US 11,731,558 B2
Rearview device simulation
Andreas Herrmann, Stuttgart (DE); Martin Schwalb, Stuttgart (DE); Frank Linsenmaier, Stuttgart (DE); Oliver Eder, Stuttgart (DE); Ilka Rötzer, Stuttgart (DE); Thomas Jochmann, 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 Patent S.à.r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/584,730.
Application 17/584,730 is a continuation of application No. 16/388,321, filed on Apr. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,256,931.
Application 16/388,321 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/712,486, filed on Sep. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,562,452.
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.
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.
Application 15/712,486 is a continuation of application No. 15/287,554, filed on Oct. 6, 2016.
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 2022/0148317 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2022.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 10/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/00 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); B60R 11/0235 (2013.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/582 (2022.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0022 (2013.01); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8046 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a single image from data collected in a plurality of images captured by an optical system to simulate a mirror used as a rear-view mirror of a vehicle, the method comprising:
identifying primary edges of a first image of the plurality of images;
locating a first border within the first image that extends to part of a first edge of the first image;
identifying secondary edges of a second image of the plurality of images;
selecting a second edge from the secondary edges closest in position and orientation to the part of the first edge of the first image;
locating a second border within the second image that extends to the second edge; and
adjusting the second image such that a second part of the second border of the second image aligns with the first border of the first image,
wherein the optical system simultaneously simulates both a plane mirror and a spotter mirror in form of a spherical mirror in the single image to provide a plurality of optical subsystems.