Device for monitoring area around vehicle
First Claim
1. A device for monitoring an area around a vehicle having front wheels that serve as steered wheels, the device comprising an image display system that provides a back image of the vehicle to an operator of the vehicle during backing up, wherein the image display system switches from the back image of the vehicle to a side image of the vehicle on an outside of a turn in accordance with a state of the turn of the vehicle so as to provide the side image of the vehicle to the operator.
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Abstract
A back camera image from a back camera mounted on a rear portion of a vehicle body is displayed on a display mounted on the console inside the vehicle cabin when the vehicle is parallel parking. After the vehicle passes a steering direction reversal point in this state, a corner camera image from a corner camera mounted on a corner portion of a front portion of the vehicle body is displayed on the display when the vehicle nears a vehicle parked in front, or, more specifically, when an angle of the vehicle after it has reached the steering direction reversal point has reached a predetermined value. Guidance images may be overlaid upon the camera images during some or all of the parallel parking maneuver.
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- 1. A device for monitoring an area around a vehicle having front wheels that serve as steered wheels, the device comprising an image display system that provides a back image of the vehicle to an operator of the vehicle during backing up, wherein the image display system switches from the back image of the vehicle to a side image of the vehicle on an outside of a turn in accordance with a state of the turn of the vehicle so as to provide the side image of the vehicle to the operator.
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12. A method of monitoring an area around a vehicle having front wheels that serve as steered wheels, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a back image of the vehicle to an operator of the vehicle during backing up; and
switching from the back image of the vehicle to a side image of the vehicle on an outside of a turn in accordance with a state of the turn of the vehicle so as to provide the side image of the vehicle to the operator. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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