VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD
First Claim
1. A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus comprising:
- an image capturing device configured and arranged to capture an image of a region rearward of a host vehicle equipped with the vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and an image of a region laterally rearward of the host vehicle;
a display device mounted in an interior of the host vehicle;
a blind spot determining section configured and arranged to determine that a following vehicle created blind spot region exists in the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle upon detecting a parameter indicative of a following vehicle blocking an area of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle; and
a processing section configured to switch a displayed image on the display device from a first display image to a second display image in response to the blind spot determining section determining that the following vehicle created blind spot region exists, the first display image including the image of the region rearward of the host vehicle, and the second display image including at least a portion of the image of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle that encompasses the following vehicle created blind spot region which is absent from the first display image.
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Abstract
A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus includes an image capturing device, a display device, a blind spot determining section, and a processing section. The image capturing device is arranged to capture an image of a region rearward of a host vehicle and an image of a region laterally rearward of the host vehicle. The processing section is configured to switch a displayed image on the display device from a first display image to a second display image upon determination of a following vehicle created blind spot region by the blind spot determining section. The first display image includes the image of the region rearward of the host vehicle, and the second display image includes at least a portion of the image of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle that encompasses the following vehicle created blind spot region which is absent from the first display image.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus comprising:
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an image capturing device configured and arranged to capture an image of a region rearward of a host vehicle equipped with the vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and an image of a region laterally rearward of the host vehicle; a display device mounted in an interior of the host vehicle; a blind spot determining section configured and arranged to determine that a following vehicle created blind spot region exists in the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle upon detecting a parameter indicative of a following vehicle blocking an area of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle; and a processing section configured to switch a displayed image on the display device from a first display image to a second display image in response to the blind spot determining section determining that the following vehicle created blind spot region exists, the first display image including the image of the region rearward of the host vehicle, and the second display image including at least a portion of the image of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle that encompasses the following vehicle created blind spot region which is absent from the first display image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus comprising:
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image capturing means for capturing an image of a region rearward of a host vehicle equipped with the vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and an image of a region laterally rearward of the host vehicle; display means for displaying the images captured by the image capturing means; blind spot determining means for determining that a following vehicle created blind spot region exists in the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle upon detecting a parameter indicative of a following vehicle blocking an area of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle; and processing means for switching a display image displayed on the display means from a first display image to a second display image in response to the blind spot determining means determining that the following vehicle created blind spot region exists, the first display image including the image of the region rearward of the host vehicle, and the second display image including at least a portion of the image of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle that encompasses the following vehicle created blind spot region which is absent from the first display image.
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16. A vehicle periphery monitoring method comprising:
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capturing an image of a region rearward of a host vehicle equipped with the vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and an image of a region laterally rearward of the host vehicle; determining that a following vehicle created blind spot region exists in the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle upon detecting a parameter indicative of a following vehicle blocking an area of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle; and switching a display image displayed on a display device from a first display image to a second display image in response to determining that the following vehicle created blind spot region, the first display image including the image of the region rearward of the host vehicle, and the second display image including at least a portion of the image of the region laterally rearward of the host vehicle that encompasses the following vehicle created blind spot region which is absent from the first display image.
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Specification