Apparatus for monitoring surroundings of vehicle and sensor unit
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1. An apparatus for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:
- an imaging means provided at the vehicle;
a plurality of ultrasonic sensors provided around the imaging means as a unit with the imaging means;
an object-position-detecting means for detecting a position of an object appearing within an imaging range of the imaging means on the basis of outputs of the plurality of the ultrasonic sensors; and
a display-controlling means for performing a predetermined image processing for an image obtained by the imaging means at a position corresponding to the position of the object detected by the object-position-detecting means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle includes an imaging apparatus provided at the vehicle, a plurality of ultrasonic sensors provided around the imaging apparatus as a unit with the imaging apparatus, an object-position-detecting apparatus for detecting a position of an object appearing within an imaging range of the imaging apparatus on the basis of outputs of the plurality of the ultrasonic sensors and a display-controlling apparatus for performing a predetermined image processing for an image obtained by the imaging apparatus at a position corresponding to the position of the object detected by the object-position-detecting apparatus.
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1. An apparatus for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle, comprising:
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an imaging means provided at the vehicle; a plurality of ultrasonic sensors provided around the imaging means as a unit with the imaging means; an object-position-detecting means for detecting a position of an object appearing within an imaging range of the imaging means on the basis of outputs of the plurality of the ultrasonic sensors; and a display-controlling means for performing a predetermined image processing for an image obtained by the imaging means at a position corresponding to the position of the object detected by the object-position-detecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
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6. A sensor unit, comprising:
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a camera; at least one ultrasonic wave transmitting element located around an optical axis of the camera; and at least three an ultrasonic wave receiving elements located around the optical axis of the camera and receiving reflected waves of ultrasonic waves transmitted from the ultrasonic wave transmitting element. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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