Patent ID: 7392118

Claim:
System for the supervision of an exterior environment of a motor vehicle, installable in an exterior rear view mirror, being said system adapted for detecting the presence of objects susceptible to collide with said vehicle, within a determined supervisory area, covering at least one dead angle, and the system comprising: a capturing device suitable to acquire images or information samples regarding presence captured from the exterior, representative of an object included in said supervisory area, an electronic system which comprises at least a system for processing and analyzing first input signals obtained through said capturing device, and which generates exit signals as a function of the result of said analysis, said exit signals being warning signals, means for detecting trajectories for the detection of possible variations in the trajectory of the vehicle, associated and in cooperation with said electronic system to vary said supervisory area to be covered by the capturing device as a function of second signals, processed and analyzed, obtained by said means for detecting trajectories.