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Camera-based driver support systems (KAFAS): Notes

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Depending on the options fitted, various camera-based systems are available. Technically, the system is implemented with a joint camera and a joint control unit, the KAFAS control unit. The functions of the camera-based driver support systems are:

NOTE: Optional equipment 5AC, high-beam assistant!

If the customer exclusively orders the High-Beam Assistant (5AC), the system is implemented with its own camera and its own control unit in the inside mirror.

The lane departure warning and high-beam assistant are known systems. The road sign recognition is only  possible with the Professional navigation system.

Fig 1: Display - Lane Departure Warning Screen
G09872262Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Item Explanation
1 Road sign recognition
2 Lane departure warning
3 High-beam assistant