Vehicle surrounding monitoring system and vehicle surrounding monitoring method
First Claim
1. A vehicle surrounding monitoring system comprising:
- an image-capturing portion that captures an image of at least a portion of an area surrounding a vehicle;
a storage portion that stores the image captured by the image-capturing portion;
a display-image generation portion that generates a synthesized image for display using a latest image that is captured by the image-capturing portion, and a previous image that is captured before the latest image is captured; and
a display portion on which the synthesized image is displayed, wherein the display-image generation portion decreases a level of visibility of an image region relating to the previous image, according to an elapsed time after the previous image is captured.
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Abstract
A vehicle surrounding monitoring system includes an image-capturing portion, a storage portion, a display-image generation portion, and a display portion. The image-capturing portion captures the image of at least a portion of the area surrounding the vehicle. The storage portion stores the image captured by the image-capturing portion. The display-image generation portion generates a synthesized image for display using a latest image that is captured by the image-capturing portion, and a previous image that is captured before the latest image is captured. The synthesized image is displayed on the display portion. The display-image generation portion decreases the level of visibility of an image region relating to the previous image, according to an elapsed time after the previous image is captured.
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17 Claims
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1. A vehicle surrounding monitoring system comprising:
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an image-capturing portion that captures an image of at least a portion of an area surrounding a vehicle; a storage portion that stores the image captured by the image-capturing portion; a display-image generation portion that generates a synthesized image for display using a latest image that is captured by the image-capturing portion, and a previous image that is captured before the latest image is captured; and a display portion on which the synthesized image is displayed, wherein the display-image generation portion decreases a level of visibility of an image region relating to the previous image, according to an elapsed time after the previous image is captured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle surrounding monitoring method comprising:
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capturing an image of at least a portion of an area surrounding a vehicle; storing the image that is captured; generating a synthesized image using a latest image that is captured, and a previous image that is captured before the latest image is captured; displaying the synthesized image; and decreasing a level of visibility of an image region relating to the previous image, according to an elapsed time after the previous image is captured. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle surrounding monitoring system comprising:
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image-capturing means for capturing an image of at least a portion of an area surrounding a vehicle; storage means for storing the image captured by the image-capturing means; display-image generation means for generating a synthesized image for display using a latest image that is captured by the image-capturing means, and a previous image that is captured before the latest image is captured; and display means on which the synthesized image is displayed, wherein the display-image generation means decreases a level of visibility of an image region relating to the previous image, according to an elapsed time after the previous image is captured.
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