VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus for a vehicle equipped with (i) a camera for capturing an image of a region around the vehicle and (ii) a display device for displaying the captured image so that power is supplied to the camera in accordance with a camera activation signal for triggering activation of the camera, the vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus comprising:
- a controller including;
a camera activation signal determination section that is configured to determine whether the camera activation signal is inputted;
a camera state determination section that is configured to determine whether the camera is in an activated state; and
a control signal output section that is configured to output a control signal to the camera when the camera activation signal determination section determines that the camera activation signal is inputted and when the camera state determination section determines that the camera is in the activated state.
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Abstract
A vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus is disclosed that is coupled with (i) a camera for capturing an image of a region around the vehicle and (ii) a display device for displaying the image so that power is supplied to the camera in accordance with a camera activation signal for triggering activation of the camera. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus is configured to determine whether the camera activation signal is inputted, and configured to determine whether the camera is in an activated state. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus outputs a control signal to the camera when it is determined that the camera activation signal determination section determines that the camera activation signal is inputted and when it is determined that the camera is in the activated state.
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11 Claims
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1. A vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus for a vehicle equipped with (i) a camera for capturing an image of a region around the vehicle and (ii) a display device for displaying the captured image so that power is supplied to the camera in accordance with a camera activation signal for triggering activation of the camera, the vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus comprising:
a controller including; a camera activation signal determination section that is configured to determine whether the camera activation signal is inputted; a camera state determination section that is configured to determine whether the camera is in an activated state; and a control signal output section that is configured to output a control signal to the camera when the camera activation signal determination section determines that the camera activation signal is inputted and when the camera state determination section determines that the camera is in the activated state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
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7. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus according to claim 53
wherein the reverse signal is inputted from an electronic control unit to the controller through an in-vehicle LAN, the electronic control unit being arranged in the vehicle.
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11. A vehicle periphery image displaying system for a vehicle equipped with a sensor for sensing an object existing around the vehicle and providing a sensing result, the vehicle periphery image displaying system comprising:
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a camera configured to capture an image of a region around the vehicle; a display device configured to display the captured image, and configured to supply a power to the camera to activate the camera when a camera activation signal indicates that the camera is to be activated; and a controller including; a distance calculation section configured to calculate a distance to the object based on the sensing result of the sensor; a camera activation signal determination section configured to determine whether the camera activation signal indicates that the camera is to be activated; a camera state determination section configured to determine whether the camera is in an activated state; and a control signal output section configured to output a control signal to the camera when it is determined that the camera activation signal indicates that the camera is to be activated and when it is determined that the camera is in the activated state, the control signal instructing the camera to change a field of view of the camera in accordance with the calculated distance to the object.
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