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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Werner Jürgen Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
Werner Jürgen Lang, Ergersheim, DE;
MEKRA LANG GMBH & CO. KG, Ergersheim, DE;
Abstract
A visual system () for a vehicle, having a capturing unit on the vehicle. The capturing unit is provided with at least a capturing device (), a calculation unit (), and a display unit (). The capturing device () is adapted to acquire a capturing region () behind the vehicle (). The capturing region including a substantially undistorted, backward-directed capturing region () behind the vehicle and a substantially downward-directed capturing portion () behind the vehicle. The visual system () is adapted to extract from the capturing portion () a first image (), which corresponds to the undistorted capturing portion (), and a second image (), which corresponds to the downward-directed capturing portion, and to display the first image () in an upper image portion () and the second image () in a lower image portion () of the display unit ().