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Night vision system for motor vehicles
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In this article, a motor vehicle is equipped with an infrared camera for viewing roadway conditions in terms of a thermal image, and outputs a video signal to a head up display (HUD) which projects the camera view to the driver via the windshield (22) or other combiner to display a virtual image (23) in the driver's field of view.Abstract:
A motor vehicle (10) is equipped with an infrared camera (12) for viewing roadway conditions in terms of a thermal image, and outputs a video signal to a head up display (HUD) (18) which projects the camera view to the driver (24) via the windshield (22) or other combiner to display a virtual image (23) in the driver's field of view. The HUD (18) is configured to magnify the image to the same size as the visual or real scene, and compensates for camera (12) and windshield (22) distortion. The virtual image is presented above or below the real scene or may be superimposed on the real scene. A video processor (14) allows selection of only the warmest objects for display.read more
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