US 12,214,732 B2
Rear camera triangulation mirror
Kyle P Carpenter, Clarkston, MI (US); Danny Bynum, Lake Orion, MI (US); and Matthew Donald Berkemeier, Beverly Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed by Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,954.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109443 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 1/06 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8066 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera system for a vehicle comprising:
a camera configured for generating an image of an area proximate the vehicle; and
a mirror mounted proximate the camera and within a field of view of the camera, the mirror mounted to provide a secondary view of the area proximate the vehicle to the camera; and
a controller in communication with said camera and programmed to
receive an image from the camera including a primary view of the area proximate the vehicle and the secondary view of the area proximate the vehicle viewed in the mirror,
identify an object within the primary view and the secondary view,
determine an angle between the camera and a point on the mirror corresponding with the reflection of the object, and
determine a position of the object relative to the vehicle using the image of the object identified in the primary view, the image of the object identified in the secondary view, and the determined angle.