Connaught Electronics Limited

John Toner

Patrick Eoghan Denny

Brian Michael Thomas Deegan

Fergal Lydon

Vincent Duffy

The invention relates to a method for operating a camera () of a motor vehicle (), wherein a cover () is moved between an operating position, in which the camera () provides images of an environmental region () of the motor vehicle (), and a covering position, in which the cover () covers the camera () against the environmental region (). The current brightness level of a scene of the camera () is acquired by means of the camera (); in the operating position of the cover (), at least one operating parameter of the camera () is adjusted depending on the current brightness level of the scene; a movement operation of the cover () from the operating position into the covering position is acquired by the camera (); and after acquiring the movement operation, the at least one operating parameter is adjusted to a value independent of the current brightness level of the scene acquired by the camera (), in particular whilst maintaining an activated operating state of the camera ().

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