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| 20100309314 | NIGHT VISION CAMERA MOUNT QUICK DISCONNECT - The night vision camera system includes a light, a night vision camera, and a linkage. The night vision camera is attached to the light such that the light and camera maintain a fixed orientation with respect to each other. The light is attached to the linkage and is configured to manipulate the light and night vision camera concurrently. The linkage is attached to the vehicle and extends into the vehicle interior where a handle is provided allowing the user to aim the light and night vision camera from the interior of the vehicle. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20130307980 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME SECURITY DATA ACQUISITION AND INTEGRATION FROM MOBILE PLATFORMS - A system and method for real time security data acquisition and integration from mobile platforms are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: deploying a plurality of sensors and video sources in a monitored venue, the plurality of sensors and video sources generating security data in the monitored venue; receiving the security data wirelessly in real time at a real time wireless data integrator positioned adjacent to the monitored venue; establishing a real time wireless data integrator network between at least two real time wireless data integrators; and causing the transfer of the security data to an operations center via a network. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20160021288 | VEHICLE-REVERSING DISPLAY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING MULTIPLE FIELD-OF-VIEW MODES AND VEHICLE-REVERSING IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - A vehicle-reversing display system includes a controller area network, an ultrasonic sensor, a vehicle-reversing image capture device and a display device. The vehicle-reversing image capture device includes a controlling unit and a camera. After a vehicle-reversing parameter of the controller area network is acquired, the controlling unit recognizes a distance from an obstacle through the ultrasonic sensor. If the distance is a first distance, the camera is automatically switched to a wide field-of-view mode under control of the controlling unit. If the distance is a second distance, the camera is automatically switched to a normal field-of-view mode under control of the controlling unit. If the distance is a third distance, the camera is automatically switched to a top field-of-view mode under control of the controlling unit. An auxiliary image is displayed on the display device. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160110620 | Method for Triggering a Driver Assistance Function Upon Detection of a Stop Light by Means of a Camera - The invention relates to a method for triggering a driver assistance function of a vehicle, in which image data of that part of the surroundings of the vehicle which is in front of the vehicle is generated by means of a camera and supplied to an analyzing unit for the purpose of analysis and the driver assistance function is triggered upon detection of a stop light ( | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110618 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, APPROACHING OBJECT NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a system including at least one image capturing device configured to capture an image of an object from a vehicle, and at least one display device configured to display the image of the object to an occupant of the vehicle. The system further includes at least one control unit configured to determine whether to alert the occupant to proximity of the object, and in response to determining to alert the occupant to proximity of the object, superimpose, on the image of the object for display on the at least one display device, a moving pattern through which the image of the object remains visible. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20120188376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING CAMERA SYSTEMS AND SELF BROADCASTING - A system for monitoring the operation of a vehicle. The system comprises a plurality of sensors; a plurality of optical capture devices; a memory in which at least a recording schema is stored, the at least recording schema contains rules for operation of at least one of the plurality of optical capture devices responsive of at least one of the plurality of sensors respective of at least one activity to be captured; and a recorder coupled to the plurality of sensors, the plurality of optical capture devices and the memory, the recorder determines based on the at least recording schema and responsive of at least an input from at least one of the plurality of sensors which of the at least one of the plurality of optical capture devices to operate. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188375 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MOUNTABLE ON RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A semiconductor integrated circuit has a video encoder including a motion prediction unit, a motion compensation unit, a subtraction unit, a discrete cosine transform unit, a quantization unit, an inverse quantization unit, an inverse discrete cosine transform unit, and an addition unit. The encoder divides the video signal from the camera into a plurality of partial images including the central part of the image and the peripheral part of the image according to the distance from the center of the image, and processes the partial images. A pixel processing unit coordinate-transforms coordinates of a pixel included in the central part of the image into coordinates of the peripheral part of the image, and performs a process of enlarging an object of a subject included in the central part of the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis when performing the coordinate transform. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20140063253 | AVM SYSTEM OF VEHICLE FOR DIVIDING AND MANAGING CAMERA NETWORKS AND AVM METHOD THEREOF - The vehicle AVM system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first camera network constructed of some of the cameras configuring the AVM system; a second camera network constructed of some of the cameras configuring the AVM system; and a processor configured to create a first image from the images created by the cameras configuring the first camera network, and to create a second image from the images created by the cameras configuring the second camera network. Accordingly, by installing more number of cameras in an AVM system of a vehicle than the number of cameras in a general vehicle and thus removing dead zones according to vehicle characteristics, it becomes possible to perform smooth networking and prevent image delay, thereby preventing accidents due to dead zones and image delay. