at least two images of overlapping or adjacent surrounding regions are captured from different image recording positions (2, 3). The images are then transformed into the bird's eye view, the image portions of the transformed images being combined to form a full image in the bird's eye view. The image portions are combined in such a manner that shadings (5, 6) caused by moving objects are projected in the full image and during transition from a first image portion (7, 8) to a second image portion (8, 7) essentially in the same direction on a previously defined reference surface.

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