Device and method for monitoring the surroundings of an object
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsGünter Dobler, Holger Enigk, Siegfried Rothe, Roland Stechow
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Abstract
A monitoring apparatus having an obstacle-detecting system comprises a plurality of detecting devices fastened on the object, an evaluation unit and an optical display device. For the purpose of displaying the surrounding situation more effectively, the fields of view of two neighbouring detecting devices intersect, the individual images of these detecting devices are combined to form an overall image, and the object can be projected on the display device into the overall image and can be displayed as part of the overall image.
Claims16
An obstacle-detecting system for monitoring the surroundings of an object, said system comprising:
- a plurality of obstacle-detecting devices fastened directly on the object providing a corresponding plurality of individual images;
- an evaluation unit for at least one of evaluating and producing at least one image of an obstacle from said plurality of individual images, and;
- an optical display device for displaying the at least one image, wherein fields of view of neighbouring ones of said plurality of obstacle-detecting devices intersect, wherein the individual images of said neighbouring obstacle-detecting devices are combined to form a coherent overall image, and wherein a representation of the object is superimposed on the optical display device into an overall image, and is displayed as part of the overall image.
A method for monitoring the surroundings of an object, comprising:
- providing a plurality of obstacle detecting devices fastened directly on the object and outputting a corresponding plurality of individual images with mutually intersecting fields of view;
- evaluating said individual images;
- combining said individual images to form a first overall image from a zone near said object;
- superimposing a representation of the object into said first overall image;
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- optically displaying a second overall image including said representation of said object superimposed into said first overall image.
An apparatus for monitoring the surroundings of an object, comprising:
- at least one obstacle detecting device positioned directly on said object for producing at least one image when neighboring ones of said at least one obstacle detecting device provide intersecting fields of view;
- an evaluation unit for combining said neighboring ones of said at least one image to form a coherent first overall image wherein said evaluation unit includes a projecting device for superimposing a representation of the object unto the first overall image to provide a second overall image;
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- an optical display device for displaying said second overall image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.