Rearview Imaging Systems for Vehicle
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1. A rearview imaging system for a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one video camera mounted on the vehicle for providing a wide angle horizontal field of view (FoV) rearwardly of the vehicle,a display device in the vehicle at a position viewable by the driver, anda video processor for subdividing the camera FoV into multiple horizontally disposed subsidiary fields of view (sub-FOVs) and displaying said sub-FoVs on visually separated side-by-side regions of the display device screen,wherein the horizontal position and/or extent of at least one sub-FoV is variable as a function of the motion of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A rearview imaging system for a vehicle includes at least one video camera mounted at the rear of the vehicle for providing a wide angle horizontal field of view (FoV) rearwardly of the vehicle, and a display device in the vehicle at a position viewable by the driver. A video processor subdivides the camera FoV into three horizontally disposed sub-FOVs and displaying said sub-FoVs on visually separated side-by-side regions of the display device screen. The horizontal position and/or extent of at least one sub-FoV is variable as a function of the motion of the vehicle.
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1. A rearview imaging system for a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one video camera mounted on the vehicle for providing a wide angle horizontal field of view (FoV) rearwardly of the vehicle, a display device in the vehicle at a position viewable by the driver, and a video processor for subdividing the camera FoV into multiple horizontally disposed subsidiary fields of view (sub-FOVs) and displaying said sub-FoVs on visually separated side-by-side regions of the display device screen, wherein the horizontal position and/or extent of at least one sub-FoV is variable as a function of the motion of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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