Vehicular rear backup vision system with video display
First Claim
1. A vehicular rear backup vision system, said vehicular rear backup vision system comprising:
- a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular rear backup vision system;
said rear backup camera having a field of view exterior and at least rearward of the equipped vehicle;
wherein the field of view of said rear backup camera is at least 130 degrees;
a display device comprising a video display screen disposed in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle and viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle, said video display screen having a diagonal dimension of at least 5 inches;
wherein, upon initial ignition on of the equipped vehicle that commences a new ignition cycle of the equipped vehicle, said rear backup camera is electrically powered;
wherein, after engine startup of the equipped vehicle, said vehicular rear backup vision system displays on said video display screen rear backup video images solely derived from image data captured by said rear backup camera no later than 2 seconds after the driver of the equipped vehicle first shifts a vehicle transmission of the equipped vehicle into reverse gear to commence a first backup event; and
wherein said rear backup camera remains electrically powered at least until the first backup event is completed.
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Abstract
A vehicular rear backup vision system includes a rear backup camera and a display device including a video display screen disposed in an interior cabin of the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. Upon initial ignition on of the vehicle that commences a new ignition cycle of the vehicle, the rear backup camera is electrically powered. After engine startup of the vehicle, the vehicular rear backup vision system displays on the video display screen rear backup video images derived solely from image data captured by the rear backup camera no later than 2 seconds after the driver of the vehicle first shifts a vehicle transmission of the vehicle into reverse gear to commence a first backup event. The rear backup camera remains electrically powered at least until the first backup event is completed.
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92 Claims
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1. A vehicular rear backup vision system, said vehicular rear backup vision system comprising:
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a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular rear backup vision system; said rear backup camera having a field of view exterior and at least rearward of the equipped vehicle; wherein the field of view of said rear backup camera is at least 130 degrees; a display device comprising a video display screen disposed in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle and viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle, said video display screen having a diagonal dimension of at least 5 inches; wherein, upon initial ignition on of the equipped vehicle that commences a new ignition cycle of the equipped vehicle, said rear backup camera is electrically powered; wherein, after engine startup of the equipped vehicle, said vehicular rear backup vision system displays on said video display screen rear backup video images solely derived from image data captured by said rear backup camera no later than 2 seconds after the driver of the equipped vehicle first shifts a vehicle transmission of the equipped vehicle into reverse gear to commence a first backup event; and wherein said rear backup camera remains electrically powered at least until the first backup event is completed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A vehicular rear backup vision system, said vehicular rear backup vision system comprising:
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a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular rear backup vision system; said rear backup camera having a field of view exterior and at least rearward of the equipped vehicle; wherein the field of view of said rear backup camera is at least 130 degrees; wherein said rear backup camera comprises a CMOS imaging array sensor; a display device comprising a video display screen disposed in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle and viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle, said video display screen having a diagonal dimension of at least 5 inches; wherein, after engine startup of the equipped vehicle following initial ignition on that commences a new ignition cycle of the equipped vehicle, said vehicular rear backup vision system displays on said video display screen rear backup video images solely derived from image data captured by said rear backup camera no later than 2 seconds after the driver of the equipped vehicle first shifts a vehicle transmission of the equipped vehicle into reverse gear to commence a first backup event; wherein said rear backup camera is electrically powered at least until the first backup event is completed; and wherein, with reverse gear of the vehicle transmission of the equipped vehicle having been selected by the driver of the equipped vehicle, video images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said rear backup camera are displayed on said video display screen while the vehicle remains in reverse gear and continue to be displayed after shifting by the driver of the vehicle transmission of the equipped vehicle out of reverse gear until a threshold condition is met. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A vehicular rear backup vision system, said vehicular rear backup vision system comprising:
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a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with said vehicular rear backup vision system; said rear backup camera having a field of view exterior and at least rearward of the equipped vehicle; wherein the field of view of said rear backup camera is at least 130 degrees; wherein said rear backup camera comprises a CMOS imaging array sensor; a display device comprising a video display screen disposed in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle and viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle, said video display screen having a diagonal dimension of at least 7 inches; wherein, upon initial ignition on of the equipped vehicle that commences a new ignition cycle of the equipped vehicle, said rear backup camera is electrically powered; wherein, after engine startup of the equipped vehicle, said vehicular rear backup vision system displays on said video display screen rear backup video images solely derived from image data captured by said rear backup camera no later than 2 seconds after the driver of the equipped vehicle shifts a vehicle transmission of the equipped vehicle into reverse gear to commence a first backup event; wherein, at initial ignition on, initiation of said display device and initiation of said rear backup camera occur in parallel; and wherein said rear backup camera remains electrically powered at least until the first backup event is completed. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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