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VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE

  • US 20100110189A1
  • Filed: 06/12/2008
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle periphery monitoring device for subjecting an image captured by a camera provided to a vehicle to predetermined image processing, and displaying the image on an onboard display device, the vehicle periphery monitoring device comprising:

  • a coordinate axes setting unit for setting a first axis along an edge of the vehicle body in the captured image, and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, the camera being disposed so as to include the edge of the vehicle body in the captured image; and

    a distortion correction processor for enlarging the captured image at a magnification ratio that increases in the second axis direction in a nonlinear fashion that depends on the distance from the second axis while the first axis direction is kept substantially fixed, whereinthe captured image corrected for distortion is displayed on the display device.

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