Display enhancements for vehicle vision system
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1. A vehicular rearview vision system, comprising:
- at least one image capture device positioned on the vehicle and adapted to capturing images of objects; and
a display system which displays an image which comprises a rearward facing view of objects captured by said at least one image capture device;
wherein said display system enhances the displayed image by including an image enhancement comprising a visual prompt perspectively related to objects in the image displayed and which visually informs the driver of what is occurring in the area surrounding the vehicle including relative position of objects behind vehicle.
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Abstract
A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one image capture device which may be directed rearwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle. A display system displays an image synthesized from an output of the image capture device. The display system enhances the displayed image by visually informing the driver of what is occurring in the area surrounding the vehicle. For example, hazards, such as objects too close to the vehicle for safe lane-change maneuver, can be highlighted such as by flashing the image of the hazard or displaying the hazard in a particular color.
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1. A vehicular rearview vision system, comprising:
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at least one image capture device positioned on the vehicle and adapted to capturing images of objects; and a display system which displays an image which comprises a rearward facing view of objects captured by said at least one image capture device; wherein said display system enhances the displayed image by including an image enhancement comprising a visual prompt perspectively related to objects in the image displayed and which visually informs the driver of what is occurring in the area surrounding the vehicle including relative position of objects behind vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A vehicular rearview vision system, comprising:
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at least one image capture device positioned on the vehicle and directed rearwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle; and a display system which displays an image from said at least one image capture device; wherein said display system enhances the displayed image by visually highlighting hazards in the area surrounding the vehicle, wherein said visually highlighting hazards comprises modifying the displayed images which include said hazards. - View Dependent Claims (22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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21. A rearview vision system for a vehicle, comprising:
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at least one image capture device positioned on the vehicle and directed rearwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle; and a display system which displays an image from said at least one image capture device; wherein said display system enhances the displayed image by visually highlighting hazards in the area surrounding the vehicle, wherein said highlighting hazards includes at least one of displaying the hazard in a particular color and flashing the image of the hazard. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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36. A vehicular rearview vision system, comprising:
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at least one image capture device positioned on the vehicle and directed rearwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle; and a display system which displays an image from said at least one image capture device; wherein said display system includes a graphic overlay superimposed on the displayed image indicating distances of objects from the vehicle and visually highlighting of images of objects too close to the vehicle for safe lane-change maneuver, wherein said visually highlighting comprises modifying the displayed images which include said objects too close to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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37. A rearview vision system for a vehicle comprising:
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at least one image capture device positioned on the vehicle and directed rearwardly with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle; and a display system which displays an image from said at least one image capture device; wherein said display system includes a graphic overlay superimposed on the displayed image indicating distances of objects from the vehicle and visually highlighting of images of objects too close to the vehicle for safe lane-change maneuver, wherein said visually highlighting includes at least one of displaying the object too close to said vehicle in a particular color and flashing the image of the object too close to said vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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53. A vehicular vision system, comprising:
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at least two image capture devices positioned on opposite lateral sides of said vehicle and adapted to capturing images of objects; and a display system which displays an image of objects captured by said at least two image capture devices, wherein said display system displays an image synthesized from outputs of said image capture devices which approximates a substantially seamless panoramic view; wherein said display system enhances the displayed image by including an image enhancement comprising a visual prompt perspectively related to objects in the image displayed and which visually informs the driver of what is occurring in the area surrounding the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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