Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh

Automotive Distance Control Systems Gmbh

Joachim Massen

Thomas Fechner

Stefan Heinrich

Dieter Krökel

A camera device for a vehicle for 3-D environment sensing includes at least two camera modules having at least partly overlapping sensing ranges, a camera control unit, an evaluation unit and a point light projector. The point light projector is arranged and configured in such a way that the point light projector projects a light pattern of measurement points into the vehicle environment. The at least two camera modules are arranged and configured in such a way that at least part of the projected light pattern is imaged in the overlapping sensing range. The evaluation unit is configured to determine the 3-D position of measurement points in the vehicle environment from image data captured with the at least two camera modules. The point light projector is configured to produce a series of 'pseudo-noise patterns' as the light pattern, the 'pseudo-noise patterns' being projected into the vehicle environment in temporal succession.

3-D environment sensing by means of projector and camera modules

A support of the operator of the motor vehicle is to be provided in all traffic situations in a simple manner and with low costs, without overburdening the operator of the motor vehicle. In this context, in the following or tracking operation, in which a regulation of the speed of the motor vehicle dependent on the spacing distance to detected target objects that are classified as relevant is carried out, the relevant target objects used for the speed regulation are selected by the operation of an operating element to be operated by the operator of the motor vehicle.

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Munich, Germany

Joachim Massen