Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance system (100) for a vehicle (105) for detecting light conditions in the vehicle (105), having a sensor arrangement (102, 103, 104) designed to capture sensor data, and having a control device (101) designed to ascertain if the sight of a driver of the vehicle (105) is negatively influenced by a source of stray light external to the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera system, in particular a surround-view camera system for a vehicle, including a control device, multiple cameras arranged in/on the vehicle, and a controller which is arranged in/on an additional vehicle, in particular a trailer. Multiple additional cameras or trailer cameras are arranged in/on the additional vehicle or trailer. The control device generates a view by means of the cameras. The controller generates a view by means of the trailer cameras, and a combined view is generated from the views of the control device and the controller.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and system for displaying surround view in a vehicle. A first image is captured at a first time instant and a second image is captured at a second time instant, from a camera mounted on the vehicle. The first image is different from the second image. While capturing the first and second images, one or more vehicle motion parameters from one or more sensors associated with the vehicle are received. Further, a corrected image is composed using the first image, the second image and the one or more vehicle motion parameters. Thereafter, the corrected image is displayed on a display unit of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for providing a visualization of a vehicle, the method having the steps: receiving, for each vehicle camera of a plurality of vehicle cameras of the vehicle, current values of camera extrinsic parameters of said vehicle camera; receiving vehicle suspension data relating to a suspension of wheels of the vehicle; and visualizing the vehicle using a predefined model of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is visualized on a ground surface; wherein the ground surface is modelled to contact the wheels of the vehicle, based on the current values of the camera extrinsic parameters of the vehicle cameras and based on the suspension data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an image of vehicle surroundings are disclosed, including: capturing vehicle surroundings by vehicle cameras arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle, and generating camera images by the cameras. The camera images of adjacent cameras have overlapping image regions), generating a virtual representation of the surroundings in a virtual three-dimensional space, during which the camera images are projected onto a virtual projection surface in the space. A non-stationary virtual camera in the virtual space determines a position and/or orientation thereof. A first selection region is placed on the surface in a first overlapping image region depending on a virtual camera field of vision, at least one image parameter of a first vehicle camera in the first selection region is calculated, and at least one second vehicle image parameter is adjusted to the at least one first vehicle image parameter in the first selection region.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to a parking assistance system for a vehicle, designed to present surroundings of the vehicle. The parking assistance system can include at least one camera designed to record at least one image. The parking assistance system may use a grid structure to present the surroundings of the vehicle for a user. Additionally, the parking assistance system may have an image evaluation unit designed to determine the relative position and the orientation of another vehicle depicted in the image. Additionally, the image evaluation unit may be designed to adapt a grid structure on the basis of the determined orientation of the other vehicle, with the image being projected onto the adapted grid structure.

Abstract: A device and a method for displaying vehicle surroundings in a vehicle during an instantaneous second time point are provided. The method includes providing a first blind area image that contains an image synthesis of a blind area of the vehicle surroundings at a first time point preceding the second time point, arranging each first blind area pixel of the blind area in a new position estimated for the second time point, determining whether the new position of each first blind area pixel at the second time point still lies within the blind area, and producing a respective second blind area pixel for the second time point by synthesizing each first blind area pixel on the basis of motion data of the vehicle if the new position is determined to lie within the blind area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of displaying ego-vehicle surroundings within an ego-vehicle. The method includes continuously capturing the ego-vehicle surroundings by at least one onboard camera to be stored in at least one camera data set. It further includes detecting, within the captured ego-vehicle surroundings, an electrical charging base located in the ground or near the ground. Further, it includes obtaining ego-vehicle motion information, and generating, if a part of the ego-vehicle causes a blind spot to the electrical charging base by obscuring a field-of-view of the ego-vehicle camera, a synthetic view to replace the blind spot in a display, the synthetic view being generated based on at least one previous view of the captured ego-vehicle surroundings stored in the camera data set and being motion-compensated based on the ego-vehicle motion information.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for representing an obscured area of a mobile platform environment relative to an object area of a first and second imaging devices of the mobile platform, including determining a delta-area, being the difference of a second obscured area of the environment which is obscured in respect to the object area at a second time step, and a first obscured area of the environment which is obscured in respect to the object area at a first time step. First and second overlap-images, being an overlap of an image of the first imaging device respectively of an image of the second imaging device with the delta-area, are determined, wherein both images are taken at the first time step. A difference of an optical property of the images is determined, and the difference of the optical property is harmonized within at least one of the overlap-images.

