Vehicle display apparatus
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1. A vehicle display apparatus comprising:
- a camera to take an image information of a forward direction of a vehicle;
a display device to display the image information to a display area; and
a processing device, wherein said processing device has the processing steps of;
extracting a current focus of expansion (FOE) from the image information for a display control;
matching both ordinates of between the current FOE and a standard FOE, said standard FOE being fixed preliminarily at a predetermined portion of the display area; and
displaying the image information to the display area.
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Abstract
The present invention is to provide a vehicle display apparatus having a clear view. When a vehicle runs on a flat road, a standard FOE (focus of expansion) is set so as that a horizon line is positioned at a central portion of a display area. When the vehicle approaches to an uphill road, the display area is moved to match ordinates of between a current FOE and the standard FOE. When the vehicle approaches to a downhill road, the display area is moved to match the ordinates of between the current FOE and standard FOE.
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1. A vehicle display apparatus comprising:
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a camera to take an image information of a forward direction of a vehicle;
a display device to display the image information to a display area; and
a processing device, wherein said processing device has the processing steps of;
extracting a current focus of expansion (FOE) from the image information for a display control;
matching both ordinates of between the current FOE and a standard FOE, said standard FOE being fixed preliminarily at a predetermined portion of the display area; and
displaying the image information to the display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A vehicle display apparatus comprising:
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a camera to take an image information of a forward direction of a vehicle;
a display device to display the image information to a display area;
a near-infrared camera to take reflection spectra of the forward direction of the vehicle; and
a processing device, wherein said processing device has the processing steps of;
extracting a current horizon line from the reflection spectra for a display control;
matching both ordinates of between the current horizon line and a standard horizon line, said standard horizon line being preliminarily fixed at a predetermined portion of the display area; and
displaying the image information to the display area. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A vehicle display apparatus comprising:
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a camera to take an image information in a camera field of a forward direction of a vehicle;
a display device to display the image information to a display area;
a Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine a position and a moving direction of the vehicle;
a tilt sensor to determine a tilt angle between the moving direction and a level line; and
a processing device, wherein said processing device has the processing steps of;
extracting map data corresponding to each position of the vehicle from a memory device;
determining a highest visible position in the camera field at a current position of the vehicle from altitudes corresponding to the tilt angle in the map data;
determining a highest visible position angle of between the highest visible position and a standard plane;
matching both ordinates of between the highest visible position in the image information and a camera level line by an angle difference between the highest visible position angle and the tilt angle; and
displaying the image information to the display area.
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