Abstract: An image processing method is operable in an image acquisition system comprising a camera arranged to capture successive images with a field of view, FOV of a portion of an environment surrounding a vehicle, the FOV intersecting a window of the vehicle comprising one or more heater elements that are visible within the FOV of the camera. The method comprises: obtaining an image; determining whether one or more sequences of pixels within the image corresponds to an image of a respective heater element, each pixel within the or each sequence of pixels having a colour and an intensity within respective thresholds; correcting, within the image, the or each sequence of pixels corresponding to a respective heater element by replacing pixel values for the or each sequence of pixels with pixel values derived from pixels which do not correspond with a heater element; and displaying the corrected image.

Abstract: A method for mounting a camera for a vehicle providing a first housing part of an electronic housing for the camera, in which a first groove is formed on an outer side of the first housing part, providing a housing outer part separate from the first housing part, which comprises a plug channel and an inner side, wherein a second groove is formed on the inner side, introducing an adhesive part into the first groove and/or into the second groove, assembling and retaining the first housing part to the housing outer part by an adhesive connection, wherein thereto the adhesive part in the first groove adheres to the first housing part and the adhesive part on the second groove adheres to the housing outer part.

Abstract: An electronic computing device for an assistance system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The device includes a first housing. A first processor device of the assistance system is arranged in a first internal space of the first housing and generates heat during operation. The device also includes a cooling device for cooling the first processor device. The cooling device is formed on a first outer wall of the first housing. A separate second housing with a second internal space is arranged stacked on the first housing viewed along a vertical direction of the electronic computing device. A second processor device of the assistance system is arranged in the second internal space. The second processor device generates heat during operation. A columnar structure of the cooling device is formed on a first outer side of the first outer wall.

Abstract: A method for forming a point cloud corresponding to the topography of an imaged environment involves acquiring an image of the environment with a camera having a WFOV lens mounted on a vehicle; changing the camera pose by an adjustment greater than a threshold; and acquiring another image of the environment with the camera at the changed pose. The images are mapped onto respective surfaces to form respective mapped images, defined by the same nonplanar geometry. One of the mapped images is divided into blocks of pixels. For each block, a depth map is formed by performing a search through the other mapped image to evaluate a disparity in the position of the location of the block of pixels in each of the mapped images. The depth map is converted into a partial point cloud corresponding to the local topography of the environment surrounding the vehicle as it moves through the environment.

Abstract: A housing for at least one electronic circuit includes a housing portion with an inner surface. The housing includes a heat spreader component which is connected to the inner surface of the housing portion. The heat spreader component includes a contact region connected to an electronic component of the at least one electronic circuit. The heat spreader component includes a material with a thermal conductivity greater than the housing portion. The heat spreader component has a star-like shape including an inner contact region for connecting the electronic component to arms extending from the inner contact region.

Abstract: According to a method for determining a trailer orientation, an image (13) depicting a component (14) of the trailer (12) is generated by means of a camera system (15). Predetermined first and second reference structures (16, 18) are identified based on the image (13). The trailer orientation is determined by means of a computing unit (17) depending on the reference structures (16, 18).

Abstract: A camera for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The camera includes a housing, wherein a receiving space, in which a lens module of the camera and a circuit board of the camera are arranged, is bounded by the housing. The camera has a longitudinal axis, wherein the circuit board and the lens module are arranged axially spaced from each other in the direction of this longitudinal axis such that a clearance is formed between the circuit board and the lens module. An elastic seal is arranged between the circuit board and the lens module such that the clearance is sealed from the remaining volume space in the housing by the seal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera for a motor vehicle. The camera includes a lens module, a lens holder body, which is mechanically connected to the lens module, and an electrical heater element for heating the lens module. The heater element is arranged at a surface of the lens holder body facing away from the lens module. The heater element is thermally connected to the lens module via the lens holder body.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to an electric plug (1) for connection to a vehicle camera (18), comprising a plug head (2) and at least one electric signal contact (4) and at least one ground contact (5), which are configured on the plug head (2), wherein the plug head (2) comprises a carrier block (7) for the signal contact (4) and the ground contact (5), and the carrier block (7) comprises a jacket wall (8), on which a cover collar (9) projecting outwardly and extending circumferentially on the jacket wall (8) is arranged, wherein an outwardly projecting shielding flap (10, 11) of the plug (11) is integrally formed with the cover collar (9), wherein the shielding flap (10, 11) is connected to a connecting element (16), which is electrically connected to the cover collar (9) and the ground contact (5). One aspect relates to an arrangement (17).

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for analyzing a roundabout in an environment for a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes generating at least one initial feature map by applying a feature encoder module of a trained neural network to an input image. The input image depicts the roundabout. The method includes next applying a classificator module of the trained neural network to the initial feature map. An output of the classificator module represents a road region on the input image. The method includes next applying a radius estimation module of the trained neural network to the initial feature map. An output of the radius estimation module depends on an inner radius of the roundabout and an outer radius of the roundabout. The method includes finally determining an entry point and an exit point of the roundabout depending on the output of the classificator module and depending on the output of the radius estimation module.

