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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Guenter Bauer, Petershausen, DE;
Thomas Reicher, Grafing, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a process for operating a vehicle having an outside mirror on which a camera is arranged and which is swivelable by a swiveling device between a first end position and a second end position, first picture data and second picture data of a first picture and of a second picture captured by the camera are provided. As a function of the first and second picture data, it is determined whether an object is imaged in both pictures. If an object is imaged in both pictures, as a function of the first and second picture data, a distance from the object relative to a reference point with respect to the camera is determined. As a function of the determined distance, the swiveling device is triggered such that it contributes to the fact that the distance is greater than or equal to a predefined minimum distance value.