System and method for detecting the surrounding environment of a motor vehicle using as adjustable infrared night vision system

摘要

In a night vision system with which an image recording unit records the image of the surroundings of a motor vehicle, the recorded image is displayed by means of a display, wherein the position of the image recording device (2) is changed according to the driving situation.

主权项

1. A night vision system comprising:
an image recording unit recording the image of the surroundings of a motor vehicle; a display showing the recorded image; and a pivot for adjusting the vertical position of the image recording device, wherein the vertical position of the image recording device depends at least in part on a forward speed of the vehicle, such that the image recording device is pivoted upwardly when the forward speed of the vehicle increases and pivoted downwardly, so as to record an image outside a lower boundary of a forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver through a from windshield of the motor vehicle, when the forward speed of the vehicle decreases, and a processor programmed to:
receive information regarding a road on which the vehicle is travelling,determine, based on the received information regarding the road, a typical speed of travel associated with the road, and wherein the vertical position of the image recording device further depends at least in part on the determined typical speed of travel associated with the road on which the vehicle is travelling.