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20100271482 | IMAGING ELEMENT UNIT - An imaging element unit includes an imaging element configured to include an imaging surface having a plurality of R pixels, G pixels and B pixels, and an infrared cut filter configured to be placed in a position immediately in front of the imaging surface, wherein the transmittance characteristics of the infrared cut filter is determined so that an RGB combined relative sensitivity which is a combined value of unique sensitivities of the R pixels, the G pixels and the B pixels and a relative sensitivity of the imaging surface determined by the transmittance characteristics of the infrared cut filter show each of the following sensitivities with the respect to each of the following wavelengths longer than 600 nm. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110310248 | A CAMERA FOR MOUNTING ON A VEHICLE - A camera for mounting on a vehicle includes a front housing member having a first mating portion, a lens member and a circuit board having a plurality of individual front electrical connectors. The camera also includes a rear housing member having a second mating portion and a plurality of individual rear electrical connectors with first connector portions of the individual rear electrical connectors extending from the rear housing member to make electrical connection with an electrical connector of the vehicle. Second connector portions of at least some of the rear electrical connectors are configured for making electrical connection to a respective at least some of the front electrical connectors when the first and second mating portions are mated together and an alignment structure aligns second connector portion of the rear connectors with respect to the plurality of individual front electrical connectors. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20150332441 | SELECTIVE IMAGE CORRECTION FOR INFRARED IMAGING DEVICES - Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using small form factor infrared imaging devices to image scenes in proximity to a vehicle. An imaging system may include one or more infrared imaging devices, a processor, a memory, a display, a communication module, and modules to interface with a user, sensors, and/or a vehicle. Infrared imaging devices may be positioned in proximity to, mounted on, installed in, or otherwise fixed relative to a vehicle. Infrared imaging devices may be configured to capture infrared images of scenes in proximity to a vehicle. Various infrared image analytics and processing may be performed on captured infrared images to correct and/or calibrate the infrared images. Monitoring information, notifications, and/or control signals may be generated based on the corrected infrared images and then presented to a user and/or a monitoring and notification system, and/or used to control aspects of the vehicle. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20090278933 | DRIVE RECORDER, DRIVE RECORDER SYSTEM, VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO RECORDING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a drive recorder and a drive recorder system that can check the content of the image captured by an image capturing unit that outputs a video signal at a frequency not affected by LED traffic light flashing. More specifically, the invention provides a drive recorder includes an image converting unit for converting a received video signal into image information, and for outputting the image information in the form of a video signal, a storage unit for storing the converted image information, and a control unit for performing control so that the video signal is converted into the image information by using a first frequency not affected by LED traffic light flashing, and so that the image information stored in the storage unit is output in the form of a video signal by using a second frequency corresponding to a standard video signal; the invention also provides a drive recorder system comprising such a drive recorder. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20130321630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LANE DEPARTURE WARNING - A lane departure warning system and method are provided. The lane departure warning system includes a camera, a tunnel recognition module, a virtual lane module, and a determination/warning module. The camera captures a front image of a vehicle. The tunnel recognition module determines whether a current position of the vehicle is in a tunnel section, using the front image captured by the camera. The virtual lane module determines whether two or more lanes are detected from the front image when the current position is in the tunnel section and, when only one lane is detected, generates a virtual lane at a position corresponding to the one lane using a pre-calculated road width. The determination/warning module determines whether the vehicle departs from a lane, using the one lane and the virtual lane or the two or more lanes detected, and warns of lane departures accordingly. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20090268025 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING AREA DISPLAY DEVICE - An image around a vehicle matching the intent of a driver is automatically displayed. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20130321634 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND TOWING VEHICLE - A driving support device outputs, to a display means ( | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321635 | IMAGE CAPTURING - A camera array and method are disclosed for capturing and processing images of an area of terrain. For each of a plurality of time-steps within a time period, using each of a plurality of cameras in a camera array, an exemplary method includes: generating an image of a respective portion of terrain, wherein the cameras in the camera array have substantially fixed positions relative to each other, and the portions of terrain are such that the whole of the area of terrain has been imaged by the end of the time period; selecting a subset of the images such that the whole of the terrain is covered by the portions of the terrain in the images in the subset; and for an image not in the subset, if an object of interest is in that image, extracting a sub-image containing the object from that image. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321631 | ON-SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND ON-SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD - Disclosed herein is a technology of reflecting a line width of an on-screen display (OSD) image to calculate an appropriate interpolation rate and interpolating the OSD image according to the calculated interpolation rate to output the interpolated OSD image, in order to provide an OSD image smoother as compared to the case according to the related art by smoothly displaying an OSD image to reduce image shaking. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321632 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM - A vehicular vision system includes a camera including an image sensor, a control including a microcontroller, and a serial data interface. The camera has a field of view exterior of a vehicle. A video output is configured for transmitting a stream of video captured by the image sensor. The microcontroller is operatively connected to the image sensor. The serial data interface permits the microcontroller to communicate with at least one electronic device in the vehicle. A resistor having a selected impedance is connected in series with a switch. The resistor and the switch connect a video plus electrical conduit and a video minus electrical conduit. The switch is openable by the microcontroller to deactivate the video output into a high impedance state and is closable to activate the video output. The microcontroller is configured to comply with selected messages received through the serial data interface by opening the switch. