External rear view mirror system for parking assistance system for motor vehicle, has gesture recognition device connected with computer unit, which is designed for recognition of gestures of driver, and data is assigned to control function

摘要

The external rear view mirror system has a camera unit covering the vehicle surrounding, a display unit arranged in the vicinity of a driver and a computer unit connected with the camera unit and the display unit. A gesture recognition device is connected with the computer unit, which is designed for recognition of the predetermined gestures of the driver and for delivering the gesture data to the computer unit. The gesture data is assigned to the control function in the computer unit, where the display of image data on the display unit is controlled by the control function. An independent claim is included for a method for controlling an image section of an external rear view mirror system of a motor vehicle.