Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130058592 | Method and device for classifying a light object located ahead of a vehicle - A method for classifying a light object located ahead of a vehicle, the method including a determination of a brightness curve assigned to the light object via at least two images which depict the light object at different times and a combination of the brightness curve with a characteristic brightness curve, in order to classify the light object. | 03-07-2013 |
20130093892 | RECOGNITION OF A ROAD ILLUMINATION - In a method for recognizing a road illumination, light reflected at a road surface is taken by a camera and a modulation over time of the brightness of the reflected light is detected. | 04-18-2013 |
20140071702 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR INFLUENCING A LIGHTING SCENE AHEAD OF A VEHICLE - A method for influencing a lighting scene ahead of a vehicle is described, the method including a step of reading in information regarding a position of at least one recognized object and regarding a class of the recognized object. Furthermore, the method includes a step of assigning a lighting area, related to the position of the object, having a lighting intensity related to the class of the object for the lighting area. The method also includes a step of adapting the lighting scene, taking into account the lighting area and the associated lighting intensity. | 03-13-2014 |
20140098997 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A method for detecting objects in the surroundings of a vehicle. The method includes reading in a first image, of a vehicle camera, which represents the surroundings taken using a first exposure time and reading in a second image of the vehicle camera, which was taken after the first image and using a second exposure time, the second exposure time differing from the first exposure time, and extracting an image detail from the second image, the image detail representing a smaller area of the surroundings than the first image. During the extracting, a position of the image detail in the second image is determined based on at least one parameter which represents information on travel of the vehicle and/or a position of an infrastructure measure in front of the vehicle and/or which is independent of a moving object that was detected in a preceding step in the image detail. | 04-10-2014 |
20140233805 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR RECOGNIZING A WEATHER CONDITION IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A method for recognizing a weather condition in the surroundings of a vehicle. The method includes a step of ascertaining at least one imaging feature in image information. The image information represents a depiction of at least a portion of the surroundings, and the imaging feature represents a light effect on a reflective or luminescent object in the portion of the surroundings. In addition, the method includes a step of determining weather information for characterizing the weather condition based on a comparison between the imaging feature and at least one expected value. | 08-21-2014 |
20140249715 | Method for estimating a roadway course and method for controlling a light emission of at least one headlight of a vehicle - A method for estimating a roadway course in a roadway section ahead of a vehicle in the direction of travel is provided. The method includes recognizing at least one reflective or self-luminous object in an image of the roadway section. The method also includes ascertaining a position of the at least one object based on the image of the roadway section. The method also includes estimating the roadway course using the ascertained position of the at least one object. | 09-04-2014 |