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20160027176 | MISALIGNMENT CORRECTION AND STATE OF HEALTH ESTIMATION FOR LANE MANAGEMENT FUSION FUNCTION - A method for state of health estimation and misalignment correction in a vehicle lane management system. Two lane sensing systems onboard a vehicle provide lane information to a lane management system, where one of the lane sensing systems may be a dedicated forward-viewing lane sensing system, and the other may use images from a surround-view camera system. The lane information is stored in a fixed-length, moving-window circular data buffer. A correlation coefficient is recursively computed from the lane information from the two lane sensing systems and used to calculate a state of health of the lane management system. A linear regression relationship is also computed between the data from the two lane sensing systems, and the scale factor and offset value are applied to the lane information from the second lane sensing system before a fusion calculation is performed on the lane information from the two lane sensing systems. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20140247349 | INTEGRATED LIGHTING, CAMERA AND SENSOR UNIT - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an integrated assembly for a vehicle includes a body, a light and a sensor configured to detect objects proximate the integrated assembly. The assembly also includes a camera, wherein the light, sensor and camera are housed by the body within the integrated assembly. The assembly includes a connector on the body to provide signal communication with the light, sensor and camera. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20130222593 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-PANED VIEW - A vehicle vision system includes a camera configured to be positioned on a vehicle and a processing system operatively coupled to the camera. The processing system is operable to process image data captured by the camera. The image data is representative of a scene viewed by the camera. The processing system may further generate an image having three image panes including a central image pane derived from a first subset of captured image data and two side image panes derived from second and third subsets of captured image data. Each of the side image panes are shaped as parallelograms and arranged with respect to the central image pane to appear folded with respect to the central image pane. The processing system can output the image to a display for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20160027158 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING IMAGE DISTORTION OF A CAMERA FOR VEHICLE - An apparatus for correcting image distortion of a camera in a vehicle includes: a camera mounted in the vehicle; a camera characteristic extractor configured to extract camera characteristic parameters of the camera based on a preset mathematical model; a tilt angle calculator configured to calculate tilt angles of a virtual camera corresponding to the camera in each photographing region using the camera characteristic parameters; a yaw angle calculator configured to calculate yaw angles of the virtual camera in each photographing region; an image corrector configured to view-transform a photographed image photographed by the camera by adjusting angles of the virtual camera based on a correction model in order to secure a view region of the photographed image and create a corrected image depending on the view-transform; and a display configured to display the corrected image output from the image corrector. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20100259617 | Boundary line recognition apparatus - In a boundary line recognition apparatus, a boundary line candidate extracting part extracts boundary line candidates from image data obtained by an on-vehicle camera based on known image processing such as pattern matching and Hough transform. One or more kinds of boundary line feature calculating parts calculate one or more likelihoods of each boundary line candidate. The likelihood indicates a degree of probability to be the boundary line. A boundary line feature combining means multiplies the likelihoods of each boundary line candidate and outputs a combined likelihood. A boundary line candidate selecting part selects the boundary line candidate having a maximum likelihood as the boundary line. The boundary line feature calculating part further calculates the likelihood of the boundary line candidate using a dispersion of brightness and an internal edge amount, and changes the likelihood based on an additional likelihood obtained by a driving lane surface feature extracting part. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259616 | Image Pickup Apparatus, On-Vehicle Image Pickup Apparatus, Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing Image Pickup Apparatus - A disclosed image pickup apparatus includes a first member holding a lens, and a second member holding an image pickup element converting an image formed via the lens into an electric signal, the second member having an approximately rectangular shape and two approximately arc-shaped location cutout portions at respective diagonal corners of the approximately rectangular shape. In the image pickup apparatus, the first and the second members are bonded via an indirect bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded via a fixing member with an ultraviolet curable adhesive and a filler bonding structure portion where the first and second members are bonded by supplying a thermosetting adhesive therebetween. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259615 | Display system for shooting and displaying image around vehicle - An display system of an image around a vehicle includes: a shooting element; a controller including a processor and a memory; and a display device. The shooting element includes a bracket fixed to the vehicle, a camera in the bracket, a protrusion of the camera and a contact position sensor of the protrusion. The memory stores retrieved region information about a retrieved region defined by a display coordinate system and retrieved from the image. The display device displays the retrieved region. When the contact position of the protrusion is changed, the processor modifies the retrieved region information based on the contact positions before changing and after changing such that a region defined by a local coordinate system corresponding to the retrieved region after changing is equal to the region defined by the local coordinate system before changing. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259614 | Delay Compensated Feature Target System - Apparatus and methods are provided for acquiring a target. A vehicle generates video frames that are sent to a control. The vehicle stores a subset of the frames. The vehicle may receive a lock message from the control that identifies a feature. Based on the information in the lock message, the vehicle may find a stored “fast-forward” frame with the feature, locate the feature on the fast-forward frame, determine a trajectory of the feature, and then determine a current location of the feature in a current frame. Once the vehicle has determined the current location of the feature, the vehicle may send a target acquired message to the control. An estimate of communication latency between the control and the vehicle may be determined. Then, the fast-forward frame may be determined based on a time of arrival of the lock message and the latency. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20120262578 | VEHICULAR AROUND-VIEW DRIVING MONITOR AND RECORDER - A vehicular around-view driving monitor and recorder includes a plurality of wide-angle cameras, a real-time image monitoring and recording/playing unit, a visual image operation system, and a display device, which enables a real-time monitoring and recording of around-view raw image data shot by wide-angle cameras. The present invention also performs a real-time visual processing which includes data correction toward the twisted raw images, image overlapping and a combination of algorithmic operation via the visual image operation system to convert those raw images shot from cameras into round-view ones shown on the display which fits the driver's visual practice and driving habit, and provides better safety, correct and convenient visual assistance and driving judgment. Alternatively, the processed images could be displayed in a bird-view mode to have an additional circumferential reference. Therefore, it is applicable to drivers' visual assistance and the recovery of traffic evidence of various types of vehicles. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262579 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD USING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A vehicle detection method is implemented by an electronic device. The electronic device controls at least one image capture device to capture images of a road intersection governed by a traffic light, and to capture data as to vehicles using the road intersection. The traffic light includes at least one of a red light and a green light. By analyzing the images and vehicle data, the electronic device detects and identifies a vehicle illegally crossing the road intersection. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20160086042 | Display Device For A Vehicle, In Particular A Commercial Vehicle - A display system and method for displaying an image to the driver of a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle. The display system has a capturing device mountable to the vehicle and adapted to capture at least part of the vehicle's immediate environment, and to generate signals corresponding to the captured part of the vehicle's immediate environment, a calculation unit adapted to receive the signals generated by the capturing device, determine obstacles within the captured immediate environment of the vehicle, and generate a display image illustrating the vehicle in stylized or symbolic representation, and the obstacle identified in the vehicle's immediate environment as well as its relative position with regard to the vehicle, and a rendering unit adapted to display the display image generated by the calculation unit within the vehicle and visible for the driver. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20130169813 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TIRE PARAMETERS OF A VEHICLE - A device for measuring tire parameters of a vehicle, comprising a detector for detecting a tire pressure of the vehicle, a measuring system for detecting a tire profile depth of the vehicle, and an output unit for outputting measured tire parameters that include and/or take into account the tire pressure and the tire profile depth. The detector and the measuring system have a measuring arrangement which is designed to be driven over by the vehicle and which is designed to measure the tire pressure as well as the tire profile depth in a moving vehicle, and the output unit is designed to display a result of the measurement such that an operating person that drives the vehicle can detect the measurement in the vehicle or from the vehicle directly after driving over the measuring arrangement. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169812 | VEHICULAR IMAGING SYSTEM - A vehicular imaging system comprises a single imaging sensor having a plurality of photosensor elements. The imaging sensor captures image data of a scene exterior of the vehicle within its field of view. Image data captured by the imaging sensor is provided to a control. The control also receives via a communication bus at least one of vehicle pitch information, vehicle yaw information and vehicle steering information. The control detects two substantially straight and converging road features along the road the vehicle is travelling and determines a point of intersection where they would converge using, at least in part, the received vehicle information and the control automatically corrects for misalignment of the imaging sensor mounted at the vehicle. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169811 | SELF-CALIBRATED, REMOTE IMAGING AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - An imaging sensor system, adaptably mountable to a vehicle having a view of a target area comprising: a rigid mount unit having at least two imaging sensors disposed within the mount unit, wherein a first imaging and a second imaging sensor each has a focal axis passing through an aperture in the mount unit, wherein the first imaging sensor generates a first image area comprising a first data array of pixels and the second imaging sensor generates a second image area comprising a second data array of pixels, wherein the first and second imaging sensors are offset to have a first image overlap area in the target area, wherein the first sensors image data bisects the second sensors image data in the first image overlap area. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169809 | MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING MODULE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING A VOLUME - A monitoring system for a periphery of a structure ( | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130107044 | Blind Spot Camera System | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107052 | Driver Assistance Device Having a Visual Representation of Detected Objects | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107051 | OBSTACLE ALARM DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20090273674 | Method of Producing a Total Image of the Environment Surrounding a Motor Vehicle - A method of producing a total image of the surrounding environment of a motor vehicle uses an image sensor device connected with the motor vehicle, which supplies image data in a first acquisition range of the vehicle environment. At least a first image part of the total image is based on image data of the image sensor device from the first acquisition range. In addition to the image sensor device, a distance sensor device connected with the motor vehicle is used which supplies distance data in a second acquisition range of the vehicle environment, the second acquisition range covering an additional range of the vehicle environment which is not covered by the first acquisition range. At least a second image part of the total image, which is at least partially situated outside the first image part, is based on the distance data of the distance sensor device from the additional range. