101 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A MULTI-CAMERA IMAGE USING PIXEL REMAPPING |
US13990902 |
2011-12-01 |
US20130250114A1 |
2013-09-26 |
Yuesheng Lu |
A camera or vision system for establishing a composite image for displaying in a vehicle includes a first camera and a second camera and a controller. Each camera has a respective field of view that overlaps partially with the respective field of view of the other camera. Each camera has a respective imager for generating a respective preliminary digital image. The cameras together have a combined field of view. The controller is programmed to generate a final composite digital image that corresponds to a selected digital representation of the combined field of view of the cameras by using a remapping table to remap selected pixels from each of the preliminary digital images into selected positions of the final composite digital image. A plurality of methods for establishing a composite image are also provided. |
102 |
Detection system for assisting a driver when driving a vehicle using a plurality of image capturing devices |
US13451211 |
2012-04-19 |
US08405491B2 |
2013-03-26 |
Bernard Cheuk Mun Fong; Wan Chi Siu |
A detection system (5) for assisting a driver when driving a vehicle, the system (5) comprising: a plurality of image capturing devices (98) mounted to the vehicle to capture images of the external environment of the vehicle; an image processing module (95) to identify potential hazards in real-time from the captured images and to superimpose information of the external environment relating to the identified potential hazards; and at least one display device (92) to display images processed by the image processing module in real-time; wherein the superimposed information is provided in an area of the display device (92) to ensure visual clarity of the images of the external environment. |
103 |
DETECTION SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER WHEN DRIVING A VEHICLE USING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES |
US13451211 |
2012-04-19 |
US20120281093A1 |
2012-11-08 |
Bernard Cheuk Mun Fong; Wan Chi Siu |
A detection system (5) for assisting a driver when driving a vehicle, the system (5) comprising: a plurality of image capturing devices (98) mounted to the vehicle to capture images of the external environment of the vehicle; an image processing module (95) to identify potential hazards in real-time from the captured images and to superimpose information of the external environment relating to the identified potential hazards; and at least one display device (92) to display images processed by the image processing module in real-time; wherein the superimposed information is provided in an area of the display device (92) to ensure visual clarity of the images of the external environment. |
104 |
DISPLAY DEVICE |
US13483167 |
2012-05-30 |
US20120265399A1 |
2012-10-18 |
Kazuya WATANABE |
A display device includes a camera for capturing an image around a vehicle body; a monitor provided in a vehicle interior; and a display control unit for controlling a display of the monitor. The monitor has a rectangle-shaped display face, and is supported switchably between a vertically elongated posture and a horizontally elongated posture. When the monitor is switched to the vertically elongated posture, based on an image captured by the camera, the display control unit displays a top view image of a road surface around the vehicle body seen from above on the monitor. |
105 |
Image processing apparatus |
US12230212 |
2008-08-26 |
US08279279B2 |
2012-10-02 |
Toshihiro Hattori; Masayuki Imanishi |
An image processing apparatus permits a user to readily recognize a current state of an angle of view. When an angle of view is switched from a wide-angle to a narrow-angle, range display is performed for a predetermined time prior to the switching. Range display includes a narrow-angle image frame formed with lines indicating a border of an image displayed for a predetermined time prior to the switching. After the predetermined time, a narrow-angle image is displayed and the range display is no longer displayed. The range display allows a user to readily recognize that the wide-angle image has been switched to the narrow-angle image by recognizing to what area in a pre-switching wide angle of view image the post-switching narrow-angle image corresponds. |
106 |
Image processing method, recording medium carrying image processing program, and image processing apparatus |
US12366044 |
2009-02-05 |
US08218820B2 |
2012-07-10 |
Kazunori Hayashi; Itaru Kawakami; Yoichiro Sako; Takayasu Kon; Yasunori Kamada |
An image processing method includes the steps of extracting edges from each of a plurality of original images, thereby obtaining edge images; extracting straight lines from the edge images, thereby obtaining line images; assuming extensions of the straight lines constituting the line images and setting vanishing points on the basis of the extensions; and trimming the plurality of original images so that positions of the vanishing points in the respective original images mutually match, thereby obtaining final images. |
107 |
VEHICLE SURROUNDING MONITOR APPARATUS |
US13392171 |
2010-09-01 |
US20120154590A1 |
2012-06-21 |
Kazuya Watanabe |
From a captured image capturing an image of the surrounding of a vehicle, there are generated a display screen including an image to be displayed when the vehicle is under a stopped state and a display screen including an image to be displayed when the vehicle is under a non-stopped state (not under the stopped state). And, these generated display screens are displayed on a monitor. The area of vehicle surrounding shown by the image displayed when the vehicle is under the non-stopped state is narrower than the area of vehicle surrounding shown by the image displayed when the vehicle is under the stopped state. |
