IP Library Granted Patent US 11,433,813
Granted Patent B2
US 11,433,813 · App. 16/682,534 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Vehicular electronic mirror system

Inventors: Yosuke Kubota (Toyota, JP); Goro Asai (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R1/006H04N5/247B60K35/00B60R2001/1253B60R2300/105B60R2300/108B60R2300/303B60R2300/8046
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Patent No.
US 11,433,813
App. No.
16/682,534
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular electronic mirror system includes a rear imaging device configured to capture an image of a rear side of a vehicle, rear lateral imaging devices respectively configured to capture images of right and left rear sides of the vehicle, and an electronic control device configured to perform, according to at least one of a state of the vehicle and a situation around the vehicle, different image processing processes on a rear image captured by the rear imaging device and rear lateral images captured by the rear lateral imaging devices and selected according to at least one of the state of the vehicle and the situation around the vehicle, and to cause a display device to display the rear image and the rear lateral images.

Claims (24)

1. A vehicular electronic mirror system, comprising:

a rear imaging device configured to capture an image of a rear side of a vehicle;

rear lateral imaging devices respectively configured to capture images of right and left rear sides of the vehicle; and

an electronic control device configured to

perform, according to at least one of a state of the vehicle and a situation around the vehicle, different image processing processes on a rear image captured by the rear imaging device and rear lateral images captured by the rear lateral imaging devices, the rear lateral images being selected according to at least one of the state of the vehicle and the situation around the vehicle, and

cause a display device to display the rear image and the rear lateral images,

wherein the electronic control device is configured to include a vehicle speed of the vehicle into a condition for selecting the rear lateral images and a condition for performing the image processing processes, and

wherein the electronic control device is further configured to

select, when the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value, the rear lateral images,

cause the display device to display a first display image generated by combining the rear image and the rear lateral images, and

cause the display device to display, when the vehicle speed is lower than the predetermined threshold value, a second display image generated only from the rear image.

2. The vehicular electronic mirror system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic control device is configured to include a shift position of the vehicle into a condition for selecting the rear lateral images and a condition for performing the image processing processes.

3. The vehicular electronic mirror system according to claim 2 , wherein

the electronic control device is configured to cause the display device, when the shift position of the vehicle is selected to a position corresponding to a state in which the vehicle is parked or a position corresponding to a state in which the vehicle is moved backward, to display the second display image generated only from the rear image.

4. The vehicular electronic mirror system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic control device is configured to include movement of the vehicle in a right and left direction into a condition for selecting the rear lateral images and a condition for performing the image processing processes.

5. The vehicular electronic mirror system according to claim 4 , wherein

the electronic control device is configured to select the rear lateral images, and cause the display device to display a third display image, in which a rear lateral image on either a left side or a right side to which the vehicle moves is overlapped on the first display image generated by combining the rear image and the rear lateral images or the second display image generated only from the rear image, when the vehicle is moved in the right and left direction.

6. The vehicular electronic mirror system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic control device is configured to include a case where an object existing around the vehicle is detected, into a condition for selecting the rear lateral images according to the state of the vehicle and the situation around the vehicle and a condition for performing the image processing processes according to the state of the vehicle and the situation around the vehicle.

7. The vehicular electronic mirror system according to claim 6 , wherein the electronic control device is configured to select, the rear lateral images, and cause the display device to display a third display image, in which a rear lateral image on either a left side or a right side corresponding to a direction in which an object is detected is overlapped on the first display image generated by combining the rear image and the rear lateral images or the second display image generated only from the rear image, when the object is detected around the vehicle.

8. The vehicular electronic mirror system according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic control device is configured to continuously switch one image to another image when switching an image to be displayed on the display device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2019
From: KUBOTA, YUSUKE; ASAI, GORO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051003/0100 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-214774 · Nov 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200156543A1 · May 21, 2020
Cited By (1)
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