Donnelly Hohe Gmbh & Co. Kg

Magna Donnelly Gmbh & Co. Kg

Werner Seitz

Edwin Seitz

Tim Weis

Martin Laufer

Wolfgang Berberich

Karl-Josef Marks

Peter Frank

Barbara Kolbe

A method for operating a display system in a vehicle () when driving into a parking space (), uses a camera () with an image processing unit in which the image data obtained by the camera () can be processed and a display screen () in the interior of the vehicle. After the vehicle has moved to the vehicle position in which the first parking-space icon () has been brought to overlay the parking space () shown in the real-time image, a second parking-space icon () is faded into the real-time image on the display screen () by the image processing unit, with this second parking-space icon () in the real-time image in true scale indicating a region which after moving along a first segment () of the travel path () towards the parking space () must be brought to overlay the parking space () shown in the real-time image. After the vehicle has moved to the vehicle position in which the second parking-space icon () has been brought to overlay the parking space () shown in the real-time image, a third parking-space icon () is faded into the real-time image on the display screen () by the image processing unit, with said third parking-space icon () in the real-time image in true scale indicating a region which after moving along a second segment () of the travel path towards the parking space () must be brought to overlay the parking space () shown in the real-time image.

Method for operating a display system in a vehicle for driving into a parking space

A parking and/or maneuvering assistance device for a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle is provided with an image acquisition unit ( ), e.g., a video camera, and a graphic display unit with which the image information recorded by the image acquisition unit ( ) can be displayed in the interior of the vehicle either with or without processing. The image acquisition unit ( ) is situated behind a protective element ( ), so it is essentially inaccessible from the outside in a resting position, whereby a opening ( ) allocated to the image acquisition unit ( ) is provided in the protective element ( ).

Parking and/or maneuvering assistance device

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Collenberg, Germany

Werner Seitz