108 |
Automobile Comprising An Electric Engine Powered By A Power Supply Module |
US13382274 |
2010-06-28 |
US20120103707A1 |
2012-05-03 |
Sebastien Hureaux; Flavien Berger; Eric Alpy; Maxime Spehner; Benoit Luc |
The invention relates to an automobile, comprising an electric engine powered by a power supply module (10) to which a pipe (11) for extracting the hot air generated by said module is connected, and a structure including a floor (2) defining the lower portion of the vehicle passenger compartment. According to the invention, one of the ends (12) of said extraction pipe (11) is in communication with an opening (3) formed in the floor (2) of the vehicle. |
109 |
Imaging apparatus |
US12258792 |
2008-10-27 |
US08134608B2 |
2012-03-13 |
Tatsumaro Yamashita; Tomoya Kamata |
Disclosed is an imaging apparatus capable of enlarging a portion of an image captured by an imaging device of a fisheye camera and displaying the enlarged image on a display screen with little distortion. The imaging apparatus enlarges a section, which is a portion of an image captured by a fisheye camera, and displays the section on a display screen such that the enlargement ratios of points in the section are different from each other. An image processing method uses a change function that changes the enlargement ratio of a field angle depending on the place is used, and converts a portion of the captured image into a central projection image to generate a display image. The use of the change function makes it possible to generate a display image having high visibility. |
110 |
Driving support method and driving support apparatus |
US11951438 |
2007-12-06 |
US08094192B2 |
2012-01-10 |
Tomoki Kubota; Hidefumi Okabe; Minoru Takagi |
A driving support method and a driving support apparatus clearly project an image of a specific target object onto a pillar within a vehicle. The apparatus includes a camera installed on the vehicle that captures a dead-angle area created by the pillar and a projector projecting the image captured by the camera onto the interior surface of the pillar. The driving support unit also includes an image processor that sets a reference point Pc on an indicator on a road surface, sets a virtual plane VP passing through the reference point Pc, performs coordinate conversion for image data input from the camera onto the virtual plane VP, and outputs to a projector the image data for which the coordinate conversion has been performed. |
111 |
DRIVE ASSIST DISPLAY APPARATUS |
US13186684 |
2011-07-20 |
US20110279674A1 |
2011-11-17 |
Tadao ICHINOSE; Koji TAKAHASHI |
Provided is a drive assist display apparatus which can realize, from imaging to displaying the front, left, right and down wide area of the backward or frontward of a vehicle, displaying in high visibility of a form of an imaged subject in accordance with purposes, improving visibility of directional and positional relationships between the imaged subject and the vehicle, and facilitating a movement of the eye line targeting to the subject on the display. It is assumed that planes are respectively perpendicular relationship with the vehicle front-back direction, the downward direction being vertically in perpendicular relationship with the vehicle front-back direction, the leftward direction being horizontally in perpendicular relationship with the vehicle front-back direction, and the rightward direction being horizontally in perpendicular relationship with the vehicle front-back direction. Square subjects assumed to be on the planes are displayed as squares or rectangles each having an area equal to one another on respective regions in accordance with the direction. The regions include a forward correction image display region 41-1 and other display regions. The forward correction image display region 41-1 is in the vicinity of the other display regions. The vicinity area has the same display image corresponding to a straight line being coincident with a straight line being in vertical with respect to the ground surface or being in the vehicle front-back direction. The bottom side of a leftward or rightward correction image display region 41-3L or 41-3R and the left or right side of a downward correction image display region 41-2 are straight lines coincident with respective vehicle front-back direction straight lines. |
112 |
Onboard display device, vehicle, display method, image display program and recording medium |
US10598090 |
2005-02-18 |
US08045003B2 |
2011-10-25 |
Hitoshi Nohno; Megumi Itoh; Toshiya Takahashi; Takeshi Yamamoto; Aki Miake; Mitsukazu Okuda; Takeshi Doi |
A display screen of an onboard display device is disposed so that a speedometer is displayed in front of a driver of a vehicle. When a right-turn instruction is detected, a blinker is displayed and a rightward rear view image outside the vehicle is displayed on the right side of the display screen. When a left-turn instruction is detected, a blinker is displayed and a leftward rear view image outside the vehicle is displayed on the left side of the display screen. Displaying the image in different positions of the display screen according to the right or the left turn instruction facilitates an intuitive determination of a meaning of the image and makes it easier to drive the vehicle. |
113 |
DISPLAY DEVICE |
US13062855 |
2009-12-08 |
US20110166782A1 |
2011-07-07 |
Kazuya Watanabe |
A display device includes a camera for capturing an image around a vehicle body; a monitor provided in a vehicle interior; and a display control unit for controlling a display of the monitor. The monitor has a rectangle-shaped display face, and is supported switchably between a vertically elongated posture and a horizontally elongated posture. When the monitor is switched to the vertically elongated posture, based on an image captured by the camera, the display control unit displays a top view image of a road surface around the vehicle body seen from above on the monitor. |
