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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2020
Applicants:

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;

Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;

Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;

Inventors:

Najib Hadir, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jordan Pringle, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Subramanian Swaminathan, Belmont, CA (US);

Andre Guilherme Linarth, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); H04N 5/23299 (2018.08); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); B60R 2300/10 (2013.01); B60R 2300/20 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system, apparatus and method for enhancing a driver's field of view in a vehicle. Sensor data may be generated, via one or more first sensors, relating a pitch angle of the vehicle and received in a processing apparatus, which further determines if the pitch angle of the vehicle exceeds a configured pitch angle threshold for a configured period of time. One or more control signals may be transmitted to activate one or more cameras configured to capture image data at least in a front area of the vehicle if the processing apparatus determines that the pitch angle exceeds the configured pitch angle for the configured period of time. The captured image data may then be displayed on a display unit.


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