ADAPTIVE SURROUNDING VIEW MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An adaptive surrounding view monitoring apparatus, comprising:
- a steerable camera set;
a control unit, electrically connected to the steerable camera set;
a display unit, electrically connected to the control unit; and
a mode switch, electrically connected to the control unit.
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Abstract
An adaptive surrounding view monitoring apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed, in which the apparatus uses a steerable camera set to take horizontal images while sending the horizontal images to a control unit where they are combined into an image of 180-degree or 360-degree surrounding view. It is noted that the surrounding view image maybe an image of front surrounding view, an image of rear surrounding view or an image of ambient surrounding view relating to a vehicle, and using that, visual blind spot of a driver driving the vehicle can be eliminated and the field of vision is widened, and thereby, the probability of accident occurring is reduced.
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20 Claims
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1. An adaptive surrounding view monitoring apparatus, comprising:
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a steerable camera set; a control unit, electrically connected to the steerable camera set; a display unit, electrically connected to the control unit; and a mode switch, electrically connected to the control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An adaptive surrounding view monitoring method, comprising the steps of:
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making an evaluation to determine whether a moving speed of a vehicle is smaller than a threshold value;
if so, enabling a control unit to be situated in an activation state before proceeding to the next step;making an evaluation to determine whether the vehicle is issuing a reverse (R) gear signal;
if so, processing an operation for identifying in which mode a mode switch is situated;processing an operation for outing a front surrounding view image relating to the front of the vehicle to a display unit for displaying, if the mode switch is identified to be situated in a front surrounding view mode; processing an operation for outing a rear surrounding view image relating to the rear of the vehicle to a display unit for displaying, if the mode switch is identified to be situated in a rear surrounding view mode; and processing an operation for outing an ambient surrounding view image relating to the ambient environment of the vehicle to a display unit for displaying, if the mode switch is identified to be situated in an ambient surrounding view mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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