METHOD OF ADJUSTING DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20100001881A1
• Filed: 01/16/2007
• Published: 01/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Osamu, Inoue, Hiroto, Sugie, Shinichi, Ochi, Junya, Sugano, Kouichi, Ichihara, Naohiko
• Application Number:
  US12/523,012
• Publication Number:
  US 20100001881A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.2
• 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 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/305 merging camera image with lines or icons
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/402 Image calibration
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/602 with an adjustable viewpoint

Abstract

A vehicular display device adjustment method including an imaging step of taking an image of the periphery of a vehicle by imaging element, an image storing step of temporarily storing in an image storing element peripheral image data based on the peripheral image of the vehicle taken by the imaging element, a setting step of setting an adjustment mode for adjusting the display state of display element, a display control step of giving priority to the peripheral image based on the peripheral image data stored in the memory over the peripheral image taken in the imaging step in accordance with the adjustment mode set and displaying on the display element the peripheral image based on the peripheral image data stored in the memory, and an adjustment step of adjusting the display state of the display element based on the peripheral image.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A vehicular display device adjustment method, comprising:

an imaging step of taking an image of the periphery of a vehicle using an imaging unit, at a particular position where said vehicle is to start backing up toward a parking space that exists behind said vehicle;

an image storing step of temporarily storing in an image storing unit peripheral image data based on a peripheral image of said vehicle taken by said imaging unit;

a setting step of setting an adjustment mode for adjusting a display state of a display unit;

a display control step of giving priority to said peripheral image based on peripheral image data stored in said image storing unit over said peripheral image taken in said imaging step in accordance with the adjustment mode set, and displaying said peripheral image based on the peripheral image data stored in the image storing unit on said display unit; and

an adjustment step of adjusting a display state achieved of said display unit based on said peripheral image;

wherein;

said adjustment step selectively executes a subsequent adjustment mode where, after an image of the periphery of said vehicle has been taken by said imaging unit, said vehicle is moved from said particular position to a desired position located at a predetermined distance away from said particular position where display adjustment of said adjustment step is performed, and an immediate adjustment mode where, after an image of the periphery of said vehicle has been taken by said imaging unit, display adjustment of said adjustment step is performed at said particular position as is.

10. The vehicular display device adjustment method according to claim 9, wherein:

said adjustment step corrects distortion of said peripheral image displayed on said display unit.

11. The vehicular display device adjustment method according to claim 9, wherein:

said adjustment step corrects a display mode of said peripheral image displayed on said display unit.

12. The vehicular display device adjustment method according to claim 9, wherein:

said adjustment step, in a case where the current mode is assessed as said subsequent adjustment mode based on a setting of a first flag that manages a setting indicating whether the mode is said immediate adjustment mode or said subsequent adjustment mode, selects and displays a peripheral image taken at said particular position in past times or a peripheral image newly taken at said particular position, as an image that should be displayed when performing display adjustment, in accordance with a setting of a second flag for setting an image that should be displayed when said vehicle is moved from said particular position to said desired position and said display adjustment is subsequently performed.

13. A vehicular display device comprising:

an imaging unit configured to take an image of the periphery of a vehicle at a particular position where said vehicle is to start backing up toward a parking space that exists behind said vehicle;

an image storing unit configured to temporarily store peripheral image data based on a peripheral image of said vehicle taken by said imaging unit;

an adjusting unit configured to adjust a display state of a display unit;

a setting unit configured to set an adjustment mode of said adjusting unit; and

a display control unit configured to give priority to said peripheral image based on peripheral image data stored in said image storing unit over said peripheral image taken by said imaging unit in accordance with the adjustment mode set and perform control so as to display the peripheral image based on the peripheral image data stored in the image storing unit on said display unit, wherein;

said adjustment unit selectively executes a subsequent adjustment mode where, after an image of the periphery of said vehicle has been taken by said imaging unit, said vehicle is moved from said particular position to a desired position located at a predetermined distance away from said particular position where display adjustment is performed, and an immediate adjustment mode where, after an image of the periphery of said vehicle has been taken by said imaging unit, display adjustment is performed at said particular position as is.

14. The vehicular display device according to claim 13, wherein:

said adjusting unit corrects distortion of said peripheral image displayed on said display unit.

15. The vehicular display device according to claim 13, wherein:

said adjusting unit corrects a display mode of said peripheral image displayed on said display unit.

16. The vehicular display device according to claim 13, wherein:

said adjusting unit, in a case where the current mode is assessed as said subsequent adjustment mode based on a setting of a first flag that manages a setting indicating whether the mode is said immediate adjustment mode or said subsequent adjustment mode, selects and displays a peripheral image taken at said particular position in past time or a peripheral image newly taken at said particular position, as an image that should be displayed when performing display adjustment, in accordance with a setting of a second flag for setting an image that should be displayed when said vehicle is moved from said particular position to said desired position and said display adjustment is subsequently performed.