System and method for providing image information around vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for providing image information around a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an outside left camera and an outside right camera configured to photograph narrow angle images of rear sides of the vehicle from a left outside position and a right outside position of the vehicle, respectively;
a top view left camera, a top view right camera, a top view front camera, and a top view rear camera configured to photograph wide angle images of an outside area of the vehicle including a ground from a front position, a rear position, a left position, and a right position outside of the vehicle, respectively;
an outside left display and an outside right display installed at a left position and a right position, respectively, around a dash board inside of the vehicle, and a head unit display installed at a head unit inside of the vehicle; and
a controller configured to provide image data deriving from the outside left camera and the outside right camera to the outside left display and the outside right display, respectively, and to provide image data deriving from the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera to the head unit display,wherein the controller is further configured to provide images of all available directions deriving from the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera to the head unit display, and to perform an image synthesis so that a predetermined rear region of the vehicle among the images of all available directions is replaced with images deriving from the outside left camera and the outside right camera.
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Abstract
A system for providing image information around a vehicle includes: an outside left camera and an outside right camera configured to photograph rear sides of the vehicle from a left outside position and a right outside position of the vehicle, respectively; a top view left camera, a top view right camera, a top view front camera, and a top view rear camera configured to photograph an outside area of the vehicle including a ground; and a controller configured to provide image data deriving from the outside left camera and the outside right camera to a outside left display and a outside right display, respectively, and to provide image data deriving from the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera to a head unit display-mirror.
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1. A system for providing image information around a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an outside left camera and an outside right camera configured to photograph narrow angle images of rear sides of the vehicle from a left outside position and a right outside position of the vehicle, respectively; a top view left camera, a top view right camera, a top view front camera, and a top view rear camera configured to photograph wide angle images of an outside area of the vehicle including a ground from a front position, a rear position, a left position, and a right position outside of the vehicle, respectively; an outside left display and an outside right display installed at a left position and a right position, respectively, around a dash board inside of the vehicle, and a head unit display installed at a head unit inside of the vehicle; and a controller configured to provide image data deriving from the outside left camera and the outside right camera to the outside left display and the outside right display, respectively, and to provide image data deriving from the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera to the head unit display, wherein the controller is further configured to provide images of all available directions deriving from the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera to the head unit display, and to perform an image synthesis so that a predetermined rear region of the vehicle among the images of all available directions is replaced with images deriving from the outside left camera and the outside right camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for providing image information around a vehicle, the method comprising:
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photographing, by an outside left camera and an outside right camera, narrow angle images of rear sides of the vehicle from a left outside position and a right outside position of the vehicle; photographing, by a top view left camera, top view right camera, wide angle images of a top view front camera, and a top view rear camera, an outside area of the vehicle including a ground from a front position, a rear position, a left position, and a right position outside of the vehicle, respectively; providing, by a controller, image data deriving from the outside left camera and the outside right camera to an outside left display and an outside right display, respectively, installed at a left position and a right position, respectively, around a dash board inside of the vehicle; providing, by the controller, image data deriving from the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera to a head unit display installed at a head unit inside of the vehicle; providing, by the controller, images of all available directions deriving from the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera to the head unit display; and performing, by the controller, an image synthesis so that a predetermined rear region of the vehicle among the images of all available directions is replaced with images deriving from the outside left camera and the outside right camera. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for providing image information around a vehicle, the computer readable medium comprising program instructions that:
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provide image data deriving from an outside left camera and an outside right camera to an outside left display and an outside right display, respectively, installed at a left position and a right position, respectively, around a dash board inside of the vehicle; provide image data deriving from a top view left camera, a top view right camera, a top view front camera, and a top view rear camera to a head unit display installed at a head unit inside of the vehicle; provide image data of all available directions deriving from the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera to the head unit display; and perform an image synthesis so that a predetermined rear region of the vehicle among the image data of all available directions is replaced with images deriving from the outside left camera and the outside right camera, wherein the outside left camera and the outside right camera are configured to photograph narrow angle images of rear sides of the vehicle from a left outside position and a right outside position of the vehicle, respectively, and the top view left camera, the top view right camera, the top view front camera, and the top view rear camera are configured to photograph wide angle images of an outside area of the vehicle including a ground from a front position, a rear position, a left position, and a right position outside of the vehicle, respectively.
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