SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A signal processing device comprisinga display control unit configured to set an image area to be presented to a driver of a vehicle from an image obtained by imaging a peripheral area around the vehicle in accordance with driving information related to a driving situation of the vehicle, and control a visual recognition range in the peripheral area in accordance with the driving situation, the driver being able to visually recognize the visual recognition range from the presented image.
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Abstract
In accordance with driving information that is obtained by a driving situation detecting sensor 13 and is related to the driving situation of a vehicle, a display control unit 20 sets the image area to be presented to the driver DR of the vehicle from an image obtained by a peripheral area imaging unit 11 imaging a peripheral area around the vehicle, and, in accordance with the driving situation, controls the visual recognition range in the peripheral area the driver DR can visually recognize from the image presented by a display unit 50 via a mirror 55. When the driving situation is such that the orientation of a cabin differs from the orientation of a trailer portion, for example, the image area to be presented is set so that the outer side of the trailer portion is included in the visual recognition range even though the orientation of the cabin differs from the orientation of the trailer portion. Thus, a desired peripheral area around the vehicle can be readily viewed.
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8 Claims
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1. A signal processing device comprising
a display control unit configured to set an image area to be presented to a driver of a vehicle from an image obtained by imaging a peripheral area around the vehicle in accordance with driving information related to a driving situation of the vehicle, and control a visual recognition range in the peripheral area in accordance with the driving situation, the driver being able to visually recognize the visual recognition range from the presented image.
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7. A signal processing method comprising
the step of setting an image area to be presented to a driver of a vehicle from an image obtained by an imaging unit imaging a peripheral area around the vehicle in accordance with driving information related to a driving situation of the vehicle, and controlling a visual recognition range in the peripheral area in accordance with the driving situation, the driver being able to visually recognize the visual recognition range from the presented image, the driving information being acquired by a driving situation detecting unit, the step being carried out by a display control unit.
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8. A monitoring system comprising:
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an imaging unit configured to image a peripheral area around a vehicle; a driving situation detecting unit configured to acquire driving information about a driving situation of the vehicle; and a display control unit configured to set an image area to be presented to a driver of the vehicle from an image obtained by the imaging unit in accordance with the driving information acquired by the driving situation detecting unit, and control a visual recognition range in the peripheral area in accordance with the driving situation, the driver being able to visually recognize the visual recognition range from the presented image.
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