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Blind spot image display apparatus and method thereof for vehicle

  • US 20070081262A1
  • Filed: 10/04/2006
  • Published: 04/12/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A blind spot image display apparatus for a vehicle, which displays an image of a blind spot area to which a driver'"'"'s view is obstructed by a structural component of the vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

  • an image displaying device provided on the structural component of the vehicle;

    an imaging device configured to take an image of a peripheral area of the vehicle, the peripheral area including at least the blind spot area; and

    an image converting device configured to convert the image taken by the imaging device, and to create an output image to be displayed on the image displaying device, based on space coordinates of a reference point at which the driver'"'"'s eye point is assumed to exist and space coordinates of each of pixels constituting a display screen of the image displaying device, wherein the image converting device sets a spherical reference surface defined as a surface of a sphere around the reference point, in a predetermined position in the peripheral area of the vehicle including the blind spot area, the image converting device obtains positions respectively of intersecting points at which half-lines extending from the reference point as a start point and passing respectively through the pixels constituting the display screen of the image displaying device, intersect with the spherical reference surface, the image converting device identifies pixels of the image taken by the imaging device corresponding to the respective intersecting points, based on parameters of the imaging device, and the image converting device creates the output image to be displayed on the image displaying device by using data of the respective identified pixels of the taken image.

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