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Rendering device for generating a display image for drive assistance

  • US 7,304,651 B2
  • Filed: 05/22/2001
  • Issued: 12/04/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A rendering device for generating a display image for drive assistance, said device comprising:

  • a reception part for receiving, from an image capture device of a vehicle, a surrounding image, which covers an area around the vehicle;

    a storing part for storing indicator images, which are different from each other in size;

    a counting part;

    a selecting part for selecting, based on a counter value of said counting part, one of the indicator images stored in said storing part, anda first image overlay part for overlaying the indicator image selected by said selecting part on any one of predetermined points, which are different from each other in position in the surrounding image received by said reception part, to provide a generation of the display image that indicates which portion of the area surrounding the vehicle is represented by the surrounding image with reference to the vehicle,wherein said counting part counts a number of generations of the display image provided by said first image overlay part.

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