STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB

A method for a camera monitor system (CMS) includes obtaining a first image from a first camera and a second image from a second camera. The first image and second image depict a side of a commercial vehicle and its surrounding environment. The first camera and the second camera have different, overlapping fields of view, and have different respective optical axes that intersect a ground plane at different respective optical angles. The method also includes performing a perspective transformation on at least one of the first image and second image to obtain an updated image set, such that at least one of the first image and second image are updated in the updated image set, and vertically stitching the images of the updated image set together to form a combined image. A camera monitor system (CMS) is also disclosed.

A method for a camera monitor system (CMS) includes obtaining a first image from a first camera that depicts a first area that extends along a first side of a commercial vehicle; obtaining a second image from a second camera that depicts a second area that extends along a second side, opposite the first side, of the commercial vehicle; obtaining a third image from a third camera that depicts a rear area behind the commercial vehicle; performing a perspective transformation on the first image, the second image, and the third image to obtain an updated image set, such that each of the first image, second image, and third image are updated in the updated image set; and stitching the images of the updated image set together to form a combined image in which the third image is disposed between the first image and second image, and in which the first area, second area, and rear area are each depicted. A CMS is also disclosed.

A method for a camera monitor system (CMS) includes displaying image feeds from a plurality of CMS cameras on a plurality of CMS displays. The image feeds depict an environment surrounding a commercial vehicle. The method also includes receiving a touchscreen command for a particular one of the CMS displays on a touchscreen interface and adjusting a zoom level of the image feed on the particular one of the CMS displays based on the touchscreen command. A camera monitor system (CMS) is also disclosed.

A method for providing panning for a camera monitor system (CMS) includes displaying image feeds from a plurality of CMS cameras on a plurality of CMS displays. The image feeds depict an environment surrounding a commercial vehicle. The method also includes providing a human-machine interface (HMI) on a touchscreen display, receiving at least one panning command through the HMI, and, based on the at least one panning command, panning the image feed on one of the plurality of CMS displays from a default view to a panned view. A camera monitor system (CMS) is also disclosed.

A method of providing views in a CMS for a vehicle includes capturing multiple fields of view with multiple cameras, displaying the multiple fields of view on multiple displays, one of which includes a primary display, touching a picture-in-picture (PIP) indicium on the primary display to select a predetermined PIP configuration that displays one of the multiple fields of view for at least one of the multiple displays, and displaying the predetermined PIP configuration on the at least one of the multiple displays during a first vehicle operational state. The predetermined PIP configuration is absent from the at least one of the multiple displays during a second vehicle operational state that is different than the first vehicle operational state.

A method for a camera monitor system (CMS) includes displaying image feeds from a plurality of CMS cameras on a plurality of CMS displays. The image feeds depict an environment surrounding a commercial vehicle. The method also includes receiving a touchscreen command for a particular one of the CMS displays on a touchscreen interface and adjusting a zoom level of the image feed on the particular one of the CMS displays based on the touchscreen command. A camera monitor system (CMS) is also disclosed.

An example camera monitor system (CMS) includes a plurality of CMS cameras configured to record images of an environment surrounding a commercial vehicle, a plurality of CMS displays, a heads-up display (HUD), and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to display image feeds from the plurality of CMS cameras on the plurality of CMS displays, detect an object outside of the commercial vehicle that is moving with respect to the commercial vehicle and with respect to the environment surrounding the commercial vehicle, and display a notification of the object on the HUD. The notification indicates at least one of a direction the object is moving with respect to the commercial vehicle, and a particular one of the plurality of CMS displays the object is predicted to appear on next. A method for a camera monitor system (CMS) is also disclosed.

A camera monitor system including a first mirror replacement assembly including a housing supporting a rear facing camera and a rear facing range sensor, a controller in communication with the mirror replacement assembly, the controller including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions for identifying at least one object in an image feed from the camera and determining an angular position of the object using image analysis, identifying a distance of the at least one object from the mirror replacement assembly using the range sensor; and fusing the distance and the angular position of the object into a single data set, and a display connected to the controller and configured to display a mirror replacement view including at least a portion of the image feed.

A camera mirror system for a vehicle includes, among other things, first and second exterior cameras that are configured to provide capture images outside of the vehicle that correspond to legally prescribed views. The system further includes first and second displays within a vehicle cabin that are configured to depict the captured images respectively from the first and second exterior cameras. The system further includes first and second interior cameras that are configured to capture driver images within the vehicle cabin. The first and second interior cameras respectively have first and second interior fields of view that overlap one another in a vehicle driver region within the vehicle cabin, the first display is in the second interior field of view, and the second display is in the first interior field of view. The system further includes a controller that is in communication with the first and second displays and the first and second interior cameras. The controller is configured to monitor a driver activity in the vehicle driver region using the first and second interior cameras. The controller is configured to initiate a calibration procedure in response to a calibration event. The calibration procedure includes first and second displays that respectively depict first and second patterns, and the first and second interior cameras detect respectively the second and first patterns to calibrate the first and second cameras in relation to the vehicle driver region to establish a distance between each of the first and second interior cameras and the second and first patterns respectively.

A method for determining an image reference position includes receiving at least one image from at least one camera at a controller, the image includes a road lane that is defined by two identifiable lane lines and the camera is a component of a camera monitoring system (CMS) for a vehicle. An inner edge of each lane line is identified in the two identified lane lines using image based analysis, and a vanishing point of the two identified lane lines is identified by extending the identified inner edges of each lane line to a point where the extended inner edges meet using the controller, and the vanishing point is provided to at least one CMS system as the image reference position.