Method and apparatus for operating a camera-monitor system for a motor vehicle
A method for operating a camera-monitor system for a motor vehicle, in which the camera-monitor system has a camera that is designed to provide an image of an environment of the motor vehicle and has a monitor for representing images from the camera comprises providing an image from the camera, ascertaining an attention-relevant object in the environment, temporarily changing at least one representation property of the image in dependence on the ascertained object to form a changed image, and representing the changed image on the monitor.
1. A method for operating a camera-monitor system for a motor vehicle comprising:
providing an image of an environment of the motor vehicle from a camera;
ascertaining an attention-relevant object in the environment with a control device by;
ascertaining a threshold value for an attention relevance, wherein the threshold value depends on at least one of a user of the camera-monitor system, and a history of the change in the representation and environmental variables; and
ascertaining a value of the attention relevance of the object;
changing temporarily at least one representation property of the image in dependence on the ascertained object to form a changed image by changing a brightness when the ascertained value is greater than the threshold value; and
representing the changed image on a monitor.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein ascertaining the object further comprises using an object recognition method in the provided image.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein ascertaining the object further comprises using at least one further sensor of the motor vehicle.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein ascertaining the object further comprises using vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
ascertaining a representation region of the object in the image on the monitor;
maintaining the representation property in the representation region; and
changing the representation property outside the representation region.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein temporarily changing the representation property further comprises:
ascertaining a time period for the change in dependence on one of the object and a user of the camera-monitor system,
changing the representation property for the ascertained time period;
representing the changed image within the ascertained time period; and
representing the image with the unchanged representation property after the time period.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the camera is associated with a longitudinal side of the vehicle and wherein the monitor is located within the vehicle on the same longitudinal side as the camera.