Television – Special applications – Observation of or from a specific location
Reexamination Certificate
2004-12-17
2010-11-16
An, Shawn (Department: 2621)
Television
Special applications
Observation of or from a specific location
C348S159000, C348S143000, C348S047000, C348S164000, C348S187000, C348S188000, C348S218100, C250S330000, C250S334000, C250S351000, C250S252100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07834905
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an improved method for visualizing the environment of a vehicle, especially in the dark. The invention also relates to a night vision system, which especially provides a visual image of the environment or the digital data thereof. Preferably, the visual image is a color image which indicates the visually perceptible objects of the environment. The system also provides an infrared image of the environment or the digital data thereof. The infrared image indicates the infrared radiation radiated by the visually perceptible and/or other objections. In a preferred form of embodiment, a merged image of the visual image and the infrared image of largely identical sections of the environment of the vehicle is represented on a display comprising at least one merged region and at least one region which is not merged or not merged to the same extent or not merged with the same weighting.
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Hahn Wolfgang
Weidner Thomas
An Shawn
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Crowell & Moring LLP
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