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G12￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems
14.￿Night￿Vision
In￿the￿G12￿the￿Night￿Vision￿system￿is￿available￿in￿the￿form￿of￿BMW￿Night￿Vision￿with￿person￿and￿animal
recognition￿optional￿equipment￿(OE￿6UK).
Night￿Vision￿detects￿people￿and￿animals￿in￿optimum￿conditions￿at￿night￿up￿to￿a￿distance￿of
approximately￿100 m￿away￿and￿therefore￿assists￿the￿driver￿especially￿on￿dark￿and￿difficult￿stretches
of￿road,￿such￿as￿when￿driving￿on￿single-lane￿roads￿with￿adjacent￿woods.
In￿potentially￿dangerous￿situations,￿the￿system￿warns￿the￿driver￿of￿people￿and￿animals￿on￿the￿road.
The￿Night￿Vision￿camera￿integrated￿in￿the￿BMW￿radiator￿grille￿records￿the￿area￿in￿front￿of￿the￿vehicle
and￿sends￿the￿data￿to￿the￿Night￿Vision￿electronics￿(NVE).
G12￿Night￿Vision￿camera
Heating￿is￿switched￿on￿to￿avoid￿ice￿forming￿on￿the￿camera￿at￿temperatures￿below￿5° C.
The￿image￿data￿is￿analyzed￿by￿the￿Night￿Vision￿electronics￿control￿unit￿and￿the￿corresponding￿image
information￿is￿sent￿to￿the￿head￿unit￿via￿the￿Color￿Video￿Blanking￿Signal.
G12￿Night￿Vision￿electronics￿(NVE)￿control￿unit
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