Abstract: For training a perception algorithm to detect an emergency vehicle, respective audio datasets are received from two microphones and respective spectrograms are generated. At least one interaural difference map is generated based on the spectrograms, audio source localization data is generated, which specifies a number of audio sources in respective grid cells of a spatial grid, by applying a CRNN to first input data containing the spectrograms and the least one interaural difference map. An image is received from a camera and output data comprising a bounding box for the emergency vehicle is predicted by applying at least one further ANN to second input data containing the image and the spectrograms. Network parameters are adapted depending on the output data and the audio source localization data.

Abstract: A camera for a motor vehicle includes a housing. The housing bounds a receiving space that contains a lens module and a circuit board. The camera includes a longitudinal axis and a heater for heating the lens module. The circuit board and the lens module are arranged axially spaced from each other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the camera so that a clearance is formed between the circuit board and the lens module. A support plate of the camera is arranged between the circuit board and the lens module. The support plate is a component separate from the circuit board, the housing, and the lens module. The support plate includes first electrical contact areas that are able to connect to electrical lines of the heater. Electrical energy is able to flow to the lens module to heat the lens module.

Abstract: A driver assistance system and driver assistance method for a combination of a motor vehicle and a trailer, which includes a first camera located on the motor vehicle configured to generate a first image, and a second camera located on the trailer configured to generate a second image, and a computer processing device configured to determine a first distance and a second distance by a sensor or a user input, determine a bowl view responsive to the first distance and the second distance in relation to a threshold distance, and generate a combined image from the second image and the first image responsive to the bowl view.

Abstract: A method for focal adjustment of an automotive camera is disclosed. The method includes providing a target focal setting for the camera for predefined regions of interest, determining a first and second focal setting for each subset of regions of interest depending on the respective target focal settings of the regions, capturing a first and second image during the first frame period respectively. The first and second focal settings are used during at least part of the first and second frame periods respectively. Between the capturing of the first and second images, the first focal setting is changed to the second focal setting.

Abstract: A method for focal adjustment of an automotive camera is disclosed. The method includes capturing a first image with an imager of the camera during a first frame period, exposing a plurality of rows of a sensor array of the imager according to a rolling shutter mode, and capturing a second image with the imager during a second frame period after the first frame period. The method further includes determining a first area on the sensor array, which corresponds to a predefined region of interest for the first frame period, determining a first subset of the plurality of rows, determining a focal adjustment period which starts after all rows of the first subset of rows have been exposed during the first frame period, and adjusting at least one focal parameter of the camera during the focal adjustment period according to a predefined focal setting.

Abstract: A method for reducing temporal noise in an image sequence by a camera of an assistance system of a motor vehicle by an electronic computing device. The method includes capturing a first image and a second image of the image sequence of an environment of the motor vehicle by the camera at a first point and a second point in time. Furthermore, determining at least one feature in the second image and determining of pixels associated with the at least one feature in the second image by the feature capturing module. Moreover, generating a weighting map comprising a weight value for each pixel of the second image by an adaptive motion estimation module. Lastly, reducing the temporal noise by blending pixels of the first image with pixels of the second image in dependence on the generated weighting map by a blending module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera for a motor vehicle. The camera includes a housing that delimits the boundary of a receiving space. A lens module of the camera and a circuit board of the camera are arranged in the receiving space. The circuit board and the lens module are arranged axially spaced apart from each other in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the camera so that between the circuit board and the lens module, a clearance is formed. Between the circuit board and the lens module, an elastic sealing is arranged so that the clearance is sealed, by the sealing, from the remaining volume space in the housing. The sealing includes a predetermined bending point where a width of the sealing is minimal to allow bending.

Abstract: According to a method for determining a trailer orientation, an image (13) depicting a component (14) of the trailer (12) is generated by means of a camera system (15). Predetermined first and second reference structures (16, 18) are identified based on the image (13). The trailer orientation is determined by means of a computing unit (17) depending on the reference structures (16, 18).

Abstract: According to a computer-implemented method for localizing a fifth wheel hitch coupler (3) of a motor vehicle (1), a camera image (8) depicting the hitch coupler (3) is received from a camera (2) of the motor vehicle (1) and a top view image is generated by projecting the camera image (8) to a plane, which is perpendicular to a predefined height axis of the motor vehicle (1). A contour map (13) representing a contour (14) of a coupler throat (4) of the hitch coupler (3) is determined based on the top view image and a two-dimensional in-plane position of the coupler throat (4) is determined by fitting a predefined geometric figure (17) to the contour (14) of the coupler throat (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical ventilator (7) for a temperature control device (16) of an electronic computing device (3), with a housing (10), in which an electrical ventilation device (17) of the electrical ventilator (7) is arranged, and with an electrical contact device (14), which is formed for contacting with a further electrical contact device (15) of the electronic computing device (3), wherein the contact device (14) is formed for transferring at least electrical energy from the electronic computing device (3) to the electrical ventilation device (17), wherein the housing (10) comprises a shaft (18), which is formed for plunging into a recess (19) corresponding thereto on a further housing (9) of the electronic computing device (3) in certain areas, wherein the contact device (14) is fixed in the shaft (18) and is formed for wirelessly and directly contacting with the further contact device (15).