Rear view mirror simulation
AssigneeSMR Patents S.à.r.l.
InventorsOliver Eder, Frank Linsenmaier
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Abstract
The invention relates to an exterior mirror simulation with image data recording and a display of the recorded and improved data for the driver of a motor vehicle. The display on a display device shows the data in a way chosen by the driver or the vehicle manufacturer.
Claims15
(canceled)
A rear view assembly as set forth in claim 14 wherein the image on said display device simulates a plane exterior mirror.
A rear view assembly as set forth in claim 14 wherein the image on said display device simulates a convex exterior mirror.
A rear view assembly as set forth in claim 14 wherein the image on said display device simulates an aspherical exterior mirror.
A rear view assembly as set forth in claim 14 wherein the image on said display device simulates an exterior mirror with additional lens.
A rear view assembly as set forth in claim 14 wherein the image on said display device simulates an adjustment of the view for the driver.
(canceled)
A method for exterior mirror simulation, whereby an image of a wide-angle lens having a field of view is recorded, and the information of the pixels of the optical sensor undergoes the following steps:
- recording of the image;
- determining the distortion;
- selecting an image rectification algorithm;
- applying the rectification algorithm to subset of the total pixels in the image to create a rectified image;
- storing the rectified image;
- and
- displaying the rectified image on the display.
A rear view assembly for a motor vehicle, said rear view assembly comprising:
- a housing fixedly secured to the motor vehicle, said housing including an optical sensor housed therewith and a lens focusing light for said optical sensor to capture a wide-angle image, said optical sensor creating electrical signal representative of the focused light;
- a display device operatively connected to said optical sensor for receiving said electrical signal and for displaying the electrical signal as a rear view image for a driver of the motor vehicle such that said rear view image includes distortions created by said lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.