Monitoring system for vehicle
First Claim
1. A monitoring system for monitoring a situation surrounding a vehicle, said monitoring system comprising:
- all-directional image pick-up means mounted on a vehicle body for picking up an image of a peripheral-ground area of and close to a vehicle body; and
display means disposed inside the vehicle body for displaying said image picked up by said all-directional image pick-up means;
wherein said all-directional image pick-up means comprises a reflecting mirror having a reflective surface that is made at least partly convex to reflect said scene including a break line defined by a profile of an outermost part of the vehicle body and an imaging device disposed in a fixed position with respect to said reflecting mirror and facing said reflective surface so as to receive said scene reflected by said reflecting mirror to form an image of said scene.
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Abstract
An all-directional monitoring camera 10 mounted, straight or with inclination forward and/or laterally outward with respect to vertical direction, on a bumper 1 on a side remote from a steering wheel 2 comprises a reflecting mirror 13 and a camera 14 operative to image a peripheral scene reflected by the reflecting mirror 13 that are enclosed within a casing 11 having a transparent wall 12 surrounding entirely the reflecting mirror 13. The monitoring camera 10 is movable between a working position where the reflecting mirror 13 is positioned right above an outermost end b 1a of the bumper 1 so as to include an outermost end profile of the bumper in a field of view and a hidden position where the monitoring camera 10 stays in hiding in the vehicle body. An image formed by the monitoring camera 10 displayed on a monitor display 20 includes a break line Lz representing the outermost end profile of the bumper 1.
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17 Claims
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1. A monitoring system for monitoring a situation surrounding a vehicle, said monitoring system comprising:
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all-directional image pick-up means mounted on a vehicle body for picking up an image of a peripheral-ground area of and close to a vehicle body; and
display means disposed inside the vehicle body for displaying said image picked up by said all-directional image pick-up means;
wherein said all-directional image pick-up means comprises a reflecting mirror having a reflective surface that is made at least partly convex to reflect said scene including a break line defined by a profile of an outermost part of the vehicle body and an imaging device disposed in a fixed position with respect to said reflecting mirror and facing said reflective surface so as to receive said scene reflected by said reflecting mirror to form an image of said scene. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A monitoring system for monitoring a situation surrounding a vehicle, said monitoring system comprising:
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all-directional image pick-up means mounted on a vehicle body for picking up an image of a scene outside and close to a vehicle body; and
display means disposed inside the vehicle body for displaying said image picked up by said all-directional image pick-up means;
wherein said all-directional image pick-up means comprises a reflecting mirror having a reflective surface that is made at least partly convex to reflect said scene including a break line defined by a profile of an outermost part of the vehicle body and an imaging device disposed in a fixed position with respect to said reflecting mirror and facing said reflective surface so as to receive said scene reflected by said reflecting mirror to form an image of said scene, said image displayed on said display means including said break line together with said scene. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A monitoring system for monitoring a situation surrounding a vehicle, said monitoring system comprising:
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all-directional image pick-up means mounted on a vehicle body for picking up an image of a scene outside and close to a vehicle body; and
display means disposed inside the vehicle body for displaying said image picked up by said all-directional image pick-up means;
wherein said all-directional image pick-up means comprises a reflecting mirror having a reflective surface that is made at least partly convex to reflect said scene including a break line defined by a profile of an outermost part of the vehicle body and an imaging device disposed in a fixed position with respect to said reflecting mirror and facing said reflective surface so as to receive said scene reflected by said reflecting mirror to form an image of said scene, said image displayed on said display means including said break line together with said scene.
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Specification