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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2013
Volkswagen Ag, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Henry Chen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anh Vu, Moreno Valley, CA (US);
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A driver assistance system is configured to display on a vehicle display an image of corresponding surroundings of a vehicle, having at least one image capturing camera; a viewpoint converter to generate a viewpoint converted image having a point of view looking downwardly from above the vehicle; at least one sensor configured to detect a distance or a partial shape of at least one object in surroundings of the vehicle; an image processor configured to modify the viewpoint converted image based on the detected distance or the partial shape of the at least one object looking from the vehicle to the at least one object, wherein the modification of the viewpoint converted image includes enhancing the three dimensional appearance of the at least one object in the viewpoint converted image.