System and method for displaying a 3D vehicle surrounding with adjustable point of view including a distance sensor

1. A system for displaying a vehicle surrounding with an adjustable point of view, comprising:

at least one sensor device on the vehicle, the at least one sensor device configured to measure distances to objects of the vehicle surrounding;

a processor configured to generate a three-dimensional environment map based on the measured distances of the at least one sensor device; and

a display configured to display the three-dimensional environment map having an adjustable point of view based on a particular driving situation.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustable point of view includes a point of view other than that of the at least one sensor device.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the adjustable point of view includes a point of view most beneficial to the particular driving situation.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the point of view most beneficial to the particular driving situation includes a point of view, during a parallel parking situation, from at least one of a side and a rear of the vehicle.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to continuously update the three-dimensional environment map.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor device includes at least one of: (a) a time-of-flight, (b) lidar, (c) radar, (d) ultrasound, and (e) stereo sensor device.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to highlight the objects in the three-dimensional environment map based on the measured distances to the objects.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to highlight the objects in the three-dimensional environment map based on the particular driving situation.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display an indication of the measured distances to the objects on the three-dimensional environment map.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor device includes a plurality of sensor devices with at least partially overlapping fields of view.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the plurality of sensor devices includes a sensor device mounted on a rear of the vehicle and a sensor device mounted on each side of the vehicle.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to perform sensor fusion, object recognition, and scene rendering.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to perform noise filtering and contrast enhancement.

14. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to include a three-dimensional model of the vehicle in the three-dimensional environment map.

15. A method for displaying a vehicle surrounding with an adjustable point of view, comprising:

measuring distances, by at least one sensor device on the vehicle, to objects of the vehicle surrounding;

generating, by a processor, a three-dimensional environment map based on the measured distances of the at least one sensor device; and

displaying, by a display, the three-dimensional environment map having an adjustable point of view based on a particular driving situation.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein displaying the three-dimensional environment map includes displaying from a point of view other than that of the at least one sensor device.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein displaying the three-dimensional environment map includes displaying from a point of view most beneficial to the particular driving situation.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein displaying from the point of view most beneficial to the particular driving situation includes displaying from a point of view, during a parallel parking situation, from at least one of a side and a rear of the vehicle.

19. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising continuously updating, by the processor, the three-dimensional environment map.

20. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising highlighting, by the processor, the objects in the three-dimensional environment map based on the measured distances to the objects.

21. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising highlighting, by the processor, the objects in the three-dimensional environment map based on the particular driving situation.

22. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising displaying, by the display, an indication of the measured distances to the objects on the three-dimensional environment map.

23. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising measuring distances by a plurality of sensor devices with at least partially overlapping fields of view.

24. The method according to claim 23 , further comprising measuring distances by the plurality of sensor devices including one sensor device mounted on a rear of the vehicle, and one sensor device mounted on each side of the vehicle.

25. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the generating includes:

combining, by the processor, the measured distances of the at least one sensor device;

recognizing the objects in a data set; and

rendering the three-dimensional environment map.

26. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the generating includes:

filtering noise; and

enhancing contrast.

27. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising including, by the processor, a three-dimensional model of the vehicle in the three-dimensional environment map.