US 12,441,251 B2
Vehicle camera, camera system, video processing method, software, and vehicle incorporating the same
Maciej Ksiazek, Dublin (IE); and Pawel Markiewicz, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,278.
Claims priority of application No. 22188616 (EP), filed on Aug. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0042937 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 1/29 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G06T 5/80 (2024.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01)
CPC B60R 1/29 (2022.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G06T 5/80 (2024.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an imager; and
an ultra-wide-angle lens assembly configured for focusing onto the imager an ultra-wide-angle image having a field of view,
the apparatus configured to be mounted within a vehicle such that the field of view includes an interior portion representing part of an interior of the vehicle and an exterior portion representing part of an exterior of the vehicle;
wherein the imager comprises a plurality of pixels for generating image data of the interior portion and the exterior portion, and includes an excluded region for not generating image data of an excluded portion between the interior portion and exterior portion; and
wherein the ultra-wide-angle lens assembly comprises a first focal region having a first set of optical characteristics for focusing the interior portion of the field of view onto the imager on a first side of the excluded region, and a second focal region having a second set of optical characteristics for focusing the exterior portion of the field of view onto the imager on a second side of the excluded region.