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Movable Body Circumstance Monitoring Apparatus

  • US 20080002025A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2005
  • Published: 01/03/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a movable body circumstance monitoring apparatus having a plurality of image capturing means mounted on different positions of a movable body for capturing an image of environment of said movable body to output an image information, and display means for selecting one of the image information output from said plurality of image capturing means to be displayed, the movable body circumstance monitoring apparatus is characterized in comprising:

  • environmental information detection means for detecting and storing environmental information around said movable body on the basis of the image information output from single specific image capturing means out of said plurality of image capturing means;

    movable body information detection means for successively detecting and storing a position and posture of said movable body;

    information combining means for combining the information detected by said movable body information detection means and the information detected by said environmental information detection means, and correcting a relationship of the position and posture of said movable body relative to said environment to output the information;

    obstacle detection means for detecting an obstacle to bar against movement of said movable body on the basis of the information output from said information combining means; and

    display control means for determining a positional relationship between said movable body and said obstacle, on the basis of the information detected by said obstacle detection means and the information output from said information combining means, selecting one of the image information output from second image capturing means other than said specific image capturing means out of said plurality of image capturing means and the image information output from said specific image capturing means, on the basis of said positional relationship, and controlling said display means to display the selected image information.

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