Vision system
OwnerEliezer Edelsteininventor
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Abstract
A vision system for a motor vehicle and a method for providing information to a driver of a motor vehicle, where the system includes at least one video camera, including a lens, adapted and configured to be mounted on a side of the vehicle with the lens facing forward, the lens having an angle of view that provides a field of view for allowing capture, simultaneously, of images of a view alongside the vehicle and of at least part of the side of the vehicle from the rear towards the front of the vehicle, and a processor coupled to the at least one video camera, the processor adapted and configured to process the captured images and provide processed images for display on a monitor and/or vehicle orientation information to a computerized vehicle operation system.
Claims13
A vision system for a motor vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one video camera, including a lens, adapted and configured to be mounted on a side of the vehicle with the lens facing forward;
- said lens having an angle of view that provides a field of view for allowing capture, simultaneously, of images of a view alongside the vehicle and of at least part of the side of the vehicle from the rear towards the front of the vehicle;
- and
- a processor coupled to said at least one video camera, the processor adapted and configured to process said captured images and provide at least one of:
- processed images including vehicle orientation data for display on a monitor;
- and
- vehicle orientation information to a computerized vehicle operation system.
A method for providing information to a driver of a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- providing at least one video camera including a lens having an angle of view that provides a field of view allowing capture, simultaneously, of images of a view alongside the vehicle and of at least part of the side of the vehicle;
- mounting the at least one video camera on a side of the vehicle with the lens facing forward;
- capturing images, simultaneously, of a view alongside the vehicle and of at least a part of one side of the vehicle, from the rear towards the front;
- processing said captured images;
- and
- providing at least one of:
- processed images including vehicle orientation data for display to a monitor;
- and
- vehicle orientation information to a computerized vehicle operation system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.