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System and method for providing front-oriented visual information to vehicle driver

  • US 9,511,711 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2013
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing visual information to a driver of a vehicle, comprising:

  • first and second flush-mounted or recessed cameras located in a right front quarter panel of the vehicle and a left front quarter panel of the vehicle, respectively, the cameras configured to image a field of view of 90 degrees to 150 degrees in at least one of a horizontal plane and a vertical plane;

    a right proximity and speed sensor and a left proximity and speed sensor that determine a range of a right object on a right side of the vehicle and a left object on side of the vehicle, respectively;

    a display within the vehicle that provides the driver with at least one of images or video feed of a scene imaged by the camera; and

    an onboard computer that detects whether a turn signal of the vehicle is activated and causes the images or video feed to be displayed on the display when the turn signal of the vehicle is activated and the onboard computer causes the displaying of the images or video feed to stop when the computer determines that the turn signal of the vehicle is no longer activated,wherein the computer is configured to;

    determine a respective amount of time until each object is expected to reach a location of the vehicle;

    determine which of the right object or the left object is expected to reach the location of the vehicle first; and

    select, as a source for displaying, the first or second flush-mounted or recessed camera on a same side of the vehicle as the one of the right object or the left object which is expected to reach the location of the vehicle first.

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