Video processing device and video processing system
A video processing device installable in a vehicle is disclosed. The vehicle includes: an imaging device imaging an outside of the vehicle and generating a first video signal; and a display device displaying a first video and a second video, the first video being generated based on the first video signal, the second video being generated by performing first processing on the first video signal. The video processing device includes: a first reception circuit to receive the first video signal from the imaging device; a hardware processor to receive the first video signal from the first reception circuit and perform the first processing; and a first transmission circuit to receive the first video signal from the first reception circuit, receive, from the hardware processor, a second video signal for displaying the second video, and transmit the first/second video signals to the display device.
1. A video processing device installable in a vehicle, the vehicle including: a camera imaging an outside of the vehicle and generating a first video signal; and a display being able to display a first video and a second video, the first video being generated based on the first video signal, the second video being generated based on a second video signal obtained by adding a first signal to the first video signal, the video processing device comprising:
a first computer configured to control a first reception circuit and a first transmission circuit; and
a second computer different from the first computer, the second computer entirely including a hardware processor, wherein
the first reception circuit is configured to receive the first video signal directly from the camera,
the hardware processor, which is entirely included within the second computer, is configured to receive the first video signal directly from the first reception circuit and configured to generate the first signal based on the first video signal, and
the first transmission circuit is configured to
receive the first video signal directly from the first reception circuit,
receive the first signal directly from the hardware processor, and
transmit the first video signal and the first signal directly to the display.
2. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the display includes a controller configured to generate the second video signal by adding the first signal to the first video signal.
3. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the video processing device is configured to switch between a first mode for causing the display to display the first video and a second mode for causing the display to display the second video.
4. The video processing device according to claim 3 ,
wherein,
in the first mode, the first computer causes the first transmission circuit to transmit the first video signal to the display, and
in the second mode, the second computer causes the first transmission circuit to transmit the first video signal and the first signal to the display.
5. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first computer and the second computer operate independently.
6. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor detects an object present around the vehicle based on the first video signal, and generates, as the first signal, an emphasis signal for emphasizing the object.
7. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first transmission circuit and the hardware processor is smaller than a distance between the first transmission circuit and the display.
8. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal is not a video signal.
9. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first video signal is transmitted from the first reception circuit to the hardware processor in a first format and the first signal is transmitted from the hardware processor to the first transmission circuit in a second format that is different from the first format.
10. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first computer is physically separate and independent from the first transmission circuit and the first reception circuit.
11. The video processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first computer is physically separate from and not directly connected to: a first circuit by which the first reception circuit receives the first video signal directly from the camera; and a second circuit by which the first transmission circuit transmits the first video signal and the first signal directly to the display.
12. A video processing system installable in a vehicle, the video processing system comprising:
a camera configured to image an outside of the vehicle and generate a first video signal;
a display configured to display a first video and a second video, the first video being generated based on the first video signal, the second video being generated based on a second video signal obtained by adding a first signal to the first video signal; and
a video processing device configured to generate the first signal,
wherein the video processing device includes:
a first computer configured to control a first reception circuit and a first transmission circuit; and
a second computer different from the first computer, the second computer entirely including a hardware processor,
the first reception circuit is configured to receive the first video signal directly from the camera,
the hardware processor, which is entirely included within the second computer, is configured to receive the first video signal directly from the first reception circuit and configured to generate the first signal based on the first video signal, and
the first transmission circuit is configured to
receive the first video signal directly from the first reception circuit,
receive the first signal directly from the hardware processor, and
transmit the first video signal and the first signal directly to the display.
13. The video processing system according to claim 12 , wherein the display includes a controller configured to generate the second video signal by adding the first signal to the first video signal.
14. The video processing system according to claim 12 , wherein the video processing device is configured to switch between a first mode for causing the display to display the first video and a second mode for causing the display to display the second video.
15. The video processing system according to claim 14 , wherein
in the first mode, the first computer causes the first transmission circuit to transmit the first video signal to the display, and
in the second mode, the second computer causes the first transmission circuit to transmit the first video signal and the first signal to the display.
16. The video processing system according to claim 12 , wherein the first computer and the second computer operate independently.
17. The video processing system according to claim 12 , wherein the hardware processor detects an object present around the vehicle based on the first video signal, and generates an emphasis signal for emphasizing the object as the first signal.
18. The video processing system according to claim 12 , wherein a distance between the first transmission circuit and the hardware processor is smaller than a distance between the first transmission circuit and the display.
19. The video processing system according to claim 12 , wherein the first signal is not a video signal.
20. The video processing system according to claim 12 , wherein the first video signal is transmitted from the first reception circuit to the hardware processor in a first format and the first signal is transmitted from the hardware processor to the first transmission circuit in a second format that is different from the first format.