Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2013 Owner's Manual page 272

your driving style to suit the prevailing road
and traffic conditions.
The system may be impaired or may not func-
tion:
if there is poor visibility, e.g. due to snow,
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rain, fog or spray
if the windscreen is dirty, misted up or cov-
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ered, for instance by a sticker, in the vicinity
of the camera
if the thermal imaging camera in the radia-
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tor grille is dirty, misted up or covered
on bends, hilltops or downhill gradients
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at high outside temperatures
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Night View Assist Plus cannot display objects
directly in front of or beside the vehicle.
It may be the case that other objects are
marked or highlighted as well as pedestrians
and animals.
Pedestrian and animal recognition
General notes
Pedestrian or animal recognition may be
impaired or inoperative if:
pedestrians or animals are partially or
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entirely obscured by other objects, e.g.
parked vehicles
the silhouette of the pedestrian or of the
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animal in the Night View Assist Plus display
is incomplete or interrupted, e.g. by pow-
erful light reflections
pedestrians or animals do not contrast with
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the surroundings
the camera system no longer recognises
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pedestrians as persons due to special
clothing or other objects
pedestrians are not in an upright position,
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e.g. sitting, squatting or lying
animals are not recognised by the system,
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e.g. because of their size or shape
The pedestrian and animal recognition is
deactivated at temperatures above 32†. The
spotlight function and automatic delayed
switch-off are then no longer active.
Pedestrian recognition
Night View Assist Plus display
:
Readiness symbol for active pedestrian
;
recognition
Highlighting
=
Pedestrian recognised
?
Night View Assist Plus can recognise pedes-
trians using typical characteristics, e.g. the
body contours and posture of a person stand-
ing upright.
Pedestrian recognition is then switched on
automatically if:
Night View Assist Plus is activated.
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you are driving faster than approximately
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10 km/h.
it is dark.
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If pedestrian recognition is active, readiness
symbol ; appears. Persons who are detec-
ted are highlighted by framing =. If the
pedestrian recognition system has brought a
pedestrian to your attention, look through the
windscreen to evaluate the situation. The
actual distance to objects and pedestrians
cannot be gauged accurately by looking at a
screen.
Animal recognition
Animals can be recognised in the following
situations:
darkness
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outside built-up areas
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below an outside temperature of 32 †
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