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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2015
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Michael Graef, Graefelfing, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a method or corresponding device for operating a vehicle equipped with a first and a second camera configured to capture a surrounding region around the vehicle, the cameras respectively capture an individual image of a first field of view and a second field of view. The fields of view overlap in an overlapping region. An object correction is performed as a function of image data of the individual images, in which object correction a distance of objects imaged in the second individual image is respectively determined from a predetermined reference point. An angle of the respective object is respectively determined in relation to a predetermined reference axis. Whether the respective object is situated in the overlapping region is determined on the basis of the determined angle and distance of the respective object. Should this be the case, the respective object is removed from the second individual image. Subsequently, an overall image is determined after performing the object correction, which overall image is composed as a function of the first individual image and the second individual image.