Vision system for a vehicle
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1. A vehicular vision system, comprising:
- a reflector positionable on a portion of a vehicle for reflecting an image occurring exteriorly of the vehicle;
an image capture device which is adapted to receive an image reflected from said reflector; and
a display system which displays an image from an output of said image capture device.
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Abstract
A wide-angle image capture system for providing a wide-angle field of view of an area immediately exteriorly of a vehicle. The system includes a convex aspheric, asymmetric reflective surface which reflects an image toward an image capture device, via a substantially flat mirrored surface, both of which are compactly packaged within a panel of the vehicle. The shape of the convex reflector provides a reflected image that has a minimal amount of distortion in critical areas of the image immediately adjacent to the vehicle, so that additional processing of the image prior to it being displayed to a vehicle operator is minimized.
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1. A vehicular vision system, comprising:
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a reflector positionable on a portion of a vehicle for reflecting an image occurring exteriorly of the vehicle;
an image capture device which is adapted to receive an image reflected from said reflector; and
a display system which displays an image from an output of said image capture device. - 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)
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33. A vehicular vision system comprising:
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an asymmetric image capturing system that asymmetrically captures an image of an area exteriorly of a vehicle; and
a display positioned within a vehicle and displaying an image from an output of said asymmetric image capturing system. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A vehicular vision system comprising:
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a reflector having a generally central axis thereof and being positionable on a portion of a vehicle;
an image capture device positioned to receive an image reflected from said reflector, said reflector and said image capture device defining an optic path therebetween and being oriented such that said optic path is directed off of said axis of said reflector; and
a display system which displays a synthesized image from an output of said image capture device. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A vehicular vision system comprising:
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a reflector positionable on a portion of a vehicle for reflecting an image of an exterior view from the vehicle, thereby creating a reflected image;
an image capture device positioned to receive the reflected image, said image capture device being adapted to reduce distortion of the image reflected by said reflector; and
a display system which displays an image synthesized from an output of said image capture device such that said display system in combination with said image capture device reduces image distortion. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A vehicular vision system comprising:
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an image capture system which captures an image of scenic information exteriorly of a vehicle, wherein the image includes a vehicle body reference therein; and
a display which displays an image received from said image capture system. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67)
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68. A vehicular vision system comprising:
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an image capture system for capturing discontinuous images of scenic information exteriorly of a vehicle; and
a display which displays an image of the scenic information communicated from said image capture system. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A vehicular vision system comprising:
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an image capture system positioned so as to capture an image of scenic information exteriorly of a vehicle;
an image distortion correction process whereby an image captured by said image capture system is processed to correct distortion therein; and
a display which displays a substantially non-distorted image of the scenic information, the non-distorted image being communicated from said image distortion process. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A vehicular vision system comprising:
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a reflector positionable on a portion of a vehicle for reflecting an image of an exterior view from the vehicle, thereby creating a reflected image;
an image capture device which is adapted to receive the reflected image;
a mirrored surface positioned along an optic path from said reflector to said mirrored surface and further from said mirrored surface to said image capture device, said mirrored surface redirecting the reflected image toward said image capture device; and
a display system which displays an image from an output of said image capture device. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)
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87. A vehicular vision system for providing a wide field of view of a scene directly exteriorly of a vehicle having a body, to an operator within the vehicle, said system comprising:
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a convex reflector positioned on a portion of the vehicle body and having an aspheric reflective surface that is asymmetrical with respect to a generally central axis thereof, said convex reflector creating a reflected image of the scene directly rearward of the vehicle; and
a display system which receives and displays a corrected, substantially non-distorted image synthesized from an output of an image capture device, wherein said image capture device is oriented off of said axis of said convex reflector. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91)
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92. A vehicular vision system comprising:
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an image capture system for capturing an image of scenic information exteriorly of a vehicle;
a ranging device for determining a distance between the vehicle and an object within the captured image; and
a display for displaying an image synthesized from an output of said image capture system and range data for an object in the displayed image. - View Dependent Claims (93, 94, 95, 96, 97)
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