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IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE

  • US 20110043341A1
  • Filed: 05/13/2010
  • Published: 02/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for displaying an image for a vehicle, comprising:

  • an imaging unit configured to input a camera image of surroundings of the vehicle, the surroundings including at least one of a front side and a back side of the vehicle along running direction;

    a first image generation unit configured to generate a mask image to conceal a protection region of personal information included in a region of a first vehicle on the camera image, the first vehicle existing at the front side or the back side of the vehicle;

    a surroundings-monitoring unit configured to decide whether a second vehicle exists at a front side or a back side of the first vehicle by monitoring the camera image;

    a second image generation unit configured to generate an identification image of the second vehicle when the surroundings-monitoring unit decides that the second vehicle exists; and

    a processing unit configured to generate a composite image by combining the mask image and the identification image with the camera image, and to present the composite image to a user of the vehicle via a display.

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