Abstract: A camera device includes an image sensor, an integrated processor, and an output interface. The camera device also includes a splitter which reads in raw image signals from the image sensor and then provides this data to both the integrated processor and to the output interface for transmission to an external processor. The integrated processor is configured to determine first object data by processing the raw image signals provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for bundling two data channels via a point-to-point connection, is described herein. Sequences of data from a first data channel are transmitted via a first line and sequences of data from a second data channel are transmitted via a second line to a multiplexing apparatus. A data gap having a predefined size is arranged between two sequences of first data in each case. The data from the second data channel are transmitted to a buffer and, if the buffer has been filled with second data having a predefined size, are inserted into the data from the first data channel. A third data channel is formed at the output of the multiplexing apparatus using these first data and second data and is transmitted to a third line. The third data channel therefore has a bundling of sequences of first data and sequences of second data.

Abstract: A method for performing emergency braking in a vehicle includes registering at least one object in surroundings of the vehicle and ascertaining a probability of collision for the vehicle with the at least one registered object to detect an emergency braking situation, autonomously activating service brakes of the vehicle using a vehicle setpoint deceleration to perform emergency braking if an emergency braking situation has been detected, and adapting the vehicle setpoint deceleration during the autonomously performed emergency braking. Adapting the vehicle setpoint deceleration takes place in dependence on at least one driving dynamics parameter. The driving dynamics parameter characterizes a real reaction of the vehicle to the performed emergency braking. The driving dynamics parameter is ascertained during the emergency braking.

Abstract: A camera device and a method are for optimally capturing a region surrounding a vehicle. The camera device includes an optronic unit and an image capturing control unit which are configured to acquire an image sequence of the surrounding region. The optronic unit includes a wide-angle lens and a high-resolution image acquisition sensor. The optronic unit and the image capturing control unit are configured to use at least two different exposure modes of the image acquisition sensor in combination with at least two different binning modes during the acquisition of the image sequence.

Abstract: An emergency braking system for a vehicle includes an emergency braking control unit configured to control the emergency braking system according to a first parameter set. The first parameter set is selected by the emergency braking control unit from a plurality of parameter sets. Each respective parameter set of the plurality of parameter sets is associated with a respective vehicle variant and adapts the emergency braking system to the respective vehicle variant. Each respective vehicle variant is characterized by a design of a braking system of the respective vehicle variant for adapting the emergency braking system of the respective vehicle variant to the design of the braking system of the vehicle variant. The first parameter set is associated with a first vehicle variant that characterizes the vehicle.

Abstract: A camera system for a vehicle includes a camera and an image evaluating unit. The camera is arranged in an interior of the vehicle behind a windowpane of the vehicle so that the camera can record an image sequence with a plurality of external recordings of external surroundings of the vehicle through the windowpane. The image evaluating unit is adapted to detect static image components that are projected into the external recordings by reflections on the windowpane, and to extract the detected static image components from the external recordings.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for bundling two data channels via a point-to-point connection, is described herein. Sequences of data from a first data channel are transmitted via a first line and sequences of data from a second data channel are transmitted via a second line to a multiplexing apparatus. A data gap having a predefined size is arranged between two sequences of first data in each case. The data from the second data channel are transmitted to a buffer and, if the buffer has been filled with second data having a predefined size, are inserted into the data from the first data channel. A third data channel is formed at the output of the multiplexing apparatus using these first data and second data and is transmitted to a third line. The third data channel therefore has a bundling of sequences of first data and sequences of second data.

Abstract: A camera device (2) for detecting a surrounding region (7) of a vehicle includes an optronic unit (3) configured to capture an image sequence of the surrounding region. The optronic unit includes a wide-angle lens and a high-resolution image sensor. The optronic unit is configured to reduce the resolution in images in the image sequence, in particular by pixel binning, alternatingly differently and asymmetrically in successive images of the sequence.

Abstract: The invention relates to a camera device (1) and a method for optimally capturing a region surrounding a vehicle. The camera device comprises: an optronic unit and an image capturing control unit (3) which are designed to acquire an image sequence (21, 22, 23; 31, 32, 33) of the surrounding region, wherein the optronic unit comprises a wide-angle lens and a high-resolution image acquisition sensor (2), and the optronic unit and the image capturing control unit (3) are designed to use at least two different exposure modes of the image acquisition sensor in combination with at least two different binning modes during the acquisition of the image sequence (21, 22, 23; 31, 32, 33).

Abstract: A camera device includes an image sensor, an integrated processor, and an output interface. The camera device also includes a splitter which reads in raw image signals from the image sensor and then provides this data to both the integrated processor and to the output interface for transmission to an external processor. The integrated processor is configured to determine first object data by processing the raw image signals provided.

