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Vehicle-use visual field assistance system in which information dispatch apparatus transmits images of blind spots to vehicles

  • US 20090140881A1
  • Filed: 09/11/2008
  • Published: 06/04/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle-use visual field assistance system comprising:

  • an information dispatch apparatus comprisingblind spot image acquisition means configured to acquire a blind-spot image showing a current condition of a region that is a blind spot with respect to the forward field of view of a driver of an object vehicle approaching the vicinity of a street intersection,vehicle information receiving means configured to receive vehicle information, said vehicle information including a forward-view image corresponding to said forward field of view of said driver,image generating means configured to execute viewpoint conversion of said forward-view image and of said blind-spot image to a converted forward-view image and to a converted blind-spot image respectively, said converted forward-view image and converted blind-spot image having a common viewpoint, and to combine said converted forward-view image and converted blind-spot image into a synthesized image, andinformation dispatch means configured to transmit said synthesized image; and

    a vehicle-mounted apparatus installed in said object vehicle, comprisinginformation receiving means configured to receive said synthesized image transmitted from said information dispatch apparatus,information transmitting means configured to transmit vehicle information relating to said object vehicle, andinformation display means configured to display said received synthesized image.

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