Vehicle periphery display control system
First Claim
1. A vehicle periphery display control system which displays peripheral images of a vehicle which are captured by a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle in respective different positions thereon, comprising:
- a storage medium configured to store road configuration information;
a present position identifying unit configured to identify the present position of the vehicle;
a selecting unit configured to select at least one of images captured by the cameras based on specific road configuration information of a peripheral area around the vehicle, which includes the present position identified by said present position identifying unit, said specific road configuration information being retrieved from the road configuration information stored in said storage medium;
a display unit configured to display the image selected by said selecting unit; and
an input unit configured to enter a user'"'"'s action and output a signal responsive to the user'"'"'s action;
whereinthe selecting unit is configured to communicate with the plurality of cameras each configured with a fish-eye lens, the cameras being disposed to jointly capture images of all front, rear, left, and right peripheral areas of the vehicle,the selecting unit is configured to display a display format of the selected image based on the signal from the input unit, and use selective items for the display format including whether or not the selected image is to be corrected out of a distortion by the fish-eye lens, a position of a viewpoint in the selected image, and whether the vehicle is to be displayed hypothetically in the selected image,the display unit is configured to display the selected image based on the display format selected by the selecting unit, andthe display unit includes a plurality of monitors and is configured to display the selected image on at least one of the monitors disposed at a position corresponding to a position where the selected image is captured.
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Abstract
A vehicle periphery display control system displays peripheral images of a vehicle which are captured by a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle in respective different positions thereon. A storage medium stores road configuration information of a road. A positioning unit identifies the present position of the vehicle on the road. A image switching decision unit selects either one of images captured by the cameras based on specific road configuration information of a peripheral area around the vehicle, which includes the present position identified by the present position identifying unit, of the road configuration information stored in the storage medium. The image switching decision unit controls a display unit to display the image selected by the selecting unit.
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1. A vehicle periphery display control system which displays peripheral images of a vehicle which are captured by a plurality of cameras mounted on the vehicle in respective different positions thereon, comprising:
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a storage medium configured to store road configuration information; a present position identifying unit configured to identify the present position of the vehicle; a selecting unit configured to select at least one of images captured by the cameras based on specific road configuration information of a peripheral area around the vehicle, which includes the present position identified by said present position identifying unit, said specific road configuration information being retrieved from the road configuration information stored in said storage medium; a display unit configured to display the image selected by said selecting unit; and an input unit configured to enter a user'"'"'s action and output a signal responsive to the user'"'"'s action;
whereinthe selecting unit is configured to communicate with the plurality of cameras each configured with a fish-eye lens, the cameras being disposed to jointly capture images of all front, rear, left, and right peripheral areas of the vehicle, the selecting unit is configured to display a display format of the selected image based on the signal from the input unit, and use selective items for the display format including whether or not the selected image is to be corrected out of a distortion by the fish-eye lens, a position of a viewpoint in the selected image, and whether the vehicle is to be displayed hypothetically in the selected image, the display unit is configured to display the selected image based on the display format selected by the selecting unit, and the display unit includes a plurality of monitors and is configured to display the selected image on at least one of the monitors disposed at a position corresponding to a position where the selected image is captured. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13)
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7. A system which controls the display of peripheral images of a vehicle which are captured respectively by a plurality of cameras mounted in respective different positions on the vehicle, comprising:
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a positioning unit configured to identify the present position of the vehicle on a road; a storage unit configured to store road configuration information; a display unit configured to selectively display the peripheral images captured by the cameras for being observed by a driver of the vehicle; an input unit configured to enter a user'"'"'s action; and an image switching controller configured to control said display unit for displaying at least one of the peripheral images captured by the cameras based on the road configuration information of the road around the vehicle which includes the present position identified by said positioning unit;
whereinthe image switching control is configured to communicate with the plurality of cameras each configured with a fish-eye lens, the cameras being disposed to jointly capture images of all front, rear, left, and right peripheral areas of the vehicle, the image switching controller is configured to select a display format of the captured image based on a signal from the input unit, and use selective items for the display format including whether or not the captured image is to be corrected out of a distortion by the fish-eye lens, a position of a viewpoint in the captured image, and whether the vehicle is to be displayed hypothetically in the captured image, the display unit is configured to display the captured image based on the display format selected by the image switching controller, and the display unit includes a plurality of monitors and is configured to display the captured image on at least one of the monitors disposed at a position corresponding to a position where the captured image is captured. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15)
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