Abstract: A driver assistance system of a motor vehicle includes a lighting system of the motor vehicle, having an illumination unit that illuminates a scene in the surroundings of the vehicle by projecting a number of actuatable pixels, whereby the illumination unit projects a predefined pattern onto the scene. An image capture unit captures an image of at least part of the scene. A computation unit computes at least one geometric property of the scene based on the captured image and the predefined pattern.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor assembly and a stray light baffle, and is to be mounted behind a pane, e.g. a windshield, inside a vehicle. The sensor assembly includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The stray light baffle is arranged substantially in front of the first sensor, in the capture direction of the sensors. The stray light baffle includes first and second side walls. The second side wall is a frame with a fabric covering, and is arranged in front of the second sensor with the sensing axis of the second sensor passing through the fabric.

Abstract: A camera device includes an optronics system and an image capture control unit, for acquiring a sequence of images of a surrounding region of a vehicle. The optronics system includes a wide-angle optical system and a high-resolution image acquisition sensor. The optronics system and the image capture control unit are configured to generate a reduced-resolution binned image of the entire capture region of the optronics system, or to capture an unbinned high-resolution image of a subregion of the capture region, respectively for each individual image of the sequence of images, depending on a current traffic and/or surrounding situation. A height and a width of the subregion are set depending on the current situation. A size of the subregion is set such that the pixel count of the high-resolution image of the subregion is no greater than the pixel count of the reduced-resolution image of the entire capture region.

Abstract: A camera device (2) for capturing a surrounding area of a driver's own vehicle has optoelectronics including a high-resolution image capturing sensor and a wide-angle optical system for capturing at least one initial image of the surrounding area. The optoelectronics are configured to generate, from the at least one initial image, a processed output image (4) that has, compared to the associated initial image, at least one non-modified image section (4a) and a resolution-reduced remainder image region (4b) bordering on the at least one non-modified image section (4a).

Abstract: A camera device for detecting a surrounding area of a subject vehicle has optoelectronics including a high-resolution image capturing sensor and a wide-angle optical system. The optoelectronics are designed to output an image sequence of the surrounding area with a periodic variation of high-resolution images and resolution-reduced images.

Abstract: A method for adaptively controlling a vehicle speed in a vehicle includes establishing a reference speed; and activating an engine and/or brakes and/or a transmission of the vehicle by a speed-control system as a function of a set vehicle speed and/or a set vehicle retardation for fuel-saving adaptation of the currently existing vehicle speed to the reference speed. The set vehicle speed and/or the set vehicle retardation for a current driving-dynamics situation of the vehicle defined by driving-dynamics vehicle parameters is/are determined as a function of at least one computation coefficient. The at least one computation coefficient is provided by an external arithmetic unit outside the vehicle as a function of the currently existing driving-dynamics vehicle parameters and also as a function of currently existing route information for a route segment situated ahead. The route segment situated ahead is established on the basis of the currently existing driving-dynamics vehicle parameters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a camera system (2) for a vehicle. The camera system (2) comprises a camera (3) and an image evaluating unit (4), wherein the camera (3) is adapted to be arranged in an interior (6) of the vehicle behind a windowpane (7) of the vehicle so that the camera (3) can record an image sequence with a plurality of external recordings of external surroundings (8) of the vehicle through the windowpane (7). Further, the image evaluating unit (4) is adapted to detect static image components in the external recordings and to extract the detected static image components from the external recordings, wherein the static image components are projected into the external recordings through reflections.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor assembly and a stray light baffle. The apparatus is mountable inside of a vehicle on a pane, in particular a windshield. The sensor assembly includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The stray light baffle is arranged substantially in front of the first sensor, in the capture direction of the sensors, at the sensor assembly. The stray light baffle has a first side wall that is made of a plastics material, and a second side wall that is a frame with a fabric covering. The second side wall is arranged in front of the second sensor.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor assembly and a stray light baffle, and is to be mounted behind a pane, e.g. a windshield, inside a vehicle. The sensor assembly includes a first sensor and a second sensor. The stray light baffle is arranged substantially in front of the first sensor, in the capture direction of the sensors. The stray light baffle includes first and second side walls. The second side wall is a frame with a fabric covering, and is arranged in front of the second sensor with the sensing axis of the second sensor passing through the fabric.

Abstract: The invention relates to a camera device (2) for detecting a surrounding area of a driver's own vehicle (1), with optoelectronics comprising a high-resolution image capturing sensor and a wide-angle optical system, wherein the optoelectronics are designed to output an image sequence (8) of the surrounding area with a periodic exchange of high-resolution and resolution-reduced images (3, 4).