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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2003
Helmuth Eggers, Ulm, DE;
Gerhard Kurz, Wendlingen, DE;
Juergen Seekircher, Ostfildern, DE;
Thomas Wohlgemuth, Aichtal, DE;
Helmuth Eggers, Ulm, DE;
Gerhard Kurz, Wendlingen, DE;
Juergen Seekircher, Ostfildern, DE;
Thomas Wohlgemuth, Aichtal, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for detecting surroundings by an automotive night vision system comprising several areas, including a detection area () in which surroundings related data is detected, an evaluation area within which the surroundings-related data detected by the night vision system is evaluated, and an area of representation in which information about the surroundings-related data detected therein is represented to the driver by an optical display unit. The area of representation is therefore restricted in the inventive method for detecting surroundings such that the area of representation comprises no more than the high beam area (). The driver is shown only the surroundings related data which he/she would see anyway when actuating the conventional high beam due to the fact that the area of representation is restricted.