BMW M5 Owner's Handbook Manual page 186

CONTROLS
System limits
Safety note
WARNING
The system may not respond at all, or may re‐
spond too late, incorrectly, or without justifica‐
tion due to limits of the system. There is a dan‐
ger of accidents or damage to property.
Observe the information on the system limits
and intervene actively if necessary.
Detection range
The detection capacity of the camera is limited.
As a result, the system may fail to give warnings
or may give warnings late.
It is possible that the following are not detected,
for example:
▷ Partially concealed pedestrians.
▷ Pedestrians who are not detected as such,
because of the viewing angle or outline.
▷ Pedestrians outside the detection range.
▷ Pedestrians less than approximately 80 cm,
32 in tall.
Functional limitations
The system may have limited functionality in
some situations, for example:
▷ In thick fog, wet conditions or snow.
▷ On sharp bends.
▷ If vehicle stability control systems are deacti‐
vated, for example DSC OFF.
▷ If the field of view of the camera or the wind‐
screen in front of the rearview mirror is dirty
or covered.
▷ If the camera has overheated due to exces‐
sively high temperatures, and has been tem‐
porarily deactivated.
▷ Up to 10 seconds after starting the engine
using the start/stop button.
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▷ During the camera calibration process imme‐
diately after vehicle delivery.
▷ When there is sustained glare effect due to
oncoming light, for example the sun is low in
the sky.
▷ In the dark.
Night Vision with person
and animal recognition
Principle
Night Vision with person and animal recognition
is a night vision system.
An infrared camera records the area in front of
the vehicle and warns of people and animals on
the road. Warm objects with a shape similar to
human beings or animals are detected by the
system. The thermal image can be shown in the
Control Display as needed.
Depending on equipment, the detected objects
are illuminated with the Dynamic Marker Light,
see page 189, for better detection.
General
Thermal image
The heat radiated by objects in the camera's field
of view is shown.
Warm objects are shown light and cold objects
dark.
The recognition depends on the temperature dif‐
ferential in relation to the background and on the
natural heat radiation of the object. Objects with