Method for Performing a Towing Process, and Camera System for Recognizing a Towing Process, as well as Motor Vehicle with a Camera System
AssigneeConti Temic microelectronic GmbH
InventorGuenter Anton FENDT
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Abstract
A method of performing a towing process by a towing vehicle (10) involves activating a towing mode (S1) and adapting a vehicle speed of the towing vehicle to a towing speed (S2). A camera system (100) for recognizing a towing process includes at least one camera (12) arranged on the rear of a vehicle, for detecting at least one sub-region located behind the vehicle, and an image processing device (16) configured to recognize a towing device (14) in detected image data, whereby a towing mode may be activated and/or terminated.
Claims9
A method of performing a towing process by a towing vehicle (10), comprising the steps:
- activating a towing mode (S1), and
- adapting a vehicle speed of the towing vehicle to a specified towing speed (S2).
A camera system (100) for recognizing a towing process, having at least one camera (12) arranged on the rear of a vehicle, in particular a reversing camera, for detecting at least one sub-region located behind the vehicle (10);
- an image processing device (16), which is configured in such a way as to recognize a towing means (14) in the detected image data, whereby a towing mode may be activated and/or terminated.
Use of a camera (12) arranged on the rear of a motor vehicle (10), in particular a reversing camera, for recognizing a towing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.