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273673 | PERSONAL VEHICLE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a personal vehicle surveillance system comprising cameras and microphones positioned such that they can record the type of events that happen to individuals rather than governmental vehicles. In addition, it provides for secure recording of events such that they are tamper resistant and can then be used during situations of problems with the vehicle or around the vehicle. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273672 | VEHICLE RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle recording system for providing vehicle data, including video data, of conditions surrounding road and parking events. In response to a triggering event, the system stores the vehicle data from a previous time interval and a subsequent time interval in a memory device. In some embodiments, the system may change the frequency at which data is captured based on information from proximity sensors and/or the vehicle ignition. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20130342695 | Vehicle Display System - A method and apparatus comprising a view generator. The view generator is configured to identify a position of a mobile display device relative to an exterior of a vehicle. The view generator is further configured to identify image data from a sensor system for the vehicle that corresponds to a field of view of the mobile display device from the position of the mobile display device relative to the vehicle. The view generator is further configured to display an external view for the vehicle on the mobile display device using the image data. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140085475 | DYNAMIC BAYESIAN NETWORKS FOR VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION IN VIDEO - A system and method for classification of passenger vehicles and measuring their properties, and more particularly to a stochastic multi-class vehicle classification system, which classifies a vehicle (given its direct rear-side view) into one of four classes Sedan, Pickup truck, SUV/Minivan, and unknown, and wherein a feature pool of tail light and vehicle dimensions is extracted which feeds a feature selection algorithm to define a low-dimensional feature vector, and the feature vector is then processed by a Hybrid Dynamic Bayesian Network (HDBN) to classify each vehicle. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085473 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA APPARATUS - An in-vehicle camera apparatus having improved object visibility of a shaded area in a photographed image includes a shaded area calculation section for calculating a shaded area of interest in a photographed image based on luminance characteristics data of a generated photographed image, a luminance increase amount calculation section for calculating a luminance increase amount for the shaded area of interest, a luminance adjustment section for increasing the luminance of the photographed image based on the luminance increase amount, and a photographed image output section for outputting a luminance-adjusted photographed image adjusted by the luminance adjustment section to an in-vehicle image processing section. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085472 | TRAILER ANGLE DETECTION SYSTEM - A vision system for a vehicle includes a rearward facing camera disposed at a rearward portion of a vehicle. With a trailer attached to the vehicle and rearward of the vehicle, a processor is operable to process captured images and, responsive at least in part to the processing, is operable to determine a plurality of trailer and vehicle-trailer interface parameters. The system is operable to calculate a calculated trailer angle based at least in part on calculations involving the parameters and a steering angle of the vehicle. Responsive to processing of images captured by the camera, the system is operable to determine a determined trailer angle of the trailer relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. Responsive to the determined trailer angle and the calculated trailer angle, the system is operable to determine a degree of offset between the calculated trailer angle and the detected trailer angle. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085470 | MOBILE OBJECT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a mobile object including an imaging unit configured to capture a perimeter of the mobile object, a speaker configured to be capable of controlling directivity, a determination unit configured to determine whether the mobile object is in a driving mode, and a speaker control unit configured to control the speaker in the driving mode in a manner that predetermined audio is output toward a warning target that is recognized based on a captured image captured by the imaging unit, and to control the speaker in a non-driving mode in a manner that the predetermined audio is output in a non-directional way. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085469 | Calibration Method and Apparatus for In-Vehicle Camera - Calibration method of cameras is performed by using images generated by imaging a peripheral area of a vehicle by the cameras, wherein the peripheral area of a vehicle includes a calibration index pre-set on a road surface where the vehicle is positioned. The cameras are mounted on the vehicle, and the calibration index includes intersections formed by at least two first parallel straight lines and two second parallel straight lines having different inclination from the two first parallel straight lines. The camera calibration method includes steps of generating a bird's-eye-view video by viewpoint-converting each of the images based on a first camera parameter that is stored in advance; recognizing the intersections from the generated bird's-eye-view video; and calculating a second camera parameter, via which a non-deviated bird's-eye-view video can be generated, based on the recognized intersections and information on positions and poses of the cameras. