Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus

• US 20100066518A1
• Filed: 09/14/2009
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Ohshima, Kenichi, Konishi, Yasuhiro, Saigusa, Shigenobu
• Granted Patent: US 8,319,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/435
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/27 providing all-round vision, e.g. using omnidirectional cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/28 with an adjustable field of view
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1253 with cameras, video cameras or video screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/102 using 360 degree surveillance camera system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/105 using multiple cameras

Abstract

A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes: a plurality of imaging units which capture an external region of a present-vehicle and output images; a display unit which is installed in an interior of the present-vehicle; a selector which selects an image to be displayed on the display unit from the images output from the imaging units; and a display control unit which displays the images output from the imaging units on the display unit so as to be switched in accordance with a selection by the selector and displays an image indicator display indicating a display region in the external region of the present-vehicle corresponding to the images so as to be switched by the selector on the display unit.

Claims

1. A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus comprising:

a plurality of imaging units which capture an external region of a present-vehicle and output images;

a display unit which is installed in an interior of the present-vehicle;

a selector which selects an image to be displayed on the display unit from the images output from the imaging units; and

a display control unit which displays the images output from the imaging units on the display unit so as to be switched in accordance with a selection by the selector and displays an image indicator display indicating a display region in the external region of the present-vehicle corresponding to the images so as to be switched by the selector on the display unit.

2. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the image indicator display is highlighted corresponding to the images displayed on the display unit in the display control unit.

3. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the image indicator display is disposed in an upper portion of the display unit.

4. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the image indicator display is disposed in an upper portion of the display unit.