Device for monitoring area around vehicle
US6940423B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignees
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2300/8086
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A back camera image from a back camera mounted on a rear portion of a vehicle body is displayed on a display mounted on the console inside the vehicle cabin when the vehicle is parallel parking. After the vehicle passes a steering direction reversal point in this state, a corner camera image from a corner camera mounted on a corner portion of a front portion of the vehicle body is displayed on the display when the vehicle nears a vehicle parked in front, or, more specifically, when an angle of the vehicle after it has reached the steering direction reversal point has reached a predetermined value. Guidance images may be overlaid upon the camera images during some or all of the parallel parking maneuver.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.