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).

Abstract: An image processing method comprises: performing a spectral analysis of a HDR image (220) to determine whether the HDR image (220) comprises spectral components indicative of a lighting of the scene by a modulated light source; analysing meta-data associated with a set of component images (221) for the HDR image to determine a difference between meta-data for one component image of the set and meta-data for at least one other component image of the set, any difference being indicative of an artefact caused by illumination of the scene by a modulated light source; combining a result of the spectral analysis and the meta-data analysis to provide an indication that illumination of the scene by a modulated light source is causing a visible artefact in at least one of the HDR images; and changing a HDR operating mode of the image processing system (200) accordingly.

Abstract: A method for determining a motion model of an object by an assistance system is disclosed. The method involves capturing an image of the surroundings with the moving object by a capturing device, encoding the image by a feature extraction module of a neural network of an electronic computing device, decoding the encoded image by an object segmentation module and generating a first loss function, decoding the at least one encoded image by a bounding box estimation module and generating a second loss function, decoding the second loss function depending on the decoding of the image by a motion decoding module and generating a third loss function; and determining the motion model depending on the first loss function and the third loss function.

Abstract: An image processing method for harmonizing images acquired by a first camera and a second camera connected to a vehicle and arranged in such a way as their fields of view cover a same road space at different times as the vehicle travels along a travel direction is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring by a selected camera, a first image at a first time; selecting a first region of interest bounding a road portion from the first image; sampling the first region of interest; acquiring by the other camera, a second image in such a way that the road portion is included in a second region of interest; sampling the second region of interest; and determining one or more correction parameters for harmonizing images acquired by the first and second cameras, based on a comparison between the image content of the first and second regions of interest.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for representing an environmental region of a motor vehicle in an image, in which real images of the environmental region are captured by a plurality of real cameras of the motor vehicle and the image is generated from these real images, which at least partially represents the environmental region, wherein the image is represented from a perspective of a virtual camera arranged in the environmental region, and the image is generated as a bowl shape, wherein at least one virtual elongated distance marker is represented in the image, by which a distance to the motor vehicle is symbolized in the virtual bowl shape. The invention also relates to a computer program product and a display system for a motor vehicle.

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: 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: An automotive camera (2) comprises a first housing part (5) and a lens unit (4), which is connected to the first housing part (5) at a lens opening (10) and a second housing part (8), which is connected to the first housing part (5) at a flange (6) of the first housing part (5), which surrounds the lens opening (10) forming a step structure (9) comprising four side faces (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b), which are oriented away from the lens opening (10). The second housing part (8) is in contact with a first side face (11a) of the four side faces (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) and the second housing part (8) is in contact with a second side face (11b) of the four side faces (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b), which is perpendicular to the first side face (11a).

Abstract: A method for reducing a color shift of image pixels of an image for a motor vehicle captured by a camera, a computer program product and a control device for the vehicle are disclosed. For the respective image pixel of the image, the method involves determining a color information, which describes a color of the image pixel, checking whether the determined color information is larger than a minimum color information and smaller than a maximum color information, wherein the minimum and maximum color information delimit a color information range, in which reference image pixels describing a reference object sway. When the checking is successful, calculating a corrected color information in consideration of the determined color information and a correction factor and providing the calculated corrected color information instead of the determined color information, wherein the corrected color information in comparison to the determined color information has a reduced color shift.

Abstract: A method for automatically parking a vehicle in a parking slot involves manually driving the vehicle into the parking slot in a training step, and thereafter automatically driving the vehicle into the parking slot in a replay step. Automatically driving the vehicle into the parking slot involves detecting information of features of the environment of the vehicle corresponding to the driven trajectory, matching feature descriptors of the detected features of the environment with feature descriptors stored in the digital map, and re-localizing the vehicle against the trajectory stored in the digital map in order to navigate the vehicle along the stored trajectory into the parking slot. Automatically driving the vehicle into the parking slot is repeated multiple times, and involves deleting a feature descriptor stored in the digital map if the number of matches does not exceed a threshold after a predefined number of repetitions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a camera (4) for a motor vehicle (1), with an outer housing (9) and with a heat dissipating device (18) for dissipating heat from the camera (4), wherein the heat dissipating device (18) comprises a duct (19) for conveying a liquid or gaseous heat absorption medium, wherein the duct (19) is arranged at the outer housing (9). The invention also relates to a device (32) and a motor vehicle (1).

