Visual System

A visual system for a vehicle, comprising:

• a capturing unit mounted to the vehicle and provided with at least one capturing device,
• a calculation unit;
• and
• a display unit;
• wherein the capturing device is adapted to acquire a capturing region behind the vehicle, said region including at least one substantially undistorted capturing portion behind the vehicle, which portion is directed backward, and one capturing portion behind the vehicle, which portion is substantially directed downward,
• wherein the visual system is adapted to extract a first image from the first capturing portion, which image corresponds to the undistorted capturing portion, and a second image, which corresponds to the capturing portion that is directed downward, and to display the first image in an upper image portion and the second image in a lower portion on the display unit, and
• wherein the visual system adapts the size of the first and second extracted images dependent of the driving direction and/or the driving speed.