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AssigneeConnaught Electronics Ltd.
InventorsBrian Michael Thomas Deegan, Patrick Eoghan Denny, John Toner, Vincent Duffy, Fergal Lydon
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The invention relates to a method for operating a camera (3, 4) of a motor vehicle (1), wherein a cover (10, 11) is moved between an operating position, in which the camera (3, 4) provides images of an environmental region (12, 13) of the motor vehicle (1), and a covering position, in which the cover (10, 11) covers the camera (3, 4) against the environmental region (12, 13). The current brightness level of a scene of the camera (3, 4) is acquired by means of the camera (3, 4); in the operating position of the cover (10, 11), at least one operating parameter of the camera (3, 4) is adjusted depending on the current brightness level of the scene; a movement operation of the cover (10, 11) from the operating position into the covering position is acquired by the camera (3, 4); and after acquiring the movement operation, the at least one operating parameter is adjusted to a value independent of the current brightness level of the scene acquired by the camera (3, 4), in particular whilst maintaining an activated operating state of the camera (3, 4).
A method for operating a camera of a motor vehicle, wherein a cover is moved between an operating position, in which the camera provides images of an environmental region of the motor vehicle, and a covering position, in which the cover covers the camera against the environmental region, the method comprising:
A camera for a motor vehicle, which is adapted to acquire a movement operation of a cover between an operating position, in which the camera provides images, and a covering position, in which the camera is covered by the cover,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.