114 |
AUTOMATED VEHICLE SURROUNDING AREA MONITOR AND DISPLAY SYSTEM |
US12946163 |
2010-11-15 |
US20110115913A1 |
2011-05-19 |
Werner Lang; Michael Witzke; Johann Fellner; Peter Geißendörfer; Jon Hohenhaus |
At least a first and second monitoring device that outputs display signals to a control device. A display device connected with the control device is able to display the display signals from the monitoring devices in at least two sections in split screen mode. The control device is connected to an actual state of motion signal line, so that depending on the actual state of motion of the vehicle, the display device displays at least two display signals originating from at least two different monitoring devices in split screen mode. |
115 |
ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF ADAPTING 3D PANORAMIC VIEWS OF VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS BY PREDICTING DRIVER INTENT |
US12569182 |
2009-09-29 |
US20110074916A1 |
2011-03-31 |
David DEMIRDJIAN |
An electronic control system, electronic control unit and an associated methodology for adapting three dimensional panoramic views of vehicle surroundings by predicting driver intent are provided. A plurality of cameras mounted on a vehicle generate images of a surrounding area of the vehicle. A visual sensor detects a three dimensional profile of an occupant of the vehicle. An electronic control unit generates a three dimensional panoramic view based on the images generated by the plurality of cameras, determines three dimensional locations and orientations of a plurality of body parts of the occupant of the vehicle based on the three dimensional profile detected by the visual sensor, and adapts the three dimensional panoramic view based on the determined three dimensional locations and orientations. A display unit displays the adapted three dimensional panoramic view. |
116 |
DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM |
US12845076 |
2010-07-28 |
US20110025483A1 |
2011-02-03 |
Katsutoshi YANO; Jun Kawai; Toshiaki Gomi; Hiroshi Yamada |
A driving support system includes an image pickup apparatus captures an image of a periphery of a vehicle in which the image pickup apparatus is provided, a measurement apparatus measures a distance from the vehicle to an obstacle around the vehicle, a driving support apparatus, which includes a determination unit determines a driving danger level of a driver of the vehicle based on the distance, an image enlargement unit changes a size of a simulated image of the vehicle stored in advance based on a result of determination, and an image generation unit combines the image of the periphery of the vehicle and the simulated image of the vehicle changed by the image enlargement unit, and a display apparatus displays the image combined by the image generation unit. |
117 |
VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM |
US12547706 |
2009-08-26 |
US20100053327A1 |
2010-03-04 |
Kunikazu Nakayama; Norifumi Matsukawa; Koji Ashie |
A vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus is disclosed that is coupled with (i) a camera for capturing an image of a region around the vehicle and (ii) a display device for displaying the image so that power is supplied to the camera in accordance with a camera activation signal for triggering activation of the camera. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus is configured to determine whether the camera activation signal is inputted, and configured to determine whether the camera is in an activated state. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus outputs a control signal to the camera when it is determined that the camera activation signal determination section determines that the camera activation signal is inputted and when it is determined that the camera is in the activated state. |
118 |
Vehicle drive assist system |
US11503899 |
2006-08-15 |
US07640107B2 |
2009-12-29 |
Toshihiro Shimizu; Kazuhiro Sakiyama; Kazuya Sako |
A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for steering the vehicle; traveling path predicting means for predicting a traveling path of the vehicle on the basis of the steering angle detected by the steering angle detecting means; and drive assist means for overlaying on the display means drive assist information containing the vehicle predictive traveling path predicted by the traveling path predicting means and guide lines prolonged from the lines defining the width of the vehicle body on the image of the area existing in the vehicle advancing direction. |
119 |
ELECTRONIC SECURITY SYSTEM |
US12246304 |
2008-10-06 |
US20090091620A1 |
2009-04-09 |
LEROY E. ANDERSON |
The invention is an electronic security system for placement in a building so that a person may view, on an electronic screen, an image from one of several digital cameras placed around the building. The unit includes a zoom function which zooms to the lower center, to the right, left, lower left, or lower right of the screen in order to give the user inside the door a better view of a person or persons viewed in a digital camera inside or outside the building. |
120 |
ELECTRONIC BABY REMOTE VIEWER |
US12245933 |
2008-10-06 |
US20090091617A1 |
2009-04-09 |
LEROY E. ANDERSON |
The invention is an electronic remote baby viewer for placement near a baby or child, so that a person interested in monitoring the baby can view the baby from another room of a house, or from outside the house. The unit includes a zoom function which zooms to the lower center, to the right, left, lower left, or lower right of the screen in order to give the user a view of those regions in order to better see a baby. The unit can be mounted crib side, or in a position to view a baby in a car seat in an automobile. |