Scalable integrated electronic control unit for vehicle
First Claim
1. A vehicular scalable integrated control system for a vehicle, said vehicular scalable integrated control system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle;
a vehicular scalable integrated control unit, wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit comprises an image processor, and wherein visual image data captured by said cameras is processed by said image processor of said vehicular scalable integrated control unit to detect objects in the fields of view of said cameras;
a display screen for displaying video information to a driver of the vehicle, and wherein said display screen displays information responsive to said vehicular scalable integrated control unit;
wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit is responsive to a global positioning system of the vehicle to determine a current geographical location of the vehicle;
wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit accommodates downloading of applications and wherein said applications include a tour guide application, said tour guide application providing information associated with various geographical locations of a selected tour area;
wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in said tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls said display screen to display information associated with the identified location of said tour guide application and the current geographical location of the vehicle; and
wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in said tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls said display screen to display video images captured by one of said plurality of cameras and wherein the displayed video images are associated with the identified location of said tour guide application.
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Abstract
A vehicular scalable integrated control system includes a plurality of cameras, a vehicular scalable integrated control unit, and a display screen for displaying video information to a driver of the vehicle. Visual image data captured by the cameras is processed by an image processor to detect objects in the fields of view of the cameras. The control unit determines a current geographical location of the vehicle and accommodates downloading of applications, which may include a tour guide application, with the tour guide application providing information associated with various geographical locations of a selected tour area. The control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in the tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls the display screen to display information associated with the identified location of the tour guide application and the current geographical location of the vehicle.
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1. A vehicular scalable integrated control system for a vehicle, said vehicular scalable integrated control system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle; a vehicular scalable integrated control unit, wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit comprises an image processor, and wherein visual image data captured by said cameras is processed by said image processor of said vehicular scalable integrated control unit to detect objects in the fields of view of said cameras; a display screen for displaying video information to a driver of the vehicle, and wherein said display screen displays information responsive to said vehicular scalable integrated control unit; wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit is responsive to a global positioning system of the vehicle to determine a current geographical location of the vehicle; wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit accommodates downloading of applications and wherein said applications include a tour guide application, said tour guide application providing information associated with various geographical locations of a selected tour area; wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in said tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls said display screen to display information associated with the identified location of said tour guide application and the current geographical location of the vehicle; and wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in said tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls said display screen to display video images captured by one of said plurality of cameras and wherein the displayed video images are associated with the identified location of said tour guide application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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