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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Georg Lambert, Wolfsburg, DE;
Reiner Katzwinkel, Meine, DE;
Inventors:
Georg Lambert, Wolfsburg, DE;
Reiner Katzwinkel, Meine, DE;
Assignee:
VOLKSWAGEN AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2013.01); H04N 5/238 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical radiation from an area surrounding a vehicle is detected by a sensor in order to record an image sequence of the surrounding area. The sensor may be exposed continuously to the radiation which is incident on it while the image sequence is being recorded in order to detect a light pulse of an indefinitely short time duration.