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US 8,939,370 B2Granted
Programmable camera, programming device, programmable camera system, and method for programming
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorKarsten Muehlmann
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Abstract
A programmable camera includes a camera control device, an optical sensor, a volatile data memory, a flash memory, and an interface to a data bus, e.g., a CAN bus. The camera is configured to optically receive and read in program data in a programming mode with the aid of an optical code, e.g., a barcode, and to program the flash memory using the received program data.
Claims17
A programmable camera for a vehicle, comprising:
- a camera control device;
- an optical sensor;
- a volatile data memory;
- a flash program memory;
- and
- an interface to a data bus;
- wherein the camera is configured to:
- optically receive program data presented as a plurality of sequential images via the image sensor in a programming mode;
- store the received program data in the volatile data memory;
- write a control program into the flash program memory using the received program data;
- and
- execute the written control program, by the camera control device, to control operation of the programmable camera.
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