Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090153313 | Control and Warning Device for a Lane Keeping System in Particular - A control and warning device and method, in particular for a lane keeping system of a motor vehicle, includes a control unit, a warning unit, an activation unit, and a display unit. The control unit has a data and/or signal connection to the lane keeping system, a warning unit, an activation unit and a display unit. The control unit receives a signal about the prevailing activation state and/or availability state from the lane keeping system. | 06-18-2009 |
20090192686 | Method and Driver Assistance System for Sensor-Based Drive-Off Control of a Motor Vehicle - A method for controlling the drive-off of a motor vehicle in which the area in front of the vehicle is sensed using a sensor device and a drive-off enabling signal is automatically output after the vehicle stops, if the traffic situation allows. Features of the road in the area in front of the vehicle are extracted from the data of the sensor device, and on the basis of these features, at least one enable criterion is checked, a positive result indicating that the road is clear. | 07-30-2009 |
20090295920 | Method for displaying an image recorded by a video camera - In a method for displaying an image of a scene in front of a vehicle, recorded by a video camera, in which the scene in front of the vehicle contains a roadway which is illuminated by the vehicle's headlights, the gray values of the pixels of the image data generated by the video camera are weighted using a reduction factor, which is a function of the respective pixel within the image and of the brightness of objects in the near range in front of the vehicle, in such a way that the contrast between the display of the near range in front of the vehicle and the display of other parts of the image is reduced. | 12-03-2009 |
20100214455 | CAMERA SET-UP AND METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING PICTURE SIGNALS HAVING COLOR VALUES - A method for ascertaining image signals having color values and a camera set-up, which has: a camera having camera optics, an image sensor for recording an environment and for outputting first image signals, and a color mask applied in front of the image sensor, and an evaluation device, which picks up the first image signals emitted by the image sensor, the image sensor having a plurality of sensor pixels and the color mask having a plurality of filter pixels which are each situated in front of the sensor pixels and include first colored filter pixels and transparent filter pixels; and some of the sensor pixels picking up the light via the colored filter pixels and outputting the first color values, and additional sensor pixels picking up the light via the transparent filter pixels and outputting the intensity values. The evaluation device ascertains second color values from the intensity values and the first color values of various sensor pixels, and forms second image signals from the first color values and the second color values. | 08-26-2010 |
20100326251 | CIRCULAR SAW - A circular saw including a saw blade ( | 12-30-2010 |
20110010094 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING A USER OF A VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR A DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A CONTROL DEVICE - A method for assisting a user of a vehicle, in which driving-condition variables (v, a, q, ω, n) are sensed or ascertained via sensors of the vehicle, and a camera of the vehicle covers a coverage area of a road scene at least in front of the vehicle and outputs image signals. Based on the image signals, it is determined whether a further vehicle which is outputting blinking signals is in the coverage area. As a function of the ascertained driving-condition variables (v, a, q, ω, n) of the vehicle and as a function of the determination as to whether other vehicles are indicating a change of direction, information signals, particularly warning signals, are able to be output to the user and/or an automatic driver-assistance control is able to be implemented in which control signals for interventions in a vehicle control for a longitudinal control and/or lateral control, especially a distance control, are output. In this context, in each case different possible control interventions are able to be ascertained and carried out. Furthermore, a corresponding control device and the vehicle thereby made possible are provided. | 01-13-2011 |
20110113939 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool, in particular a circular table saw, having a tool holding fixture, in particular for a disk-shaped, rotary-drivable tool, and a protective device. The protective device may be provided for the purpose of guiding the tool into a safety position, and from the safety position into at least one working position. | 05-19-2011 |
20110137527 | Device for classifying at least one object in the surrounding field of a vehicle - A device for classifying at least one object in the surrounding field of a vehicle with the aid of an environmental sensor system, the device classifying the at least one object on the basis of its shape and its dimensions, and the environmental sensor system ascertaining the dimensions. | 06-09-2011 |
20110157184 | IMAGE DATA VISUALIZATION - A method, a device, a system, and a computer program product for visualizing image data, about which there exists at least one piece of additional information are described. The steps performed for visualizing include displaying the image data as an image data image having pixels, the display further including: superimposed with respect to the image data image, at least partial display of additional information corresponding to individual pixels for generating an image data image enriched with and/or superimposed with additional information. Corresponding components are provided for visualization, in particular a display device designed for displaying further information such as additional information and the like superimposed with respect to the image data. | 06-30-2011 |
