Vehicle surrounding area image system
First Claim
1. A vehicle surrounding area imaging system comprising:
- an image acquiring device configured and arranged to acquire images of peripheral side areas of a vehicle equipped with the vehicle surrounding area imaging system;
a position detecting device configured and arranged to detect a current vehicle position of the vehicle;
a startup imaging device configured and arranged to detect predetermined road regions that require one of the images of the peripheral side areas of the vehicle to be displayed based on the current vehicle position detected by the position detecting device as well as map information; and
an image displaying device configured and arranged to selectively display one of the images acquired by the image acquiring device before the vehicle enters into one of the predetermined road regions that was detected by the startup imaging device.
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Abstract
A vehicle surrounding area imaging system is configured to allow a driver to easily view and verify an image surrounding a peripheral side of the vehicle. The vehicle surrounding area imaging system basically has two cameras, a navigation system, a startup imaging determination unit and a monitor. The cameras take images of the areas to the sides of the vehicle to acquire images. The navigation system detects the current position of the vehicle. The startup imaging determination unit detects predetermined road regions that requires an image to be displayed from the periphery around the vehicle based on the current position detected by the navigation system as well as map information. The monitor selectively displays the images acquired by the cameras before the vehicle enters into one of the predetermined road region that requires an image display.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle surrounding area imaging system comprising:
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an image acquiring device configured and arranged to acquire images of peripheral side areas of a vehicle equipped with the vehicle surrounding area imaging system;
a position detecting device configured and arranged to detect a current vehicle position of the vehicle;
a startup imaging device configured and arranged to detect predetermined road regions that require one of the images of the peripheral side areas of the vehicle to be displayed based on the current vehicle position detected by the position detecting device as well as map information; and
an image displaying device configured and arranged to selectively display one of the images acquired by the image acquiring device before the vehicle enters into one of the predetermined road regions that was detected by the startup imaging device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle surrounding area imaging system comprising:
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image acquiring means for acquiring images of peripheral side areas of a vehicle equipped with the vehicle surrounding area imaging system;
position detecting means for detecting a current vehicle position of the vehicle;
startup image determination means for detecting predetermined road regions that require one of the images of the peripheral side areas of the vehicle to be displayed based on the current vehicle position detected by the position detecting means as well as map information; and
image display means for selectively displaying images acquired by the image acquiring means before the vehicle enters into one of the predetermined road regions that was detected by the startup image determination means.
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14. A method of displaying images in a vehicle comprising:
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acquiring images of peripheral side area sof the vehicle;
detecting a current vehicle position of the vehicle;
detecting predetermined road regions that require one of the images of the peripheral side areas of the vehicle to be displayed based on the current vehicle position and map information; and
selectively displaying one of the images of the peripheral side areas of the vehicle before the vehicle enters into one of the predetermined road regions.
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