Vehicle perimeter display device
First Claim
1. A vehicle perimeter display device comprising:
- a perimeter imaging device configured and arranged to obtain an image of a perimeter area of a vehicle;
an interior imaging device configured and arranged to obtain an interior vehicle image including a head of a driver;
a display device configured and arranged to display perimeter image information obtained by the perimeter imaging device; and
a control unit configured to extract head movements of a head of a driver from interior image information obtained by the interior imaging device, and to control the display device to display the perimeter image information obtained by the perimeter imaging device based on the head movements of the head of the driver.
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Abstract
A vehicle perimeter display device is provided that can automatically display images of a vehicle'"'"'s perimeter to a driver. The vehicle perimeter display device basically has a CCD camera arranged on the passenger side of the vehicle to image an perimeter imaging range of the area on the left side of the vehicle, a first IR camera arranged in front of the driver to image infrared light rays in a first interior imaging range, a second IR camera arranged on the passenger side of the driver to image infrared light rays in a second interior imaging range, a monitor that displays image information obtained by navigation image information from a navigation system and the CCD camera, and a control unit that extracts head movements of the driver'"'"'s head from the infrared image information obtained by the IR cameras.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle perimeter display device comprising:
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a perimeter imaging device configured and arranged to obtain an image of a perimeter area of a vehicle;
an interior imaging device configured and arranged to obtain an interior vehicle image including a head of a driver;
a display device configured and arranged to display perimeter image information obtained by the perimeter imaging device; and
a control unit configured to extract head movements of a head of a driver from interior image information obtained by the interior imaging device, and to control the display device to display the perimeter image information obtained by the perimeter imaging device based on the head movements of the head of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle perimeter display device comprising:
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perimeter imaging means for obtaining an image of a perimeter area of a vehicle;
interior vehicle imaging means for obtaining an interior vehicle image including a head of a driver;
display means for displaying perimeter image information obtained by the perimeter imaging means; and
control means for extracting movements of a head of a driver from interior vehicle image information obtained by the interior vehicle imaging means, and to control the display means to display the perimeter image information obtained by the perimeter imaging means based on the movements of the head of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method of displaying vehicle perimeter images comprising:
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obtaining an image of a perimeter area of a vehicle;
obtaining an interior vehicle image including a head of a driver;
displaying perimeter image information of the perimeter area of the vehicle on a display device;
extracting movements of a head of a driver from interior vehicle image information from the interior vehicle image; and
controlling the displaying of the perimeter image information of the perimeter area of the vehicle based on the movements of the head of the driver. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification