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Vehicular visual assistance system

  • US 7,520,616 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2004
  • Issued: 04/21/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicular visual assistance system comprising:

  • a retro-reflective surface formed on an inside face of a pillar that is in a position obstructing a view of a vehicle driver seated on a driver'"'"'s seat within a vehicle compartment;

    a camera mounted on the vehicle outside the vehicle compartment on a door mirror which takes a real world image outward from the pillar in a direction that is substantially the same as the line of vision of the vehicle driver on the driver'"'"'s seat; and

    a projector which directly receives the real world image taken by the camera and directly projects said real world image continuously in real time toward the retro-reflective surface of the pillar, the projector being fixedly disposed within the vehicle compartment at a position close to the eyes of the vehicle driver on the driver'"'"'s seat and the projector projects the real world image as received by the camera.

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