Driver assistance system for vehicle
AssigneeMagna Electronics Inc.
InventorsJoel S. Gibson, Steven V. Byrne, Richard D. Shriner
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Abstract
A vehicular camera includes a housing, a lens, an image sensor positioned for receiving images from the lens, a processor, and a memory. The memory contains a plurality of overlays. The processor is programmed to (a) receive first input data from a vehicle in which the camera is to be mounted, wherein the first input data correspond to the configuration of the vehicle, and (b) select a particular overlay to display based at least in part on the input received.
Claims21
A driver assistance system of a vehicle, said driver assistance system comprising:
- a camera, wherein said camera comprises a lens and an image sensor for capturing image data;
- a processor;
- a memory, wherein the memory stores a plurality of overlays;
- wherein the processor is operable to receive a first input pertaining to a vehicle that is to be equipped with the driver assistance system, wherein the first input corresponds to a vehicle configuration of the vehicle that is to be equipped with the driver assistance system;
- and
- wherein the processor is operable to select a particular overlay from the stored plurality of overlays to display based at least in part on the first input.
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A driver assistance system, said driver assistance system comprising:
- a camera, wherein said camera comprises a lens and an image sensor for capturing image data;
- a processor;
- a display;
- a memory, wherein the memory stores a plurality of overlays;
- wherein the processor is operable to select a particular overlay from the stored plurality of overlays based at least in part on a configuration of a vehicle to be equipped with the driver assistance system, and wherein the driver assistance system is operable to display the selected particular overlay on the display;
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- wherein the plurality of overlays stored in the memory includes at least one first overlay corresponding to a first vehicle configuration and at least one common overlay corresponding to both the first vehicle configuration and to a second vehicle configuration.
A driver assistance system, said driver assistance system comprising:
- a camera, wherein the camera comprises a lens and an image sensor for capturing image data;
- a processor;
- a memory, wherein the memory stores a plurality of overlays including at least one first overlay corresponding to a first vehicle configuration and at least one second overlay corresponding to a second vehicle configuration;
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- wherein the processor is operable to select a particular overlay from the stored plurality of overlays to display based at least in part on a configuration of the vehicle that is to be equipped with said driver assistance system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.