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Driving assist method and driving assist apparatus

  • US 8,078,356 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2007
  • Issued: 12/13/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A driving assist method using an image-taking device mounted on a vehicle and displaying a driving assist image on a display device, the method comprising:

  • switching a vehicle light device between luminous and non-luminous periods at a predetermined frequency whereby a human eye perceives the vehicle lighting device as ON;

    taking an image of an area in the vicinity of the vehicle with the image-taking device in a non-luminous period of the vehicle lighting device;

    forming composite data by combining portions of a plurality of sets of image data generated by the image taking, each set representing an image captured during one non-luminous period; and

    displaying a driving assist image, based on the composite data, on the display device.

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