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085468 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A SIGNAL FOR A LIGHT CONTROL UNIT - A method for providing a signal to a light control unit of at least one headlight of a vehicle that has a camera for acquiring a surrounding environment of a vehicle, the method including a step of determination of an interval between the vehicle and another vehicle using the camera. The method further includes a step of determination of a distance between the vehicle and the other vehicle using a camera-independent sensor. In addition, the method includes a step of plausibilization of the interval using the distance, the interval being plausibilized if a difference between the interval and the distance is smaller than a tolerance value. Finally, the method includes a step of provision the interval via an interface to a light control unit of the headlight. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085467 | CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE AND AN INSTALLATION METHOD - The invention relates to a device ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20100103265 | IMAGE RECORDING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECORDING A SCENE-CAPTURING IMAGE WHICH CAPTURES ROAD SCENES AROUND A CAR, AND MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - An image recording method for use in an electronic device configured on a car for recording a scene-capturing image which captures road scenes around the car is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First, a positioning signal is received. The positioning signal is decoded to obtain determination data. It is determined whether a predetermined condition is satisfied based on the determination data. The recording of the scene-capturing image is continued when the predetermined condition is satisfied and the recording of the scene-capturing image is stopped when the predetermined condition has not been satisfied for a predetermined time period. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20140247358 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE FOR MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF VEHICLE - Provided is an image generation device that can generate a monitor display image suited for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle, even from an image captured using a wide-angle lens, such as a fisheye lens. Such an image generation device includes: an input unit to which a captured image of the surroundings of the vehicle is input, the captured image being acquired by a vehicle-mounted camera equipped with a wide-angle lens and being distorted; a setting unit that sets specific correction values for respective regions of the captured image that are separated by a reference line at a predetermined interval along a vertical direction of the captured image, the specific correction values being calculated based on a reference correction value of the wide-angle lens along the vertical direction of the captured image, the reference line extending in a horizontal direction of the captured image; an execution unit that applies distortion correction to the captured image using the specific correction values set by the setting unit; and an output unit that outputs, to a monitor, the captured image to which the distortion correction has been applied by the execution unit. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140063254 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM - A method for calibrating a vehicular vision system includes providing a camera at a vehicle, with the camera having a field of view. Images are captured with the camera and a set of resultant images are acquired for a classification. Information is extracted related to image features in the set of resultant images, and an appropriate subset of coefficients is determined. For each classification, a classification vector of at least one appropriate weight is stored that corresponds to the determined subset of coefficients. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140267731 | PERIPHERAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING PERIPHERAL IMAGE FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A peripheral image display device for displaying a peripheral image around a construction machine including at least two imaging units capturing the peripheral image around the construction machine; an image combining unit that combines at least two images obtained from the at least two imaging units to form a single projection image, the at least two images including an overlapping area overlapping between the at least two images; a guideline setting unit that sets a guideline, which includes at least two color information pieces, on the projection image formed by the image combining unit at a position a predetermined distance apart from the construction machine; a guideline generating unit that generates the guideline on the projection image based on setup information obtained by the guideline setting unit; and a display unit that displays the projection image having the guideline generated by the guideline generating unit on a screen. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267729 | ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - A camera structure includes a camera, a frame defining a space to partially contain the camera, at least one plate connected to the frame to cover the camera and luminous elements securely fixed on the surface of the camera, wherein the luminous elements provide lights to the plate which is used as a billboard showing commercial messages to the public. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267725 | AVERAGE SPEED DETECTION WITH FLASH ILLUMINATION - An average speed detection camera system. The system includes a first automatic license plate reader (ALPR) camera having an infrared camera for capturing identification information from a vehicle passing an entrance point. A first communication module is coupled to the first ALPR camera for transmitting the identification information and either an entrance timestamp or an exit timestamp for the vehicle. A second ALPR camera includes an infrared camera and an overview camera is coupled to a second communication module. The second communication module receives the vehicle identification information and the reference time stamp from the first communication module. The infrared camera of the second ALPR camera captures identification information from the vehicle as it passes the exit point, and if the time at which the vehicle passes an exit point is prior to an exit timestamp for the vehicle, the overview camera flash illuminates the vehicle with visible light and captures an image of the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267726 | VEHICLE APPROACHING DETECTOR AND NOTIFICATION - A vehicle approaching detector and notification device includes a central processing device, a number of detectors attached to different portions of a vehicle and electrically connected to the central processing device for sending detecting signals to the central processing device, a number of vibration generating devices attached to a driver seat of the vehicle and electrically connected to the central processing device and actuated in corresponding to the detectors for generating a vibrating and warning signal in order to indicate different approaching direction and location or position of another vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20100007734 | VEHICULAR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND VEHICULAR IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Both converted image data obtained upon conversion of rearward image data taken by a camera by an imaging converting unit, and auxiliary display line data generated by an OSD creating unit are outputted as display image data on a display device. As a result, converted rearward images and auxiliary display lines are displayed superimposed on the display element. An operator displays the rearward images during conversion while utilizing the auxiliary display lines on the display screen to perform rotation processing, parallel movement processing, and skew processing until the image appears in a desired position. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20160026878 | ALGORITHM TO EXTEND DETECTING RANGE FOR AVM STOP LINE DETECTION - A system and method on a vehicle for providing extended detection range of a stop line on a roadway. The system and method includes a front view camera on the vehicle that provides images of the roadway in front of the vehicle and a controller that receives images from the front view camera. The controller is programmed to extract an upper portion of a front view image that is remapped onto an extended bird's eye view image such that the detection range of the stop line is detected. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160082884 | WiFi Wireless Rear View Parking System - A WiFi wireless rear view parking system comprises a main body, a camera sensor, a Wifi transmission module, a Wifi reception module, and a display device. The main body is installed at a license plate of an automobile. The camera sensor is provided in the main body for sensing images and video of rear regions of the automobile and generating images and video data. The Wifi transmission module transmits the image and video data from the camera. The Wifi reception module is provided in the automobile for receiving image and video data transmitted by the Wifi transmission module. The display device is provided in the automobile for displaying the images and video data received by the Wifi reception module. The WiFi wireless rear view parking system provides rear view of the automobile to a driver. The WiFi wireless rear view parking system may comprise a microphone and a speaker. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20130033603 | ROAD CONDITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ROAD CONDITION MANAGEMENT METHOD - The present invention provides a road condition management system that can grasp an accurate state of a road condition and reduce a burden on a checker. A road facility management system for managing road facilities includes an on-board device and an information server. The on-board device includes a camera attached to a vehicle to photograph the outside of the vehicle, an image recognition unit that applies image recognition for detecting road facilities to a photographed image, a transmission image information generation unit that generates transmission image information including the photographed image, a road facility information database having stored therein road facility information, and a transmission unit that outputs the transmission image information if a recognition result by the image recognition unit is different from the road facility information stored in the road facility information database. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033602 | Surround View System - A system operable to generate a surround view based on image data, where the image data may include image data associated with surroundings of an object, such as a vehicle. The system may also be operable to project the surround view inversely onto a bowl-shaped projection surrounding the object. Further, the system may be operable to generate a virtual user view via a virtual camera position, where the virtual camera position is on a first horizontal ellipse that is about the bowl-shaped projection at a first height. Also, the system is operable to determine a viewing direction from the virtual camera position that points at a location on a second horizontal ellipse that is about the bowl-shaped projection at a second height. The second height may be lower than the first height and the second horizontal ellipse may be smaller than the first horizontal ellipse. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033599 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AN AREA ADJACENT A VEHICLE - A backup camera system for monitoring an area. In one aspect, the system comprises a camera assembly, a display device and a stand; the camera assembly comprising: (i) a camera adapted to produce an image signal corresponding to a perceived image, (ii) means for supplying power; (iii) a base having first and second holes that are configured and spaced from one another so as to facilitate attachment to the vehicle, (iv) a transmitter operably coupled to the camera for wirelessly transmitting the image signal; and the display device comprising: (i) a receiver for receiving the wirelessly transmitted image signal, (ii) means for supplying power, (iii) an image processing unit operably coupled to the receiver for converting the received image signal into a display image that is displayed on the display device. The backup camera system can form a retrofit kit. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20160026886 | PROCESSING CONTAINER IMAGES AND IDENTIFIERS USING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND GEOLOCATION - Embodiments include a system configured to process location information for objects in a site comprising an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing a unique identifier of the object; a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image; a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the imaging device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within the site. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20120182424 | RAIN DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A rain detection apparatus includes a camera that views a surface and a processor that captures an image from the camera. The processor generates a signal indicative of rain on the surface from information contained in the captured image and optionally drives a surface cleaning apparatus in response thereto. The apparatus captures images focused at a plurality of distances. The processor includes an edge detector that detects edges visible in the captured image and a difference structure that calculates the difference between the number of edges visible between differing images. The edge detector disregards edges close to areas of light larger than the largest raindrop that is desired or expected to be detected. The apparatus optionally includes a backlight, and the difference in numbers of edges between frames with and without the backlight illuminated are used to distinguish between background features and rain on the surface. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20150035980 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to an image capturing device comprising an image sensor. A first polarizing filter is arranged in at least one first subarea in front of the image sensor while a second polarizing filter is arranged in at least one second subarea. The polarizing filters have different directions of polarization (h;v). The image capturing device of the invention comprises an evaluation unit which is able to detect the presence of polarized light by comparing the intensities of the at least two subareas that are polarized differently. In other words, the intensity in the subarea of the image sensor which receives electromagnetic radiation that has passed through the first polarizing filter is compared with the intensity in the subarea of the image sensor which receives electromagnetic radiation that has passed through the second polarizing filter. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20160001705 | VEHICLE TRAILER ANGLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | 01-07-2016 |
