US 12,337,761 B2
Rearview device simulation
Thomas Jochmann, Stuttgart (DE); Andreas Herrmann, Stuttgart (DE); Martin Schwalb, Stuttgart (DE); Firas Mualla, Stuttgart (DE); Maximilian Kauffmann, Stuttgart (DE); and Thorsten Steder, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to SMR Patents S.à.r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed by SMR Patents S.à.r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,161.
Application 17/511,161 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/440,433, filed on Jun. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,381,757.
Application 17/511,161 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/388,321, filed on Apr. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,256,931.
Application 16/440,433 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/712,486, filed on Sep. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,562,452, issued on Feb. 18, 2020.
Application 15/712,486 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/691,332, filed on Aug. 30, 2017, granted, now 10,800,329, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Application 15/691,332 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/602,068, filed on May 22, 2017, granted, now 10,703,299, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Application 15/712,486 is a continuation of application No. 15/287,554, filed on Oct. 6, 2016, granted, now 10,395,125, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 15/602,068 is a continuation of application No. 14/968,132, filed on Dec. 14, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/968,132 is a continuation of application No. 13/090,127, filed on Apr. 19, 2011, granted, now 9,238,434, issued on Jan. 19, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10160325 (EP), filed on Apr. 19, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041105 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60R 1/00 (2022.01); B60R 1/26 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06T 3/00 (2024.01); G06T 3/047 (2024.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/26 (2022.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G06T 3/047 (2024.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/207 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8046 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
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1. A method for displaying and processing an image captured by an optical system used to simulate a rear-view system of a vehicle, the method comprising:
capturing the image;
processing the image to generate a processed image, wherein processing the image comprises
calculating one or more of a size, a position, and a field of view of a first region of interest (ROI) of the captured image,
calculating one or more of a size, a position, and a field of view of a second ROI of the captured image,
calculating a blur factor for blurring the first ROI,
manipulating an image gradient of the first ROI pixel by pixel using the blur factor to reduce at least one of a brightness or a contrast of one or more pixels of the ROI, and
manipulating the second ROI by changing a color of one or more pixel values from the second ROI; and
displaying the processed image on a display.