Patent ID: 8908035
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: B60R,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a birds-eye view of a surrounding environment of a motor vehicle, the method comprising: basing, by a processor-based environment monitoring system of the motor vehicle, at least a first image part of the birds-eye view on image data captured by an image sensor device arranged in the motor vehicle, the image sensor device capturing image data in a first acquisition range of the surrounding environment; basing, by the processor-based environment monitoring system, at least a second image part of the birds-eye view on distance data provided by a distance sensor device arranged in the motor vehicle, the distance sensor device providing distance data in a second acquisition range of the surrounding environment, wherein the second acquisition range and the first acquisition range correspond to different sides of the motor vehicle, and wherein the second image part is a virtual image generated from the distance data of the surrounding environment corresponding to the second acquisition range; generating, by the processor-based environment monitoring system, the birds-eye view from a plurality of image parts, including the first image part and the second image part, wherein each of the plurality of image parts incorporate only one of image data or distance data; and displaying, by the processor-based environment monitoring system on a monitor in the motor vehicle, the birds-eye view of the surrounding environment of the motor vehicle, wherein the first image part of the birds-eye view comprises only the image data captured by the image sensor device for the first acquisition range, and wherein the second image part of the birds-eye view comprises only the distance data provided by the distance sensor device for the second acquisition range, and wherein the first image part and the second image part are displayed as different regions of the birds-eye view with no more than an edge of the first image part overlapping with an adjacent edge of the second image part such that said edges of the first image part and the second image part form a partial overlapping region occurring between the first image part and the second image part.