VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-PANED VIEW
First Claim
1. A vehicle vision system comprising:
- a camera configured to be positioned on a vehicle;
a processing system operatively coupled to said camera, wherein said processing system is operable to process image data captured by said camera, the captured image data representative of a scene viewed by said camera;
wherein said processing system is operable to generate an image having three individual image panes including a first image pane derived from a first subset of image data, a second image pane derived from a second subset of image data and a third image pane derived from a third subset of image data;
wherein said processing system is operable to output the image to a display for viewing by a driver of the vehicle;
wherein, when the image is displayed at said display, said first image pane comprises a central image pane of the displayed image and said second image pane is at a left side of said central pane and said third image pane is at a right side of said central pane;
wherein, when the image is displayed at said display, each of said first, second and third image panes has an upper edge and a lower edge;
wherein said upper edge of said second image pane is generally parallel to said lower edge of said second image pane, and wherein said upper edge of said third image pane is generally parallel to said lower edge of said third image pane, and wherein said upper and lower edges of said second image pane are not parallel to said upper and lower edges of said third image pane; and
wherein said upper and lower edges of said second image pane are not parallel to said upper and lower edges of said first image pane and wherein said upper and lower edges of said third image pane are not parallel to said upper and lower edges of said first image pane.
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Abstract
A vehicle vision system includes a camera configured to be positioned on a vehicle and a processing system operatively coupled to the camera. The processing system is operable to process image data captured by the camera. The image data is representative of a scene viewed by the camera. The processing system may further generate an image having three image panes including a central image pane derived from a first subset of captured image data and two side image panes derived from second and third subsets of captured image data. Each of the side image panes are shaped as parallelograms and arranged with respect to the central image pane to appear folded with respect to the central image pane. The processing system can output the image to a display for viewing by a driver of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle vision system comprising:
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a camera configured to be positioned on a vehicle; a processing system operatively coupled to said camera, wherein said processing system is operable to process image data captured by said camera, the captured image data representative of a scene viewed by said camera; wherein said processing system is operable to generate an image having three individual image panes including a first image pane derived from a first subset of image data, a second image pane derived from a second subset of image data and a third image pane derived from a third subset of image data; wherein said processing system is operable to output the image to a display for viewing by a driver of the vehicle; wherein, when the image is displayed at said display, said first image pane comprises a central image pane of the displayed image and said second image pane is at a left side of said central pane and said third image pane is at a right side of said central pane; wherein, when the image is displayed at said display, each of said first, second and third image panes has an upper edge and a lower edge; wherein said upper edge of said second image pane is generally parallel to said lower edge of said second image pane, and wherein said upper edge of said third image pane is generally parallel to said lower edge of said third image pane, and wherein said upper and lower edges of said second image pane are not parallel to said upper and lower edges of said third image pane; and wherein said upper and lower edges of said second image pane are not parallel to said upper and lower edges of said first image pane and wherein said upper and lower edges of said third image pane are not parallel to said upper and lower edges of said first image pane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle vision system comprising:
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a camera configured to be positioned on a vehicle; a processing system operatively coupled to said camera, wherein said processing system is operable to process image data captured by said camera, the captured image data representative of a scene viewed by said camera; wherein said processing system is operable to generate an image having three individual image panes including a first image pane derived from a first subset of image data, a second image pane derived from a second subset of image data and a third image pane derived from a third subset of image data; wherein said processing system is operable to output the image to a display for viewing by a driver of the vehicle; wherein, when the image is displayed at said display, said first image pane comprises a central image pane of the displayed image and said second image pane is at a right side of said central pane and said third image pane is at a left side of said central pane; wherein, when the image is displayed at said display, each of said first, second and third image panes has an upper edge and a lower edge; wherein said upper edge of said second image pane is generally parallel to said lower edge of said second image pane, and wherein said upper edge of said third image pane is generally parallel to said lower edge of said third image pane, and wherein said upper and lower edges of said second image pane are not parallel to said upper and lower edges of said third image pane; and wherein, when the image is displayed at said display, each of said second and third image panes are shaped as parallelograms and arranged with respect to said central image pane to appear folded with respect to said central image pane. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving image data from a camera positioned on a vehicle, the image data representative of an image captured by said camera; generating an image having three image panes including a first image pane derived from a first subset of captured image data, a second image pane derived from a second subset of captured image data and a third image pane derived from a third subset of captured image data; and outputting the image to a display for viewing by a driver of the vehicle, wherein, when the image is displayed at the display, said first image pane comprises a central image pane and said second image pane is at a left side of said central image pane and said third image pane is at a right side of said central image pane; wherein, when the image is displayed at the display, (i) an upper edge of said second image pane is generally parallel to a lower edge of said second image pane and (ii) an upper edge of said third image pane is generally parallel to a lower edge of said third image pane; and wherein, when the image is displayed at the display, (i) said upper and lower edges of said second image pane slope generally downwardly away from said central image pane and (ii) said upper and lower edges of said third image pane slope generally downwardly away from said central image pane. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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