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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Reichel, Ingolstadt, DE;
Mohamed Essayed Bouzouraa, Ingolstadt, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/085 (2012.01); B60W 30/095 (2012.01); B60W 40/04 (2006.01); B60W 30/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/085 (2013.01); B60W 30/09 (2013.01); B60W 30/095 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); B60W 40/04 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); B60R 2300/103 (2013.01); B60R 2300/106 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8053 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01); B60W 2030/082 (2013.01); B60W 2420/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Motor vehicle with at least one control device, a thermal imaging camera and an image processing device, wherein the image processing device is designed to recognize objects on a thermal image from the thermal imaging camera, wherein the image processing device is designed to ascertain at least one object property of at least one recognized object, particularly of a recognized vehicle, by evaluating the thermal distribution in the thermal image in a region that includes the recognized object, wherein the control device is designed to use the object property for operation of a vehicle system.