Zf Cv Systems Global Gmbh

Zf Cv Systems Europe Bv

Tobias Klinger

Thomas Dieckmann

Thomas Wolf

Janik Ricke

Ralph-Carsten Luelfing

Ralph-Carsten Lülfing

Umut Gencaslan

Tobias Werle

Daniel Pfefferkorn

Dennis Buchner

A method for producing an environmental image of an entire multi-part vehicle having a tractor vehicle and at least one trailer vehicle includes providing an image capture device including a front camera for capturing a front capture region in front of the tractor vehicle and outputting a front individual image, front lateral cameras for capturing front lateral capture regions and outputting front lateral individual images, back lateral cameras for capturing back lateral capture regions and outputting back lateral individual images, and a rear camera for capturing a back capture region behind the trailer vehicle and outputting a back individual image. The method includes recording the individual images with the cameras, evaluating and/or cropping the individual images such that overlap regions are in each case formed at least between the front lateral individual images and the back lateral individual images, and combining the individual images to form the environmental image.

Method and environment-capture system for producing an environmental image of an entire multi-part vehicle

A method is for controlling a vehicle in a depot. The method includes: allocating a three-dimensional target object to the vehicle; detecting a three-dimensional object in the environment around the vehicle and determining depth information for the detected three-dimensional object; classifying the detected three-dimensional object on the determined depth information and checking whether the determined three-dimensional object has the same object class as the three-dimensional target object; identifying the detected three-dimensional object if the determined three-dimensional object has the same object class as the three-dimensional target object by detecting an object identifier assigned to the three-dimensional object and checking whether the detected object identifier matches a target identifier assigned to the target object; outputting an approach signal to move the vehicle closer to the detected three-dimensional target object in an automated manner or manually if the object identifier matches the target identifier.

Method for controlling a vehicle in a depot, travel control unit, and vehicle having said travel control unit

The disclosure relates to a method for determining object information relating to an object in an environment of a multi-part vehicle having at least one towing vehicle and at least one trailer and a control unit and vehicle associated with it, with at least one trailer camera being arranged on the trailer, having at least the following steps: capturing the environment with a trailer camera from a first position and, in dependence thereon, creating a first image having first pixels; changing the position of the trailer camera; capturing the environment with the trailer camera from a second position and creating a second image having second pixels; and, determining object information relating to an object in the captured environment.

Method for determining object information relating to an object in a vehicle environment, control unit and vehicle

A method for determining an articulation angle between a towing vehicle and a trailer, wherein the trailer can be imaged in single images with single-image pixels using a camera system. The method includes determining a point cloud from at least one single image and forming at least one planar reference surface from adjacent object points of the point cloud that lie in a same plane. The method further includes reading in at least one single image, in which the trailer coupled to the towing vehicle is imaged, and determining at least one partial surface and fitting the at least one previously formed planar reference surface to the at least one determined partial surface by applying a geometric transformation. The method further includes determining the articulation angle between the towing vehicle and the trailer as a function of a rotational component of the applied geometric transformation.

Method for ascertaining an articulation angle, processing unit, and vehicle

A method for displaying an environment of a vehicle on a display includes: recording the environment with at least two cameras, each having a different field of view, wherein fields of view of adjacent cameras overlap; creating a panoramic image from at least two images taken by differing cameras, the images being projected into a reference plane for creating the panoramic image; ascertaining depth information pertaining to an object in the environment by triangulation from at least two differing individual images taken by the same camera; and generating an overlay structure as a function of the ascertained depth information, the overlay structure having been uniquely assigned to an imaged object; and, representing the created panoramic image, containing the at least one object, and the at least one generated overlay structure on the display such that the overlay structure is displayed on, and/or adjacent to, the assigned object.

Method for displaying the surroundings of a vehicle on a display device, processing unit and vehicle

A detection system for determining an articulation angle between two sub-vehicles of a vehicle combination connected in an articulated manner includes a detection device configured to detect an environment, wherein the detection device is arranged on one of the sub-vehicles of the vehicle combination and a detection region of the detection device on a sub-region of a sub-vehicle connected to the one sub-vehicle in an articulated manner is oriented so that detection signals, which characterize the sub-region on the other sub-vehicle, can be generated by the detection device and output. The detection system further includes a processing unit configured to receive the detection signals and determine the articulation angle between the two sub-vehicles based on the detection signals and a projection device designed to image a predetermined pattern onto the sub-region on the other sub-vehicle to create a pattern image on the other sub-vehicle.

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