Driving assist apparatuses and methods
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1. A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle, the driving assist apparatus comprising:
- an image pick-up device that captures an image outside the vehicle, the image pick-up device including an image pick-up element having a roll angle;
an apparatus body including an installation portion installed on an interior-side surface of a pillar of the vehicle; and
a display device provided integrally with the apparatus body on an interior side of the apparatus body with respect to the installation portion, the display device including a display screen for displaying the image picked up by the image pick-up device, the display screen having a roll angle that is substantially equal to a roll angle of the display screen of the display device.
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods provide an image pick-up device for picking up an image outside a vehicle, an apparatus body including an installation portion installed to an interior-side surface of a pillar of the vehicle, and a display device provided integrally with the apparatus body and including a display screen disposed on an interior side with respect to the installation portion. An image pick-up element of the image pick-up device is provided such that a roll angle of the image pick-up element is substantially equal to a roll angle of the display screen of the display device.
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20 Claims
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1. A driving assist apparatus for a vehicle, the driving assist apparatus comprising:
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an image pick-up device that captures an image outside the vehicle, the image pick-up device including an image pick-up element having a roll angle; an apparatus body including an installation portion installed on an interior-side surface of a pillar of the vehicle; and a display device provided integrally with the apparatus body on an interior side of the apparatus body with respect to the installation portion, the display device including a display screen for displaying the image picked up by the image pick-up device, the display screen having a roll angle that is substantially equal to a roll angle of the display screen of the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A driving assist method for a vehicle, the method comprising:
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capturing an image outside the vehicle with an image pick-up device, the image pick-up device including an image pick-up element having a roll angle; providing a display device including a display screen for displaying the image picked up by the image pick-up device, the display screen having a roll angle that is substantially equal to a roll angle of the display screen of the display device; converting the image picked up by the image pick-up device into a driver viewpoint image which is an image seen from the viewpoint of a driver; converting the driver viewpoint image into a display screen image which is an image in a plane including the display screen; and outputting the display screen image to the display device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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