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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Pascal Viala, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mehmet Inonu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 3/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G02B 3/10 (2013.01); G06K 9/00805 (2013.01); H04N 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle control device has a control unit configured to adapt a plurality of vehicle systems in response to captured images of an environment external to the vehicle, a camera configured to capture images of the environment and communicate the captured images to the control unit, and a progressive lens coupled to the camera so as to focus the captured image over a continuous focus area.