IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,961,162
Granted Patent B2
US 11,961,162 · App. 18/156,210 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

Imaging apparatus, image processing apparatus, display system, and vehicle

Inventors: Tomohiro Shimazu (Yokohama, JP); Kazuya Takemoto (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
G06T11/001G06V20/58H04N5/44504H04N7/183H04N23/54G06T2200/24
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Patent No.
US 11,961,162
App. No.
18/156,210
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control device includes a controller configured to simultaneously displays a bird's-eye view image of a vehicle viewed from above, a video image behind the vehicle captured by an imager, and guide images extending rearward at intervals in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle on one screen of a display. The controller is configured to display on the display a first image in the lower right or lower left of the bird's-eye view image according to the position of an obstacle located in a rear right or rear left of the vehicle and to display a second image outside the guide image at the right end or left end of the video image.

Claims (25)

1. A display control device comprising:

a controller configured to simultaneously display:

a bird's-eye view image of a vehicle viewed from above,

a video image behind the vehicle captured by an imaging means,

guide images extending rearward at intervals in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle on one screen of a display means,

a first image in the lower right or lower left of the bird's-eye view image according to the position of an obstacle located in a rear right or rear left of the vehicle, and

a second image indicating a presence of the obstacle outside the guide image at the right end or left end of the video image.

2. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to display the second image for the obstacle that has a possibility of contacting with the vehicle, and does not display the second image for the obstacle that has no possibility of contacting with the vehicle.

3. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to display, with respect to the obstacle on the right rear of the vehicle, the first image on the right rear of the bird's-eye view image and the second image on the right end of the video image, and

the controller is further configured to display, with respect to the obstacle on the left rear of the vehicle, the first image on the left rear of the bird's-eye view image and the second image on the left end of the video image.

4. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to display on the display means the video image, the guide images and the bird's-eye view image, when a shift gear of the vehicle is set to a reverse state.

5. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to display the second image repeatedly moving in a left-right direction, when speed of the obstacle approaching the vehicle is equal to or higher than the speed of the vehicle.

6. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to display the second image repeatedly moving in a direction opposite to a left-right direction, when the speed of the obstacle approaching the vehicle is equal to or lower than the speed of the vehicle.

7. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to move the second image in a first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction depending on which of the obstacle and the vehicle contributes more to the decrease in the distance between the obstacle and the vehicle.

8. The display control device according to claim 7 , wherein

the controller is configured to determine moving speed of the second image in the first direction or in the second direction on the basis of the rate at which the distance between the obstacle and the vehicle is decreasing.

9. The display control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bird's-eye view image, the video image, the guide images, the first image, and the second image are displayed in a display region, and

an image of the obstacle itself is excluded from the display region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2023
From: SHIMAZU, TOMOHIRO; TAKEMOTO, KAZUYA
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062413/0414 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-239449 · Dec 9, 2016 · national
JP 2016-245775 · Dec 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17231908 · Apr 15, 2021
Division 16467715
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