Surrounding monitor apparatus for a vehicle
US6476855B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 25, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2300/8066
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A trimming video image including a mask region (20) having vehicle side window shapes and a vehicle image (36) which are formed by an image forming device are overlapped on pickup video images of a CCD camera obtained by picking up the left and right forward images of a vehicle to form a synthesized image, and the synthesized image is displayed on a display device. Since the left and right pickup video images are displayed in display regions (11, 21) having side window shapes, respectively, and the vehicle image (36) is additionally used, the direction of a displayed pickup video image (track T or man M) is intuitively recognized.
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