Image display control device

• US 10,484,651 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2016
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Kazuya, Nakasho, Takayuki, Sakabe, Masahiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thai Q
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mesa, Jose M
• Application Number:
  US15/738,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20180192005A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,244 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/27 providing all-round vision, e.g. using omnidirectional cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/105 using multiple cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/303 using joined images, e.g. multiple camera images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/607 from a bird's eye viewpoint
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/52 Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/56 exterior to a vehicle by using sensors mounted on the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/20 Details of the management of multiple sources of image data
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/36 characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44504 Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

An image display control device according to an embodiment includes a display and a controller. The controller displays a first screen on the display. The first screen includes a first image and a second image. The first image is and image of a vehicle viewed from above. The second image is obtained by capturing a second area that is a part of a first area where is a capturing target around the vehicle. The controller displays, on the display, a third image that is switched from the second image, the third image. The third image is obtained by capturing a third area where is different from the second area. The third is selected as a part of area included in the first area. The controller displays identification information for identifying the third area within the first image, before the second image is switched to the third image.

Claims

1. An image display control device, comprising:

a display; and

a controller that

displays a first screen on the display, the first screen including a first image and a second image, the first image being an image of a vehicle viewed from above, and the second image obtained by capturing a second area that is a part of a first area where is a capturing target around the vehicle;

displays, on the display, a third image that is switched from the second image, the third image being obtained by capturing a third area where is different from the second area, the third area being selected as a part of area included in the first area;

displays identification information for identifying the third area within the first image, before the second image is switched to the third image; and

changes the identification information into a display-hidden state at a same time when the second image is switched to the third image or at a time when a predetermined time has elapsed after the second image is switched to the third image.

2. The image display control device according to claim 1, wherein the controller keeps displaying the first image on the first screen and displays a black image instead of the second image prior to the third image during a time until the second image is switched to the third image.

3. The image display control device according to claim 2, wherein the controller gradually reduces brightness of the second image until the black image is displayed, and gradually increases brightness of the third image after the black image is displayed.

4. The image display control device according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is information to be displayed in an area of the first image corresponding to the third area in an overlapping manner.

5. An image display control device, comprising:

a display; and

a controller that

displays a first screen on the display, the first screen including a first image and a second image, the first image being an image of a vehicle viewed from above, and the second image obtained by capturing a second area that is a part of a first area where is a capturing target around the vehicle;

displays, on the display, a third image that is switched from the second image, the third image being obtained by capturing a third area where is different from the second area, the third area being selected as a part of area included in the first area;

displays identification information for identifying the third area within the first image, before the second image is switched to the third image;

keeps displaying the first image on the first screen and displays a black image instead of the second image prior to the third image during a time until the second image is switched to the third image; and

gradually reduces brightness of the second image until the black image is displayed, and gradually increases brightness of the third image after the black image is displayed.

6. An image display control device, comprising:

a display; and

a controller that

displays a first screen on the display, the first screen including a first image and a second image, the first image being an image of a vehicle viewed from above, and the second image obtained by capturing a second area that is a part of a first area where is a capturing target around the vehicle;

when an operation is detected, displays identification information for identifying a third area on the first image in an overlapping manner, the third area being selected as a part of an area included in the first area and being different from the second area; and

after the identification information is displayed to the first image in an overlapping manner, displays, on the display, a third image that is switched from the second image, the third image being obtained by capturing the third area;

wherein the controller displays the first screen including a plurality of selection images, and displays, when a touch operation on one of the selection images is performed, the identification information on the first area in an overlapping manner; and

wherein the selection images include at least one of a selection image for selecting a front area that is an area in front of the vehicle, a selection image for selecting a wide-angle area that is an area wider than the front area, a selection image for selecting side areas that are left and right areas of the vehicle, and a selection image for selecting an under-floor area that is an area under a floor of the vehicle.