Abstract: Methods and systems for correcting a progress indicator during playback of a video file. A request to playback the video file generated from a plurality of vehicle cameras is requested. A header associated with the video file to extract metadata is parsed. The metadata includes a frame count of the video file and a file size of the video file. The method includes determining that the header is corrupt based on the frame count being zero and generating a replacement frame count based on the file size of the video file, a frame size, and a scaling factor. The progress indicator during the playback based on the replacement frame count is displayed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a top view of an area surrounding the vehicle. Images are received from a plurality of vehicle cameras configured to view respective regions of ground outside of the vehicle. Portions of at least some of the regions overlap with portions of another of the regions, defining overlapping portions. Each image is segmented into a respective plurality of segments, wherein the overlapping portions include some of the segments of one image and some of the segments of another image to define overlapping segments. A first harmonization model harmonizes the images based on brightness or color values within the overlapping segments. When an angular orientation of at least one of the plurality of vehicle cameras relative to the ground exceeds a threshold, a second harmonization model is executed in order to account for occlusions or lack of image data when the camera is angled.

Abstract: Described is a system for operating a heating device of a camera for a motor vehicle. The system includes a control device and an electronic circuit of the camera. The electronic circuit includes a switch for the heating device and a voltage regulator device having a primary voltage regulator and a secondary voltage regulator. The control device is configured to provide a voltage to the primary voltage regulator. The primary voltage regulator reduces the voltage provided to the switch to a constant voltage level. The system is configured to operate the heating device with the provided reduced voltage.

Abstract: Described is a method for generating or updating a digital representation of a trajectory in a predefined spatial region. For each time instance while driving a capturing vehicle along the trajectory, a camera image of an environment of the capturing vehicle is captured by a camera of the capturing vehicle. A feature descriptor of the respective camera image is determined. A two-dimensional pose of the capturing vehicle in a coordinate system of the digital representation is determined depending on the camera image, and an altitude of the capturing vehicle is determined. A respective dataset of the digital representation, which includes the respective feature descriptor, the respective pose of the capturing vehicle, and the respective altitude of the capturing vehicle is generated or updated.

Abstract: A control device arrangement with a housing, in which at least one circuit board unit and at least one cooling device are arranged. The at least one cooling device is supplied with a cooling fluid in the cooling operation and formed for dissipating heat from the at least one circuit board unit. The at least one circuit board unit is thermally coupled to the at least one cooling device by a heat transfer material. The circuit board unit includes an outer wall facing the cooling device, in which at least one recess is formed. The heat transfer material is arranged in the at least one recess. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing such a control device arrangement.

Abstract: Systems and methods for altering colors of pixels of images produced by cameras using a lens. A plurality of generated images are received, and color channel values and luminance values of image pixels are determined. Benchmark U-color thresholds and V-color thresholds are established based on the color channels and luminance associated with the pixels. A first image generated using a first lens of a first camera is received. U-color values and V-color values associated with first pixels of the first image are determined. A uniformity score associated with the first lens is received. The benchmark U-color and V-color thresholds are altered based on the uniformity score. The U-color values and V-color values of the first pixels are corrected in response to the U-color values being within the altered U-color thresholds and the V-color values being within the altered V-color thresholds.

Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying image data in a vehicle are disclosed herein. A method for displaying image data include providing initial and final projection surfaces; receiving a video stream and is buffered in a buffer storage, which is updated at a frame rate. The method includes reading out image data at a readout rate from the buffer at an initial readout instance, intermediate readout instances and a final readout instance. The method includes determining respective sets of initial and final sampling points on the projection surfaces. For each of the intermediate readout instances, the method includes determining intermediate sampling points, which interpolate between the final sampling points and the respective initial sampling points, and an intermediate projection surface containing the intermediate sampling points. The method includes projecting the read out image data to the respective intermediate projection surface and a corresponding image is displayed on a display device.

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: For computing height information of a curb, line segments approximating the curb in a ground plane are determined, a perpendicular bisector of a first line segment is computed, and a second segment are determined, which intersects the perpendicular bisector. A first plane including the first segment and a second plane including the second segment are determined. A midpoint of the first segment is projected to the second plane and an intersection point of the second segment is projected to the first plane. Depending on respective resulting heights, the first and the second segment are classified as upper and lower, respectively. An upper point of the upper segment is projected to a further plane, which is perpendicular to the ground plane and includes the lower segment, and a height of the projected upper point above the ground plane is determined.

Abstract: A MEMS device is provided with an actuator stator providing an electrical connection point. The MEMS device includes an electrical distribution substrate, and an actuator stator positioned above it. The actuator stator has a floor and an outer frame extending up from the floor. The MEMS device includes a stator pad disposed on the outer frame and above the electrical distribution substrate. The MEMS device also includes an actuator rotor suspended above the floor, within the outer frame, with a sensor mounted thereon. A wire bond interconnect electrically couples the sensor to the stator pad. In some embodiments, the outer frame includes a via extending therethrough which electrically connects the stator pad with the electrical distribution substrate, enabling an electrical connection between the sensor and the electrical distribution substrate. In some embodiments, a second wire bond interconnect electrically connects the stator pad and the substrate.

