DISPLAY APPARATUS DISPLAYING IMAGE OF SURROUNDINGS OF VEHICLE

• US 20080111669A1
• Filed: 11/13/2007
• Published: 05/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamanaka, Takashi, Hashiba, Shoichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,825,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/435
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/302 combining image information with GPS information or vehicle data, e.g. vehicle speed, gyro, steering angle data
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/305 merging camera image with lines or icons
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/806 for aiding parking
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0275 by overlaying a vehicle path based on present steering angle over an image without processing that image

Abstract

A display apparatus displaying an image of surroundings of a vehicle includes a camera capturing an image of the surroundings of the vehicle, and a display monitor provided inside the vehicle for superimposingly displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle captured by the camera, and a first distance indicator line and a second distance indicator line, wherein the first distance indicator line indicates a first predetermined distance from the vehicle and the second distance indicator line indicates a second predetermined distance from the vehicle, the second distance indicator line is positioned farther away from the vehicle than the first distance indicator line, and the first distance indicator line is wider than the second distance indicator line.

Claims

1. A display apparatus displaying an image of surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:

a camera capturing an image of the surroundings of the vehicle; and

a display monitor provided inside the vehicle for superimposingly displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle captured by the camera, and a first distance indicator line and a second distance indicator line, wherein

the first distance indicator line indicates a first predetermined distance from the vehicle and the second distance indicator line indicates a second predetermined distance from the vehicle,

the second distance indicator line is positioned farther away from the vehicle than the first distance indicator line, and

the first distance indicator line is wider than the second distance indicator line.

2. The display apparatus displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the image of the surroundings of the vehicle includes an image of the surroundings of the vehicle captured by the camera in a moving direction of the vehicle.

3. The display apparatus displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a third distance indicator line positioned farther away from the vehicle than the second distance indicator line, the second distance indicator line being wider than the third distance indicator line.

4. The display apparatus displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the display monitor superimposingly displays the image of the surroundings of the vehicle captured by the camera, the first distance indicator line and the second distance indicator line, and a pair of lines, wherein the pair of lines are arranged on right and left so as to extend in a direction that the vehicle is predicted to move, and the first distance indicator line and the second distance indicator line laterally extend relative to the pair of lines.

5. The display apparatus displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein each of the first distance indicator line or the second distance indicator line is formed by plural lines having different colors and arranged adjacent to each other in a moving direction of the vehicle respectively.

6. The display apparatus displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first distance indicator line includes a main line and a shaded portion displayed along the main line.

7. The display apparatus displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the first distance indicator line includes a main line and a yellow line displayed along the main line.