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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Henryk Frenzel, Regensburg, DE;
Thorsten Köhler, Lindau, DE;
Stephan Voltz, Happurg, DE;
Ulrich Wagner, Kressbronn am Bodensee, DE;
Inventors:
Henryk Frenzel, Regensburg, DE;
Thorsten Köhler, Lindau, DE;
Stephan Voltz, Happurg, DE;
Ulrich Wagner, Kressbronn am Bodensee, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00818 (2013.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); G06K 9/2018 (2013.01); G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); H04N 5/369 (2013.01); H04N 9/04 (2013.01); H04N 9/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring unit for the exterior in the direction of travel of a motor vehicle includes at least one camera system with an image recording sensor. The sensor has color encoding in some regions and, otherwise, monochrome encoding. An assist system is also provided with such a monitoring unit, in particular a traffic sign and/or lane recognition assist system.