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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2018
Werner Jürgen Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
Andreas Enz, Burgbernheim, DE;
Andreas Redlingshöfer, Trautskirchen, DE;
Werner Jürgen Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
Andreas Enz, Burgbernheim, DE;
Andreas Redlingshöfer, Trautskirchen, DE;
MEKRA LANG GMBH & CO. KG, Ergersheim, DE;
Abstract
A camera system for a vehicle comprising a capturing unit which comprises an optical element and image sensor with surface, to capture a section of a vehicle environment. The optical element has a distortion curve r=f(α), wherein r is the distance between an object point displayed on the image sensor surface and the intersection point of the optical axis with the image sensor surface, and α is the angle between the optical axis of the optical element and the beam incident on the optical element from the object point. The distortion curve r=f(α) has, for r=f (α) within 0<r<r, a turning point α; r, for which r″=f″(α)=dr/dα(α)=0 applies, wherein ris the distance r=f(α) on the image sensor surface from the optical axis to the most distant edge of the image sensor.