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US 2021/0061174 A1Published application
Aesthetic display unit for a vehicle
AssigneeMotherson Innovations Company Limited
InventorMaximilian Kauffmann
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Abstract
A method for providing one or more of a rear or a side view of a vehicle includes generating a video stream of images subsequently captured by at least one camera of the vehicle or of a virtual mirror device of the vehicle, processing the generated video stream, and displaying the generated video stream on at least one screen of a display unit of the vehicle or of the virtual mirror device.
Claims12
A method for providing one or more of a rear or a side view of a vehicle, comprising:
- generating a video stream of images subsequently captured by at least one camera of the vehicle or of a virtual mirror device of the vehicle;
- processing the generated video stream;
- displaying the generated video stream on at least one screen of a display unit of the vehicle or of the virtual mirror device,
- wherein the processing comprises inserting a partial overlay into each image of the video stream that the inserted partial overlay is at least one of constant, selectable, and textured by an image processing unit of the vehicle for visually simulating a predetermined surface, so that the predetermined surface matches a surface surrounding the screen in which the inserted partial overlay simulates an inner surface for the vehicle, being configured as a class A surface and having a screen smoothly integrated therein for providing the one or more of the rear or the side view.
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A virtual mirror device for providing one or more of a rear or a side view of a vehicle, wherein the virtual mirror device comprises:
- at least one camera for subsequently capturing images and generating a video stream thereof;
- an image processing unit connected to the camera for processing the generated video stream;
- and
- a display unit connected to the image processing unit for displaying the processed video stream on at least one screen of the display unit,
- wherein the virtual mirror device is configured to perform a method comprising:
- generating a video stream of images subsequently captured by at least one camera of the vehicle or of a virtual mirror device of the vehicle;
- processing the generated video stream;
- displaying the generated video stream on at least one screen of a display unit of the vehicle or of the virtual mirror device, and
- wherein the processing comprises inserting a partial overlay into each image of the video stream that the inserted partial overlay is at least one of constant, selectable, and textured by an image processing unit of the vehicle for visually simulating a predetermined surface, so that the predetermined surface matches a surface surrounding the screen in which the inserted partial overlay simulates an inner surface for the vehicle, being configured as a class A surface and having a screen smoothly integrated therein for providing the one or more of the rear or the side view.
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An internal surface for a vehicle, comprising:
- a class A surface;
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- a screen smoothly integrated therein for providing one or more of a rear and side view using a virtual mirror device comprising:
- at least one camera for subsequently capturing images and generating a video stream thereof;
- an image processing unit connected to the camera for processing the generated video stream;
- and
- a display unit connected to the image processing unit for displaying the processed video stream on at least one screen of the display unit,
- wherein the virtual mirror device is configured to perform a method comprising:
- generating a video stream of images subsequently captured by at least one camera of the vehicle or of a virtual mirror device of the vehicle;
- processing the generated video stream;
- displaying the generated video stream on at least one screen of a display unit of the vehicle or of the virtual mirror device, and
- wherein the processing comprises inserting a partial overlay into each image of the video stream that the inserted partial overlay is at least one of constant, selectable, and textured by an image processing unit of the vehicle for visually simulating a predetermined surface, so that the predetermined surface matches a surface surrounding the screen in which the inserted partial overlay simulates an inner surface for the vehicle, being configured as a class A surface and having a screen smoothly integrated therein for providing the one or more of the rear or the side view.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.