System and method for providing guidance information to a driver of a vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for providing guidance information to a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
- an image capture device configured to acquire an image of the vicinity of the vehicle;
an object sensor configured to detect an object near the vehicle and determine a distance between the object and the vehicle;
a processing unit connected to the image capture device and to the object sensor, the processing unit configured to produce a simulated image that appears as if it was captured from a simulated image capture device located directly above the vehicle, by orthogonally projecting the acquired image and combine the simulated image with the acquired image in a proportion and having a simulated angle of observation that is determined by the distance between the object and the vehicle to produce an output image that appears to have been taken by an image capture device in a direction that is between that of the actual image capture device and the simulated image capture device; and
an image display unit connected to the processing unit and configured to display the output image produced by the processing unit.
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Abstract
A system for providing guidance information to a driver of a vehicle. In one implementation, the system includes an image capture device and an object sensor attached to the vehicle. The image capture device acquires an image of the vicinity of the vehicle. The object sensor is configured to detect an object near the vehicle. A processing unit processes the acquired image from the image capture device to produce an output image. The processing of the acquired image is based on information obtained from the object sensor. An image display unit is connected to the processing unit and displays the output image produced by the central processing unit.
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14 Claims
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1. A system for providing guidance information to a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
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an image capture device configured to acquire an image of the vicinity of the vehicle; an object sensor configured to detect an object near the vehicle and determine a distance between the object and the vehicle; a processing unit connected to the image capture device and to the object sensor, the processing unit configured to produce a simulated image that appears as if it was captured from a simulated image capture device located directly above the vehicle, by orthogonally projecting the acquired image and combine the simulated image with the acquired image in a proportion and having a simulated angle of observation that is determined by the distance between the object and the vehicle to produce an output image that appears to have been taken by an image capture device in a direction that is between that of the actual image capture device and the simulated image capture device; and an image display unit connected to the processing unit and configured to display the output image produced by the processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing guidance information to a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
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obtaining an acquired image from an image capture device attached to the vehicle; detecting a distance between an object and the vehicle using an object sensor attached to the vehicle; processing the acquired image using a central processing unit associated with the vehicle to produce an output image, wherein processing of the acquired image comprises producing a simulated image that appears as if it was captured from a simulated image capture device located directly above the vehicle, by orthogonally projecting the acquired image and combining the simulated image with the acquired image in a proportion and having a simulated angle of observation that is determined by the distance between the object and the vehicle that appears to have been taken by an image capture device in a direction that is between that of the actual image capture device and the simulated image capture device; and displaying the output image produced by the central processing unit on an image display unit mounted in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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