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Vehicle surroundings monitoring system and method for adjusting the same

  • US 20030085999A1
  • Filed: 10/15/2002
  • Published: 05/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle surroundings monitoring system comprising:

  • a plurality of cameras, including at least a first and a second camera, for capturing images of surroundings of a vehicle; and

    an image processing portion that receives, as input, images captured by the plurality of cameras, synthesizes partial images obtained from these camera images, and displays a synthesized image on a display device;

    wherein in the synthesized image, a first partial image according to the first camera and a second partial image according to the second camera are arranged adjacent to one another; and

    the first and the second cameras are installed so that their capturing directions substantially match a direction of a border between the first partial image and the second partial image near the border.

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