Abstract: A method for providing a yaw angle (105a) between a first vehicle (110) coupled to a second vehicle (100), comprises: receiving an image of the first vehicle from a camera (101) mounted on the second vehicle; performing (210) a polar transformation on the image to form a polar image (400) in a polar space having an origin corresponding to a location of a pivot point (303) of the coupling (302) to the second vehicle in the received image coordinate space; estimating (230) an optical coupling angle by analysing the content of the polar image; receiving a signal from an odometer (102) mounted on the first or second vehicle; estimating a kinematic coupling angle from the signal and a kinematic model of the first vehicle and the coupled second vehicle; and combining the estimated optical coupling angle and the estimated kinematic coupling angle to provide the coupling angle.

Abstract: An image processing method comprises: performing a spectral analysis of a HDR image (220) to determine whether the HDR image (220) comprises spectral components indicative of a lighting of the scene by a modulated light source; analysing meta-data associated with a set of component images (221) for the HDR image to determine a difference between meta-data for one component image of the set and meta-data for at least one other component image of the set, any difference being indicative of an artefact caused by illumination of the scene by a modulated light source; combining a result of the spectral analysis and the meta-data analysis to provide an indication that illumination of the scene by a modulated light source is causing a visible artefact in at least one of the HDR images; and changing a HDR operating mode of the image processing system (200) accordingly.

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 aspect of the invention relates to a camera (4) for a motor vehicle (1), with a housing (9), which is formed of an electrically conductive material, with at least one circuit board (47), which is arranged in the housing (9), wherein the camera (4) comprises an electrically conductive circuit board carrier (24) separate to the housing (9), which carries the circuit board (47) and is connected to the circuit board (47) in electrically conductive manner, wherein the circuit board carrier (47) is arranged in the housing (9) and is connected to the housing (9) in electrically conductive manner. A further aspect relates to a method for mounting a camera (4).

Abstract: An image processing method for harmonizing images acquired by a first camera and a second camera connected to a vehicle and arranged in such a way as their fields of view cover a same road space at different times as the vehicle travels along a travel direction is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring by a selected camera, a first image at a first time; selecting a first region of interest bounding a road portion from the first image; sampling the first region of interest; acquiring by the other camera, a second image in such a way that the road portion is included in a second region of interest; sampling the second region of interest; and determining one or more correction parameters for harmonizing images acquired by the first and second cameras, based on a comparison between the image content of the first and second regions of interest.

Abstract: For driver assistance for a combination (8) with a motor vehicle (9) and a trailer (10), a first camera image (19) and a second camera image (20) are generated. A combined image (21) is generated by means of a computing unit (13) by superimposing the camera images (19, 20) such that the second camera image (20) covers a subsection of the first camera image (19), wherein a hitch angle (14) of the combination (8) is determined by means of the computing unit (13). State data of the combination (8) are determined by means of a sensor system (17) and it is determined whether the combination (8) moves forward or backward. The hitch angle (14) is determined based on the state data, if the combination (8) moves forward and based on a change of time-dependent image data, if the combination moves backward. A position of the subsection is determined depending on the hitch angle (14).

Abstract: The invention provides an internally aligned camera device comprising a front housing assembly, a first printed circuit board (PCB), a second PCB and a flexible PCB, a PCB retention cage and a rear housing assembly. The front housing assembly comprises lens elements for forming an image on an image sensor operably coupled to the first PCB, said image sensor optically aligned with said front housing assembly comprising said lens elements. The second PCB is electrically coupled to said first PCB using a flexible PCB, where the second PCB folded over said first circuit board. The PCB retention cage retains the second PCB in position. The rear housing assembly comprises a metal shield which clamps down the second PCB and said PCB retention cage in position. Further, said front housing assembly is centrally aligned and attached with said rear housing assembly. A method of manufacturing the camera device is also described.