Patent ID: 8228379
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B60R,H04N

Abstract:
1. A night vision arrangement for a motor vehicle, the night vision arrangement comprising an infra-red-sensitive camera fixed to the motor vehicle to capture an image of a roadway in front of the vehicle, the camera generating a video signal representing the captured image, the arrangement further comprising a display unit adapted to display at least part of the captured image, the arrangement further comprising a unit processor adapted to process the video signal, and a sensor unit adapted to sense one or more parameters of a movement of the vehicle, and to provide a control signal, the arrangement being such that, in use, the signal processor electronically processes the video signal so that a field of view of an image displayed by the display unit is selected in accordance with said control signal, wherein the arrangement is configured such that when the vehicle corners at a first speed, a horizontal width of the field of view of the image displayed is increased and remains aligned with an optical axis of the camera, and when the vehicle corners at a second speed, the horizontal width of the field of view of the image displayed is maintained and is offset from the optical axis of the camera, the first speed being lower than the second speed.