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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Patrick Eoghan Denny, Galway, IE;
Tycho Lorenz Roland Raab, München, DE;
Lloyd Anthony Sharman, Bohola, IE;
Patrick Eoghan Denny, Galway, IE;
Tycho Lorenz Roland Raab, München, DE;
Lloyd Anthony Sharman, Bohola, IE;
Hi-Key Limited, Tuam, IE;
Abstract
A camera () mounted on a rear view minor housing () of a vehicle (), which captures a plan view image of the ground on one side of the vehicle for display on an in-vehicle visual display unit () is calibrated to correct for offset of the camera () from an ideal position. During calibration an image of a reference point () on the vehicle () is captured as the mirror housing () is swiveled from a rest position to an operative position. The offset of the actual position of the image of the reference point in the captured image from its ideal position is computed, and a look-up table is prepared, which indicates the position at which pixels of subsequently captured image frames should be located to produce image frames with offset correction.