Vehicle drive assist system
First Claim
1. A vehicle drive assist device adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
- a first camera installed at a rear side of the vehicle to pick up a first image;
a second camera installed at a right side of the vehicle to pick up a second image;
a third camera installed at a left side of the vehicle to pick up a third image;
a display having a screen on which at least one of the images picked up by the cameras is displayed; and
a drive assist controller operable to divide the screen into a plurality of display areas, and display the respective images on the respective display areas,wherein the drive assist controller displays the first image, the second image and the third image simultaneously on an entire area of the screen;
wherein the drive assist controller displays a simplified figure of the vehicle, which indicates an entire appearance of the vehicle as viewed from above at the center of the entire area of the screen; and
the drive assist controller display respective photographing directions of the first to third cameras on the respective display areas so as to superimpose onto the respective first to third images.
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Abstract
A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for steering the vehicle; traveling path predicting means for predicting a traveling path of the vehicle on the basis of the steering angle detected by the steering angle detecting means; and drive assist means for overlaying on the display means drive assist information containing the vehicle predictive traveling path predicted by the traveling path predicting means and guide lines prolonged from the lines defining the width of the vehicle body on the image of the area existing in the vehicle advancing direction.
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23 Claims
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1. A vehicle drive assist device adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
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a first camera installed at a rear side of the vehicle to pick up a first image; a second camera installed at a right side of the vehicle to pick up a second image; a third camera installed at a left side of the vehicle to pick up a third image; a display having a screen on which at least one of the images picked up by the cameras is displayed; and a drive assist controller operable to divide the screen into a plurality of display areas, and display the respective images on the respective display areas, wherein the drive assist controller displays the first image, the second image and the third image simultaneously on an entire area of the screen; wherein the drive assist controller displays a simplified figure of the vehicle, which indicates an entire appearance of the vehicle as viewed from above at the center of the entire area of the screen; and the drive assist controller display respective photographing directions of the first to third cameras on the respective display areas so as to superimpose onto the respective first to third images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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19. A vehicle drive assist device adapted to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
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a plurality of cameras covering different photographing areas from each other, to pick up images around the vehicle; a display having a screen on which at least one of the images picked up by the cameras is displayed; and a drive assist controller operable to divide the screen into a plurality of display areas, and display the respective images on the respective display areas, wherein the drive assist controller displays a simplified figure of the vehicle on the screen with the images picked up by the cameras, wherein the drive assist controller changes an image to be displayed on the screen, which is picked up by one of the cameras in accordance with a steering angle of a steering wheel mounted on the vehicle, and wherein the drive assist controller changes a condition of dividing the screen in accordance with the steering angle of the steering wheel.
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