Vehicle data acquisition and display assembly
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1. A vehicle data acquisition and display assembly comprising:
- at least two image acquisition apparatuses which are disposed upon a vehicle and which acquire images of the environment in which said vehicle resides;
a video processing assembly which is coupled to said at least two image acquisition apparatuses, which receives said acquired images, and which uses said acquired images to create a mosaic image of said environment;
a display which is coupled to said video processing assembly, which is disposed within said vehicle, and which selectively displays at least one portion of said mosaic; and
an image control assembly which selects said at least one portion, thereby allowing said at least one portion of said mosaic to be selectively displayed by said display assembly;
wherein said vehicle has at least one attribute and wherein said assembly selectively monitors said at least one attribute and, in response to said monitored attribute, generates a certain signal which is effective to cause a second portion of said mosaic to be displayed by said display assembly.
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A vehicle data acquisition and display assembly 10 which includes several cameras 75 which selectively and cooperatively receive images 77 from the environment or the ambient environment 83 in which a vehicle 60 resides. The acquired images 77 form a panoramic mosaic 85, at least a portion of which is selectively displayed by a display assembly 45 within the vehicle 60.
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1. A vehicle data acquisition and display assembly comprising:
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at least two image acquisition apparatuses which are disposed upon a vehicle and which acquire images of the environment in which said vehicle resides;
a video processing assembly which is coupled to said at least two image acquisition apparatuses, which receives said acquired images, and which uses said acquired images to create a mosaic image of said environment;
a display which is coupled to said video processing assembly, which is disposed within said vehicle, and which selectively displays at least one portion of said mosaic; and
an image control assembly which selects said at least one portion, thereby allowing said at least one portion of said mosaic to be selectively displayed by said display assembly;
wherein said vehicle has at least one attribute and wherein said assembly selectively monitors said at least one attribute and, in response to said monitored attribute, generates a certain signal which is effective to cause a second portion of said mosaic to be displayed by said display assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15)
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10. An assembly for use with a vehicle of the type having a roof, said assembly comprising:
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a plurality of cameras which are equidistantly disposed along at least two edges of said roof and which cooperatively provide images of the environment in which said vehicle resides, wherein said equidistant spacing of said cameras is effective to cause each provided image from two spatially adjacent cameras to abut to cooperatively form a panoramic mosaic view;
a display assembly which selectively displays said mosaic view of said cooperatively provided images; and
a controller having a touch sensitive surface upon which an icon is disposed, said controller selecting a first portion of said cooperatively provided images by use of said touch sensitive surface and causing said selected first portion of said cooperatively provided images to be displayed by said display assembly;
wherein said vehicle has at least one attribute and wherein said controller selectively monitors said at least one attribute and, in response to said monitored attribute, displays a second portion of said images on said display assembly. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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16. A method for acquiring and selectively displaying images to be viewed within a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of cameras;
disposing said plurality of cameras upon said vehicle, effective to acquire said images;
providing a display;
disposing said display within said vehicle, effective to selectively display a seamless mosaic view from at least a portion of said images;
generating a voice command; and
using said voice command to select at least a portion of said images. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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