VIEWING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF SWITCHING BETWEEN IMAGE AREAS DISPLAYED BY THE VIEWING SYSTEM

A viewing system for a vehicle having a towing vehicle () and a trailer () pivotally mounted on the towing vehicle (), with a first acquisition device () for capturing first image data of a first area; a second acquisition device () for capturing second image data of a second area overlapping the first area, wherein the first and second acquisition devices () have different optical characteristics; a device () for processing the first and second image data to extract first () and second () image areas; display () for same-filed displaying the image areas; a pivot angle determining device to determine pivot angle between towing vehicle () and trailer (); and a display switch for switching display of the first area and second area on a switching condition.