Robert Boschgmbh

Patrick Graf

James Stephen Miller

Greg Sypitkowski

Jeffrey Allen Bochenek

Robert Alan Jones

Frank Riggi

Bernhard Hilliger

Jeffrey A Bochenek

Stephen Miller

Robert Jones

A method and system for generating a composite video for display in a vehicle. A plurality of video streams are generated from a plurality of video cameras configured to be positioned on the vehicle. The video streams are transformed by an electronic processor to create a virtual camera viewpoint. The transformed video streams are combined to generate a composite video including a portion of a first image that is generated from a first one of the video cameras. The electronic processor detects an object external to the vehicle and determines whether the object at least partially obscures the portion of the first image. When the object at least partially obscures the portion of the first image, the electronic processor supplements the portion of the first image with a portion of a second image that is generated by a second one of the video cameras.

Dynamic image blending for multiple-camera vehicle systems

A method and apparatus for controlling use of an autonomous vehicle includes an interior occupant sensing system to obtain data of occupants from a video camera. An occupant sensing controller is configured to receive the video and detect a number of faces of occupants disposed in the vehicle. Further, the occupant sensing controller determines demographic information from the video data of each of the detected faces and then stores the vehicle location, the number of faces, and the demographic information for occupants as data in the vehicle. The occupant sensing controller determines from the demographic information an age of occupants in the autonomous vehicle, and when the demographic information indicates that all occupants in the autonomous vehicle are less than a certain age, limits travel to a destination or operation of the autonomous vehicle in response to age. Further, the occupant sensing controller can recognize a specific authorized individual within the vehicle and limit usage of the vehicle for the identified authorized individual.

Access and control for driving of autonomous vehicle

A method and system for determining a size and pose of an occupant () within a vehicle interior. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving one or more images (FIG.) of a vehicle interior from a camera (). The method also includes classifying interior regions () of the vehicle interior () in the one or more images. The method also includes identifying an occupant () in the one or more images based on the classification of the interior regions () of the vehicle interior (). The method also includes determining a size range of the occupant () based on the classification () of the interior regions of the vehicle interior (). The method also includes determining a pose of the occupant () based on the classification () of the interior regions of the vehicle interior (). The method also includes controlling one or more vehicle systems () based on the size and the pose of the occupant ().

Detection of occupant size and pose with a vehicle interior camera

A method of operating a remote view system with privacy protection and a remote view system with privacy protection. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request from a remote device for one or more images of a vehicle interior, receiving one or more images of the vehicle interior, determining whether a privacy key is located within the vehicle interior, determining whether one or more occupants are located within the vehicle interior, retrieving the privacy settings of the vehicle interior stored in memory, responsive to determining that the privacy key and the one or more occupants are located within the vehicle interior, generating one or more privacy images based on the one or more images and the privacy settings of the vehicle interior, controlling a transceiver to transmit the one or more privacy images to the remote device via an antenna.

Remote view system with privacy protection

A vehicle system and method for transmitting camera-based parameters and video data includes a video camera disposed on a vehicle for viewing an exterior region. The video camera includes an image sensor for generating a video data stream from an exterior region of the vehicle, a controller for providing camera-based parameters, and an image signal processor. The image signal processor is configured to receive the video stream from the image sensor, receive camera-based parameters from the controller, transfer the camera-based parameters onto the video stream, and output an analog signal that includes the video stream and the camera-based parameters. An electronic control unit receives the analog signal, retrieves the camera-based parameters from the analog signal. A vehicle display receives and displays the video stream.

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Southfield, MI, United States of America

Patrick Graf