IP Library Granted Patent US 10,343,607
Granted Patent B2
US 10,343,607 · App. 15/884,679 · Granted Jul 9, 2019

Viewing device for vehicle

Inventors: Hitoshi Kumon (Aichi-gun, JP); Yasunobu Takahashi (Kyoto, JP); Yuto Ohtsuka (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,343,607
App. No.
15/884,679
Filed
Jan 31, 2018
Granted
Jul 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Examiner
DANG, PHILIP
Art Unit
2488
USPC
348/148
Abstract

A viewing device for a vehicle, comprises: a plurality of imaging apparatuses that differ in imaging range; an image generation apparatus that, on the basis of images imaged by one or a plurality of the imaging apparatuses, generates a viewing image that is a composite of: an image to a vehicle rear, an image of a vehicle structure, the image being semi-transparent, and an image of a vehicle occupant on a rear seat; and a displayer that displays the viewing image.

Claims (28)

1. A viewing device for a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of imaging apparatuses that differ in imaging range;

an image generation apparatus that, based on images imaged by one or a plurality of the imaging apparatuses, generates a viewing image that is a composite of:

an image to a vehicle rear,

an image of a vehicle structure, the image being semi-transparent, and

an image of a vehicle occupant on a rear seat; and

a displayer that displays the viewing image, wherein

the image generation apparatus generates the viewing image such that a level of transparency of the vehicle structure increases from a vehicle lower side toward a vehicle upper side, and

the closer to the vehicle upper side, the greater the transparency.

2. The viewing device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of imaging apparatuses include:

a rear camera that images rearward from a vehicle rear portion,

a rear side camera that images rearward from a vehicle side portion, and

a cabin interior camera that images rearward in a vehicle cabin, including imaging a rear seat; and

the image generation apparatus composites:

the image to the vehicle rear, in which an image imaged by the rear camera and an image imaged by the rear side camera are composited,

the image of the vehicle structure, which originates from the cabin interior camera, and

the image of the vehicle occupant on the rear seat, which originates from the cabin interior camera.

3. A viewing device for a vehicle, comprising:

a plurality of imaging apparatuses that differ in imaging range;

an image generation apparatus that, based on images imaged by one or a plurality of the imaging apparatuses, generates a viewing image that is a composite of:

an image to a vehicle rear,

an image of a vehicle structure, the image being semi-transparent, and

an image of vehicle occupant on a rear seat; and

a displayer that displays the viewing image, wherein

the vehicle structure includes a pillar,

the image generation apparatus generates the viewing image such that a level of transparency of at least the pillar increases from a vehicle lower side toward a vehicle upper side, and

the closer to the vehicle upper side, the greater the transparency.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2018
From: KUMON, HITOSHI; TAKAHASHI, YASUNOBU; OHTSUKA, YUTO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-060180 · Mar 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180272937A1 · Sep 27, 2018
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