US 12,134,354 B2
Vehicle tracking for a camera wing system
Romeo Wieczorek, Stuttgart (DE); and Matthias Koller, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Motherson Innovations Company Limited, London (GB)
Filed by Motherson Innovations Company Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,987.
Claims priority of application No. 102021131821.1 (DE), filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173983 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/28 (2022.01); B60Q 1/24 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 15/02 (2021.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 1/28 (2022.01) [B60Q 1/249 (2022.05); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 15/02 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); H04N 5/2624 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0092 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera wing system for a vehicle, comprising:
a camera to record a field of view of the camera in a scenery at least around a rear part of the vehicle,
wherein a presented view is provided to a driver of the vehicle as a part of the field of view,
wherein the camera wing system is adapted to automatically pan the presented view of the camera to another presented view different from the previous presented view in order to keep a point of interest of the rear part of the vehicle within the presented view provided to the driver regardless of a driving situation of the vehicle while the vehicle is on,
wherein the point of interest is recognized by optical recognition software installed and executed on a control unit of the camera wing system,
wherein the control unit is adapted to further control the camera and the automatic panning of the presented view of the camera with respect to the recognized point of interest and to further select a part of the field of view to be presented to the driver for driving the vehicle,
wherein the field of view recorded by the camera is divided into a standard area and at least one second area adjacent to the standard area, and
wherein
in case the point of interest approaches the second area due to a changed driving situation, the control unit is adapted for panning the presented view of the camera in such a way that the point of interest stays in a middle position in a second present view, which is selected to be presented to the driver instead of the first presented view, or
in case the presented view cannot pan further while the point of interest further moves away from the standard area due to the present driving situation, the control unit is adapted to keep the presented view constant to let the point of interest move through the selected second present view.