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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Connaught Electronics Ltd., Tuam, County Galway, IE;
Brian Michael Thomas Deegan, Ennis, IE;
Patrick Eoghan Denny, Roscam, IE;
John Toner, Claregalway, IE;
Vincent Duffy, Hollymout, IE;
Fergal Lydon, Rosscahill, IE;
Connaught Electronics Ltd., Tuam, County Galway, IE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for operating a camera () of a motor vehicle (), wherein a cover () is moved between an operating position, in which the camera () provides images of an environmental region () of the motor vehicle (), and a covering position, in which the cover () covers the camera () against the environmental region (). The current brightness level of a scene of the camera () is acquired by means of the camera (); in the operating position of the cover (), at least one operating parameter of the camera () is adjusted depending on the current brightness level of the scene; a movement operation of the cover () from the operating position into the covering position is acquired by the camera (); and after acquiring the movement operation, the at least one operating parameter is adjusted to a value independent of the current brightness level of the scene acquired by the camera (), in particular whilst maintaining an activated operating state of the camera ().