SELF-PROPELLED CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THE AREA SURROUNDING SAME

The invention relates to an autonomous construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, recycler or surface miner, and a method for displaying an image of the surroundings of an autonomous construction machine. The construction machine according to the invention has an image display device (17) for displaying an image of the surroundings of the construction machine in bird's-eye view, which comprises a camera system (18) with a plurality of cameras (18 A,B,C,D,E) provided on the machine frame for capturing individual overlapping image areas (20A, 20B, 21, 22A, 22B) of the construction machine surroundings from different image capture positions and an image processing system (19). The image processing system (19) is designed such that image sections (20A', 20B', 21', 22A', 22B') of the individual image areas (20A, 20B, 21, 22A, 22B) are combined into a composite image (28) in bird's-eye view. For this purpose, the construction machine has a position detection device (15) that detects the height and/or the inclination of the machine frame (2) relative to the ground surface, which cooperates with the position detection device (15) in such a manner that when combining the image sections of the individual image areas into a composite image (28) in bird's-eye view, the course of the seams (26A, 26B, 26C, 27A, 27B) located between the image sections, which lie within the overlap areas (23A, 23B, 23C, 24A, 24B) of the image areas (20A, 20B, 21, 22A, 22B), is determined as a function of the height and/or the inclination of the machine frame (2) relative to the ground surface.