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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Andreas Enz, Columbia, SC (US);
Werner Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
Andreas Enz, Columbia, SC (US);
Werner Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
MEKRA LANG NORTH AMERICA, LLC, Ridgeway, SC (US);
Abstract
A display system and method for displaying an image to the driver of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle. The display system has a capturing device mountable to the vehicle and adapted to capture at least part of the vehicle's immediate environment, and to generate signals corresponding to the captured part of the vehicle's immediate environment, a calculation unit adapted to receive the signals generated by the capturing device, determine obstacles within the captured immediate environment of the vehicle, and generate a display image illustrating the vehicle in stylized or symbolic representation, and the obstacle identified in the vehicle's immediate environment as well as its relative position with regard to the vehicle, and a rendering unit adapted to display the display image generated by the calculation unit within the vehicle and visible for the driver.