Gunter R Rottner

US Patent:

20110050886, Mar 3, 2011

Filed:

Aug 27, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/548639

Inventors:

Justin Thompson - Royal Oak MI, US
Gunter Rottner - Wixom MI, US
Alexander Latysh - Troy MI, US

Assignee:

ROBERT BOSCH GMBH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348135, 348E07085

Abstract:

A system for providing guidance information to a driver of a vehicle. In one implementation, the system includes an image capture device and an object sensor attached to the vehicle. The image capture device acquires an image of the vicinity of the vehicle. The object sensor is configured to detect an object near the vehicle. A processing unit processes the acquired image from the image capture device to produce an output image. The processing of the acquired image is based on information obtained from the object sensor. An image display unit is connected to the processing unit and displays the output image produced by the central processing unit.

US Patent:

20110202240, Aug 18, 2011

Filed:

Feb 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/704853

Inventors:

Gunter Rottner - Wixom MI, US
Jeffrey Bochenek - Milford MI, US

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
B62D 15/02
B60Q 1/00

US Classification:

701 42, 701 36, 701300, 340435

Abstract:

A dynamic range display system for a vehicle. The system includes a camera, a distance sensor, a display, and a controller. The camera is configured to capture an image and to generate a signal representative of the image. The distance sensor is configured to detect an object of interest within a path of the vehicle and to generate a signal that identifies a distance between the vehicle and the object of interest. The display is configured to provide a visual image, and the controller is configured to receive the signal from the camera and the signal from the distance sensor. The controller generates an image on the display representing the image detected by the camera and a dynamic vehicle path line overlaid over the camera image. The dynamic vehicle path line provides an indication of a distance between the vehicle and the object of interest.

US Patent:

20130027558, Jan 31, 2013

Filed:

Jul 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/558748

Inventors:

Ravikiran Ramanath - Tumkur, IN
Jeffrey Bochenek - Milford MI, US
Gunter Rottner - Wixom MI, US

Assignee:

ROBERT BOSCH GMBH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348148, 348E07085

Abstract:

A computer-implemented method for reconstructing and displaying an image of an area behind a vehicle. The method includes capturing, by an image capturing device, an image of the area behind the vehicle; receiving, at a controller, the captured image; separating, by the controller, the image into three image pieces; correcting, at the controller, the middle image piece by using a distortion correction algorithm; cropping, at the controller, the first and second side image pieces into a rectangular format; converting, at the controller, the first and second image pieces into a trapezoidal format; aligning, at the controller, the two side image pieces with the corrected middle image piece; and creating, at the controller, a continuous image of the area behind the vehicle.

US Patent:

20130107048, May 2, 2013

Filed:

Nov 2, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/287440

Inventors:

Gunter Rottner - Wixom MI, US
Frederic Marcel Sejalon - Commerce Township MI, US
Jeffrey Bochenek - Milford MI, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/18

US Classification:

348148, 348E07085

Abstract:

A method of automatically equalizing image data generated by a surround-view camera system of a vehicle. The method includes receiving a first, second, third, and fourth data set including image data corresponding to a front, left, right, and rear field of view of the vehicle, respectively. The method also includes identifying a darkest region in the first, second, and third data sets and adjusting a brightness of the image data included in the first, second, and third data sets based on the darkest region. The method further includes adjusting a brightness of the image data included in the fourth data set based on a comparison of the brightness of the image data included in the fourth data set and the adjusted brightness of the image data included in the second and third data sets.

US Patent:

20130135089, May 30, 2013

Filed:

Nov 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/304714

Inventors:

Frederic Marcel Sejalon - Commerce Township MI, US
Gunter Rottner - Wixom MI, US
Jeffrev Bochenek - Milford MI, US
Wolfgang Niehsen - Bad Salzdetfurth, DE

Assignee:

ROBERT BOSCH GMBH - Stuttgart

International Classification:

B60Q 1/00
H04N 7/18

US Classification:

340435, 348148, 348E07085

Abstract:

A blind spot detection system. The system includes a camera mounted at the rear of a vehicle, a controller coupled to the camera, and an indicator coupled to the controller. The camera is configured to capture images in a field-of-view to the rear of the vehicle. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the camera indicative of the images, and controller determineg when a second vehicle in the images enters a blind spot of the vehicle. The controller activates the indicator when the second vehicle enters the blind spot of the vehicle.

US Patent:

20160272024, Sep 22, 2016

Filed:

Nov 18, 2014

Appl. No.:

15/035328

Inventors:

- Stuttgart, DE
Jonathan Charles Diedrich - Carleton MI, US
Mark Gehrke - Ypsilanti MI, US
Gunter Rottner - Wixom MI, US

International Classification:

B60D 1/36
B60R 1/00
B60Q 9/00
B60D 1/46

Abstract:

Systems and methods for using a hitch connection system to attach a vehicle to a trailer. The hitch connection system includes at feast one camera and a controller. The camera is configured to collect snags data of a vehicle hitch and a trailer coupler. The controller is configured to generate an overhead view image based on the image data. The controller is farther configured to calculate a relative height between the vehicle hitch and the trailer coupler based on the image data and generate an alert when the relative height is less ton a predetermined threshold.