Abstract: A method for automatic visual perception includes generating first feature maps from a camera image by a first encoder module of a neural network and the first feature maps are transformed into a top view perspective, emitting an ultrasonic pulse into the environment and generating an ultrasonic sensor signal depending on reflected portions of the emitted ultrasonic pulse. The method includes generating a spatial ultrasonic map depending on the ultrasonic sensor signal and generating second feature maps from the ultrasonic map by a second encoder module of the neural network. The method includes fusing the transformed first feature maps and the second feature maps and carrying out a visual perception task by a decoder module of the neural network depending on the fused feature maps.

Abstract: A MEMS device includes an electrical distribution substrate and a spacer ring extending upward therefrom. An actuator stator is positioned above the electrical distribution substrate and within the spacer ring. An outer frame extends from a floor of the actuator stator. An actuator rotor is suspended above the floor. A sensor is supported by the actuator rotor. A conductive stack is positioned above the spacer ring. A wire electrically connects the sensor to the conductive stack. A plurality of vias extending through the spacer ring and to the electrical distribution substrate, thereby allowing electrical communication between the sensor and the electrical distribution substrate while enabling vertical displacement of the sensor and actuator rotor.

Abstract: A method includes obtaining image frames from each camera disposed along a vehicle, where each image frame corresponds to a same timestamp. The method further includes constructing a first birds-eye view (BEV) image from each image frame with a first BEV module and constructing a second BEV image from each image frame by Inverse Perspective Mapping (IPM) with a second BEV module. The first BEV module extracts features of an external environment of the vehicle from each image frame, transforms the features to a three-dimensional space, and projects the three-dimensional space onto an overhead two-dimensional plane. Subsequently, a merging module merges the first and second BEV images to produce a hybrid BEV image. Features of an external environment of the vehicle within the hybrid BEV image are detected by a deep learning neural network and the hybrid BEV image is displayed to a user in the vehicle.

Abstract: In some implementations, the device may include receiving, via an image sensor associated with a vehicle, an image of a parking area. In addition, the device may include determining that the image of the parking area includes an available parking spot; analyzing the image of the parking area to locate a number associated with the available parking spot; determining that the vehicle is entering the available parking spot; creating, in response to the vehicle entering the available parking spot, a generated image that includes the number associated with the available parking spot based on the image of the parking area; and displaying the generated image on a vehicle display in response to the vehicle occupying the available parking spot.

Abstract: A composite top view of an area surrounding a vehicle is generated utilizing image harmonization and proximity sensor data. Images from various vehicle cameras are received, wherein at least two of the cameras can see the same portion of the environment in an overlapping region. The images are segmented into segments. The overlapping regions include some of the segments of one image and some of the segments of another region to define overlapping segments. Sensor data is received from a plurality of proximity sensors, wherein the sensor data indicates a location of an object outside of the vehicle. The color and/or brightness of the images are harmonized based at least in part on the sensor data. In particular embodiments, weights are placed on the color and/or brightness of the overlapping segments associated with the location of the object. Or these overlapping segments can be removed from the harmonization.

Abstract: In the field of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) for autofocus camera systems, a MEMS device comprises a fixed part, a movable platform with an image sensor, and temperature sensors on both the platform and fixed part. A processor calculates the temperature difference to determine the platform's displacement. This method eliminates the need for additional capacitive or piezoelectric components, reducing complexity and cost. The described technology is particularly useful in consumer electronics, such as smartphone and automotive cameras, where precise focus control may be vital.

Abstract: A method, for detecting an artefact in a stitched image, comprises: acquiring component images of an environment from respective vehicle mounted cameras with overlapping fields of view; forming (410) a stitched image from the component images; processing (420) at least a portion of the stitched image corresponding to the overlapping field of view with a classifier to provide a list of detected objects from the environment at respective locations in the stitched image; determining (430) whether any detected object in the list of detected objects is a duplicate of another object in the list of detected objects; and reporting any objects that are determined to be duplicates.

Abstract: A system for creating online vectorized maps for autonomous vehicles includes an image sensor and an electronic control unit (ECU). The image sensor captures a series of image frames. The ECU includes a memory, a central processing unit (CPU), and a transceiver. The memory stores a semantic segmentation deep learning model and a vectorization post-processing module as computer readable code. The CPU executes the semantic segmentation deep learning model and the vectorization post-processing module to output a vectorized map of an external environment of a vehicle. The transceiver uploads the vectorized map to a server such that the vectorized map can be accessed by a second vehicle that uses the vectorized map to traverse the external environment.

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: An electronic control system for a vehicle includes a first and a second electronic control unit (ECU) including a first and a second circuit carrier, respectively, as well as a first and a second cooling channel, respectively. The cooling channels each include respective coolant inlets and coolant outlets. A hydraulic manifold of the electronic control system includes a main inlet, a main outlet, a first and a second ECU outlet as well as a first and a second ECU inlet, to distribute the coolant from the main inlet to the first and the second ECU and from the first and the second ECU to the main outlet.