Driving-operation assist and recording medium
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1. A vehicle-operation assist for a vehicle mounted with a camera, comprising:
- an operation-start detecting unit operable to detect that an actual driving operation corresponding to a predetermined driving operation is started automatically or through an input from a driver;
a circumferential-state imaging unit operable to generate a circumferential-state image using an output image from the camera;
a synthetic-image generating unit operable to generate a synthetic image by using the circumferential-state image, said synthetic image including an assumed-movement pattern showing movement of the vehicle in case of performing the predetermined driving operation, said assumed-movement pattern including (i) a trace between a start position of the vehicle and an end position of the vehicle, and (ii) a synthetic image of the vehicle at the end position in case of performing the predetermined driving operation; and
a display unit operable to display the synthetic image,wherein the synthetic-image generating unit generates a synthetic image of which a positional relationship between the assumed-movement pattern and the circumferential-state image is fixed while an actual driving operation corresponding to the predetermined driving operation is performed by following said trace between said start position and said end position.
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Abstract
A vehicle-operation assist includes a circumferential-state imager for imaging a circumferential state of a vehicle with a camera and generating a circumferential-state image; a synthetic-image generator for generating a synthetic image by superimposing on the circumferential-state image, an assumed-movement pattern of the vehicle performing a predetermined series of driving operations; and a display for displaying the synthetic image. The circumferential-state imager has at least one camera and a camera parameter table for storing characteristics of the camera and generating the circumferential-state image on the basis of the camera characteristics.
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1. A vehicle-operation assist for a vehicle mounted with a camera, comprising:
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an operation-start detecting unit operable to detect that an actual driving operation corresponding to a predetermined driving operation is started automatically or through an input from a driver; a circumferential-state imaging unit operable to generate a circumferential-state image using an output image from the camera; a synthetic-image generating unit operable to generate a synthetic image by using the circumferential-state image, said synthetic image including an assumed-movement pattern showing movement of the vehicle in case of performing the predetermined driving operation, said assumed-movement pattern including (i) a trace between a start position of the vehicle and an end position of the vehicle, and (ii) a synthetic image of the vehicle at the end position in case of performing the predetermined driving operation; and a display unit operable to display the synthetic image, wherein the synthetic-image generating unit generates a synthetic image of which a positional relationship between the assumed-movement pattern and the circumferential-state image is fixed while an actual driving operation corresponding to the predetermined driving operation is performed by following said trace between said start position and said end position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A vehicle-operation assist for a vehicle mounted with a camera, comprising:
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an operation-start detecting unit operable to detect that an actual driving operation corresponding to a predetermined driving operation is started, automatically or through an input from a driver; a circumferential-state imaging unit operable to generate a circumferential-state image using an output image from the camera, wherein the circumferential-state imaging unit changes a way of generating the circumferential-state image when the actual driving operation is started; a synthetic-image generating unit operable to generate a synthetic image by using the circumferential-state image, said synthetic image including an assumed-movement pattern showing movement of the vehicle in case of performing the predetermined driving operation, said assumed-movement pattern including (i) a trace between a start position of the vehicle and an end position of the vehicle, and (ii) a synthetic image of the vehicle at the end position in case of performing the predetermined driving operation; and a display unit operable to display the synthetic image, wherein the synthetic-image generating unit generates a synthetic image of which a positional relationship between the assumed-movement pattern and the circumferential-state image is fixed while an actual driving operation corresponding to the predetermined driving operation is performed by following said trace between said start position and said end position. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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