Vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus

• US 9,950,739 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2015
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Kazuya, Maruoka, Tetsuya, Ohashi, Itsuko
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramesh, Krishnan
• Application Number:
  US14/953,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20160152264A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/24 in front of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/304 using merged images, e.g. merging camera image with stored images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/70 characterised by an event-triggered choice to display a specific image among a selection of captured images
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8086 for vehicle path indication
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/021 Determination of steering angle
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 15/0295 by overlaying a vehicle path based on present steering angle over an image without processing that image
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time

Abstract

A vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires a steering angle of front wheels of a vehicle; a trajectory calculation section that calculates a rear wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of a rear wheel of an inside of turning during turning of the vehicle by steering of the front wheels; and a display control section that superimpose-displays the rear wheel width trajectory in captured side image data output from an imaging section that captures side images of the vehicle when the steering angle of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

Claims

1. A vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus comprising:

a steering angle sensor that detects a steering angle of front wheels of a vehicle;

an electronic control unit, including

a memory;

a processing unit including a trajectory calculation section that calculates a rear wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of a rear wheel during turning of the vehicle based on the detected steering angle of the front wheels, the rear wheel being located at a side of the vehicle to which the vehicle is turning; and

a display control section that;

superimpose-displays the rear wheel width trajectory with captured side image data output from an imaging section that captures side images of the vehicle when the steering angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and

displays the captured side image data regardless of the steering angle of the front wheels.

2. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control section superimpose-displays a maximum moving trajectory of the rear wheel of the inside of turning when the steering angle is a maximum angle in the captured side image data when superimpose-displaying the rear wheel width trajectory.

3. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the display control section superimpose-displays an index indicating exterior information of the vehicle in the captured side image data if at least the steering angle of the vehicle is less than the predetermined value.

4. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the trajectory calculation section further calculates a front wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of the front wheels of the vehicle and the display control section superimpose-displays the front wheel width trajectory in captured front image data output from an imaging section that captures a front image of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the display control section implements a first display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where a turning predicted state based on the steering angle and an actual turning state of the vehicle correspond to each other, and

the display control section implements a second display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where the turning predicted state and the actual turning state do not correspond to each other.

6. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the display control section implements a first display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where a turning predicted state based on the steering angle and an actual turning state of the vehicle correspond to each other and

the display control section implements a second display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where the turning predicted state and the actual turning state do not correspond to each other.

7. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the trajectory calculation section further calculates a front wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of the front wheels of the vehicle and the display control section superimpose-displays the front wheel width trajectory in captured front image data output from an imaging section that captures a front image of the vehicle.

8. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the display control section implements a first display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where a turning predicted state based on the steering angle and an actual turning state of the vehicle correspond to each other, and

the display control section implements a second display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where the turning predicted state and the actual turning state do not correspond to each other.

9. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the display control section implements a first display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where a turning predicted state based on the steering angle and an actual turning state of the vehicle correspond to each other, and

the display control section implements a second display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where the turning predicted state and the actual turning state do not correspond to each other.

10. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control section superimpose-displays an index indicating exterior information of the vehicle in the captured side image data if at least the steering angle of the vehicle is less than the predetermined value.

11. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the trajectory calculation section further calculates a front wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of the front wheels of the vehicle and the display control section superimpose-displays the front wheel width trajectory in captured front image data output from an imaging section that captures a front image of the vehicle.

12. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the display control section implements a first display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where a turning predicted state based on the steering angle and an actual turning state of the vehicle correspond to each other, and

the display control section implements a second display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where the turning predicted state and the actual turning state do not correspond to each other.

13. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 10,

wherein the display control section implements a first display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where a turning predicted state based on the steering angle and an actual turning state of the vehicle correspond to each other, and

the display control section implements a second display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where the turning predicted state and the actual turning state do not correspond to each other.

14. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the trajectory calculation section further calculates a front wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of the front wheels of the vehicle and the display control section superimpose-displays the front wheel width trajectory in captured front image data output from an imaging section that captures a front image of the vehicle.

15. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein the display control section implements a first display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where a turning predicted state based on the steering angle and an actual turning state of the vehicle correspond to each other, and

the display control section implements a second display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where the turning predicted state and the actual turning state do not correspond to each other.

16. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the display control section implements a first display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where a turning predicted state based on the steering angle and an actual turning state of the vehicle correspond to each other, and

the display control section implements a second display mode for the rear wheel width trajectory in a case where the turning predicted state and the actual turning state do not correspond to each other.

17. The vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control section does not superimpose-display the rear wheel width trajectory with the captured side image data when the steering angle is less than the predetermined value.