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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2008
Applicant:
Dirk Ulbricht, Wangen, DE;
Inventor:
Dirk Ulbricht, Wangen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/14 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/337 (2013.01); B60Q 1/1423 (2013.01); B60Q 2300/314 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for a motor vehicle for the predictive classification of a future vehicle environment and its lighting conditions. To this end, a camera system is oriented with respect to a region ahead of the vehicle. A sequence of images is recorded. In a predefined central image detail, the change of brightness per unit of time and/or distance is determined and this is used to infer the environment ahead of the vehicle.