20120008866 | Method and device for detecting an interfering object in a camera image - A method for detecting an interfering object in a camera image of a camera image sequence includes: reading in a first pixel data value of a predetermined position in a first camera image obtained at a first point in time, a second pixel data value of the predetermined position in a second camera image obtained at a second point in time after the first point in time, and a third pixel data value of the predetermined position in a third camera image obtained at a third point in time after the second point in time; ascertaining a reference value on the basis of the second pixel data value and a comparison value on the basis of the first pixel data value and/or the third pixel data value; and detecting the interfering object at the predetermined position when the reference value is in a predefined relationship with the comparison value. | 01-12-2012 |
20120086807 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE VISUAL DISPLAY OF SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A method for visually displaying surroundings of a vehicle, includes recording a surrounding image field with a wide-angle lens, rectifying the surrounding image field recorded with the wide-angle lens by producing a display image field, which reproduces the surrounding image field in rectified form, and displaying the display image field. The rectification includes imaging the surrounding image field according to a rectification acting at least in the vertical direction, which shows a lower edge of the recorded surrounding image field on a lower setpoint image edge. The setpoint image edge at least approximately corresponds to an outer contour section of the vehicle. The course of the setpoint image edge differs from the lower edge. The rectification represents continuous imaging for pixels of the surrounding image field which are not on the lower edge. A related device for the visual display of surroundings of a vehicle is also described. | 04-12-2012 |
20130335553 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN EGO-MOTION OF A VEHICLE - A method for determining an ego-motion of a vehicle is described, which is carried out in driver assistance systems, particularly in parking assistance systems. The method involves: taking a sequence of images, successive in time of a vehicle surroundings by a vehicle camera; determining, based on the image sequence, at least one motion flow with regard to an object in the vehicle surroundings; and determining the ego-motion of the vehicle based on the at least one motion flow. | 12-19-2013 |
20140176350 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER IN LANE GUIDANCE OF A VEHICLE ON A ROADWAY - A method for assisting a driver in lane guidance of a vehicle on a roadway includes: displaying a recorded image to the driver on a display unit, which image represents the vehicle surroundings; reading in an operating signal input on a user interface by the driver; selecting an object contained in the image, using the operating signal; displaying a mark on the display unit, the mark being displayed in an area of the image which represents the object; using the object for determining at least one longitudinal control parameter for a driving route to be traveled by the vehicle in order to assist the driver in lane guidance. | 06-26-2014 |
20140241589 | Method and apparatus for the detection of visibility impairment of a pane - A method for determining a structural image of a pane, the structural image being suitable for the detection of a visibility impairment of the pane, especially raindrops. The method includes a step of removing a background brightness from an image of the pane, on which image a surface of the pane is shown in focus and a background of the pane is shown out of focus, in order to determine a structural image of the pane. In a further step, accentuation of image structures present in the structural image is carried out in order to determine an enhanced structural image of the pane. | 08-28-2014 |
20140321701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING DIRECTIONAL STRUCTURES ON A WINDOW PANE OF A VEHICLE - A method for recognizing directional structures on a window pane of a vehicle is described. The method includes carrying out an assessment of image points of an image of the window pane, which image points are disposed along an evaluation path, a course of the evaluation path being dependent on an expected orientation of the directional structures on the window pane. The method further includes recognizing a directional structure based on the assessment. | 10-30-2014 |
20150070499 | CAMERA SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE - A camera system, e.g., for a vehicle, includes: at least one objective for detecting a detection region, one image sensor for outputting image signals, and one auxiliary optics situated in the detection region, the auxiliary optics together with the objective forming an optical imaging system for imaging a two-dimensional detection region on the image sensor. The auxiliary optics is formed by one auxiliary lens having an entrance surface and an exit surface, and the two-dimensional detection region does not extend vertically with respect to the optical axis of the auxiliary lens and is imaged sharply on the image sensor by the optical imaging system. The entrance and exit surfaces do not have a spherical curvature. | 03-12-2015 |