Abstract: A method includes the steps: a) capturing image of an environment surrounding a vehicle by a camera; b) determining an area of increased brightness in the image based on pixels having a brightness exceeding a predefined threshold; c) estimating position coordinates of a light source in the environment from the area of increased brightness; d) detecting a shadow of the vehicle in the image; and e) determining a type of the light source as a spot light source or a direction light source from the shadow, environment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an image of vehicle surroundings are disclosed, including: capturing vehicle surroundings by vehicle cameras arranged on a vehicle body of a vehicle, and generating camera images by the cameras. The camera images of adjacent cameras have overlapping image regions), generating a virtual representation of the surroundings in a virtual three-dimensional space, during which the camera images are projected onto a virtual projection surface in the space. A non-stationary virtual camera in the virtual space determines a position and/or orientation thereof. A first selection region is placed on the surface in a first overlapping image region depending on a virtual camera field of vision, at least one image parameter of a first vehicle camera in the first selection region is calculated, and at least one second vehicle image parameter is adjusted to the at least one first vehicle image parameter in the first selection region.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for generating an image of vehicle surroundings, including: providing multiple vehicle cameras which are arranged in particular on a vehicle bodywork of a vehicle (S1). Individual HDR images are calculated and/or generated from image data or images from the vehicle cameras (S2). The multiple individual HDR images are assembled to produce an overall HDR image. An image is calculated having a low dynamic range, in particular an LDR image, from the overall HDR image. An apparatus is also disclosed for generating an image of vehicle surroundings.

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to a parking assistance system for a vehicle, designed to present surroundings of the vehicle. The parking assistance system can include at least one camera designed to record at least one image. The parking assistance system may use a grid structure to present the surroundings of the vehicle for a user. Additionally, the parking assistance system may have an image evaluation unit designed to determine the relative position and the orientation of another vehicle depicted in the image. Additionally, the image evaluation unit may be designed to adapt a grid structure on the basis of the determined orientation of the other vehicle, with the image being projected onto the adapted grid structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a driver assistance system (100) for a vehicle (105) for detecting light conditions in the vehicle (105), having a sensor arrangement (102, 103, 104) designed to capture sensor data, and having a control device (101) designed to ascertain if the sight of a driver of the vehicle (105) is negatively influenced by a source of stray light external to the vehicle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for estimating position coordinates and the type of light sources in images of the surrounding environment, in particular in images of the surrounding environment of a surround-view camera in vehicles. The type of light source (120, 125, 128) can be a spot light source or a direction light source.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) as well as a method for displaying vehicle surroundings in a vehicle (1) during an instantaneous second time point (t).

Abstract: A system is configured to repair artefacts in image data when representing vehicle surroundings. This involves: detecting an artefact-comprising area of a vehicle camera for a first time point, creating a reconstructed version of the artefact-comprising area from image data of an adjacent image area, determining a sample point of the artefact-comprising area, transforming the sample point to a new location predicted for a second time point, determining whether the new location still lies within the artefact-comprising area, and if so updating the artefact-comprising area in the image for the second time point by using motion-compensated image data from the reconstructed version of the sample point from the first time point.

Abstract: A method for generating a vehicle environment view involves: capturing camera images with vehicle cameras on a vehicle body of a vehicle; and calculating of the vehicle environment view based on the camera images. In the vehicle environment view, a texture of a non-visible region of a ground surface located under the vehicle body and not visible to the vehicle cameras is calculated based on texture data of a visible region of the ground surface that is visible to vehicles cameras and surrounds the non-visible region.

Abstract: A method of generating a vehicle environment view for a vehicle, having has the following steps. Camera images are provided by vehicle cameras on the body of the vehicle. A vehicle environment view is calculated based on the camera images. A texture of a ground surface that is located below the vehicle body and is not visible to the cameras, is determined within the vehicle environment view by performing a local color prediction and a movement-compensated texture prediction.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are for adapting image processing based on a shape of a display device for a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes: a capture device configured to capture a shape of a display device, an extrinsic camera parameter of a camera, an intrinsic camera parameter of the camera, and a of view of the camera; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a reprojection surface and a correspondence table based on the captured shape of the display device, the extrinsic camera parameter, the intrinsic camera parameter, and the field of view; and an image processing device configured to perform adapted image processing that is adapted based on the reprojection surface and the correspondence table.