Apparatus for monitoring surroundings of vehicle and sensor unit
US7379389B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2015/939
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle includes an imaging apparatus provided at the vehicle, a plurality of ultrasonic sensors provided around the imaging apparatus as a unit with the imaging apparatus, an object-position-detecting apparatus for detecting a position of an object appearing within an imaging range of the imaging apparatus on the basis of outputs of the plurality of the ultrasonic sensors and a display-controlling apparatus for performing a predetermined image processing for an image obtained by the imaging apparatus at a position corresponding to the position of the object detected by the object-position-detecting apparatus.
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