METHOD FOR OPERATING A PARK ASSISTING DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH COMBINED VIEW OF TRANSPARENT TRAILER AND ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A method using a parking assistance apparatus of a motor vehicle with trailer includes: producing, respectively by first and second camera units, a first image of surroundings of the vehicle on which the trailer is portrayed, and a second image of surroundings of the trailer, the first and second camera units being arranged on the vehicle and the trailer, respectively; producing a combined view of the surroundings from the first and second images, wherein an area of the first image occupied by the trailer overlays with a piece of the second image, so the trailer in the combined view has areas depicted transparently in front of surroundings in the second image; displaying the combined view with a desired travel trajectory for the trailer overlaid on the view; selecting a profile for the desired trajectory; starting a parking process in which the trailer is automatically kept on the desired trajectory.