Patent Document ID: 20150175073
Application ID: 14629188
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of operating a vehicle equipped with first and second cameras configured to capture an area surrounding the vehicle, the first camera having a first field of view, capturing a first individual image of the first field of view, and providing first image data of the first individual image, and the second camera having a second field of view overlapping the first field of view in an overlap region, capturing a second individual image of the second field of view, and providing second image data of the second individual image, the method comprising the acts of: performing an object correction as a function of the first and second image data, the performing of the object correction comprising the acts of: (i) determining, respectively, a distance of objects imaged in the second individual image from a predetermined reference point; (ii) determining, respectively, an angle of a respective object in relation to a predetermined reference axis; (iii) determining, based on the determined distance and the determined angle of the respective object, whether the respective object is located in the overlap region; and (v) if the determined respective object is located in the overlap region, removing the respective object from the second individual image; and determining an overall image, after performing the object correction, wherein the overall image is composed as a function of the first individual image and the second individual image.