Method and device for visualizing the environment of a vehicle with distance-dependent fusion of an infrared and a visual image

摘要

A method of visualizing the environment of a vehicle, providing a visual image of the environment, wherein the visual image shows the visually-visible objects, and providing an infrared image of the environment, the infrared image being that of the visually-visible ones and / or further objects emitting infrared radiation, characterized by a fusion of visual image and infrared image, in which a fusion image is formed, which has at least a first fusion image area and a second fusion image area, wherein the first fusion image Range is formed using at least a first distance-dependent adaptation parameter and the second fusion image range using at least one second distance-dependent adaptation parameter, wherein the distance between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle is determined and checked as to whether the currently used, distance-dependent adaptation parameter at least one more suitable distance-dependent adaptation parameter is determined and used to provide a partial fusion image showing the preceding vehicle.