| 20090268026 | LANE MARKER RECOGNIZING APPARATUS - A lane marker recognizing apparatus which recognizes stud-type lane markers from acquired road image includes a candidate region extracting means for extracting a region having the possibility of being an image portion of the lane marker, from the road image, as a lane marker candidate region, a real space representative point calculating means for determining a representative point of the lane marker candidate region according to a predetermined condition, and calculating a real space position corresponding to the representative point as a real space representative point, a grouping means for forming one group of the real space candidate points having a relative distance within a predetermined range set according to standards on the lane marker, and a lane marker position recognizing means for recognizing the position of the lane marker based on the real space representative point formed into one group by the grouping means. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20140168440 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - A three-dimensional object detection device basically includes a three-dimensional object detection unit, a natural object assessment unit and a control unit. The three-dimensional object detection unit detects three-dimensional objects based on image information of a rear of a vehicle from a camera. The natural object assessment unit assesses that a detected three-dimensional object is a natural object, such as a plant or snow, based on an irregularity evaluation value calculated based on a first pixel number of first pixels representing a first predetermined differential in the differential image containing the detected three-dimensional object and a second pixel number of second pixels corresponding to the three-dimensional object and representing a second predetermined differential greater than the first predetermined differential. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20160082897 | CAMERA WITH PRIVACY COVER - A camera assembly includes a housing. A camera is mounted to the housing. A cover is disposed over the camera. The cover has a variable opacity. When the camera is being used, such as for authentication, the cover is substantially transparent. When the camera is not being used, the cover is substantially opaque, to reassure the user's sense of privacy. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160082890 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head with a mirror reflective element. The mirror reflective element includes a transflective mirror reflector. A video display screen is disposed behind the mirror reflective element and is operable for displaying video images viewable through the transflective mirror reflector of the mirror reflective element. When not operated to display video images, the presence of the video display screen behind the mirror reflective element is rendered covert by the transflective mirror reflector. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mechanism operable to change the orientation of the mirror reflective element relative to the vehicle driver. The mechanism operates to flip the orientation of the mirror reflective element between a first position that is tilted towards the vehicle driver and a second position that is tilted away from the vehicle driver. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160082896 | ROTATABLE CAMERA - A camera assembly in a vehicle includes a housing installed in the vehicle. A camera is mounted to the housing and movable relative to the housing between a first position where the camera can take an image of an occupant of the vehicle and a second position where the camera is blocked by a portion of the housing. In one example, the camera can be moved from the first position to the second position by rotating a knob mounted to the housing. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20090256910 | Camera System to detect, monitor and report low visibility - The invention comprises of a method and a system to detect, monitor and report hazardous conditions of low visibility on roadways and waterways occurring due to fog or snow or rain or dust or smoke. A special vision camera installed on a post on the road or the waterway continuously views a set of lights installed on another post at a distance a few hundred feet away. The system software is used to set up a frame around the captured image. A value is assigned to the intensity of the light in the image under normal conditions of visibility. A tolerance range is set up around that assigned value. If the intensity value goes out of the set tolerance range due to low visibility conditions in the space between the camera and the target light(s), the software initiates an alarm state. This digital output is translated into an appropriate emergency message to be flashed on the electronic signboards on the roads or waterways. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20150323673 | MID-INFRARED OR LONG WAVE INFRARED VEHICLE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM - A method of warning a driver of a vehicle of an obstacle that is more than one kilometer from the vehicle includes emitting laser energy from the vehicle. The laser energy has a wavelength approximately between 3500 nanometers and 12,000 nanometers. A phase conjugate lens is used to orthogonally direct a portion of the laser energy that is reflected by the obstacle to an image-capturing device or sensor within the vehicle. An image of the obstacle is displayed to the driver. The image is based on the laser energy directed to the image-capturing device. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20100321497 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA - A vehicle-mounted camera includes a camera module mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile, and further includes a mirror occupying at least a part of an imaging range of the camera module. The camera module may be arranged to face a forward vehicle traveling direction. The mirror may occupy a lower part of the vertical direction in the imaging range. The camera module and the mirror may both be disposed in the vehicle. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20160088260 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an image processor configured to: acquire a plurality of captured images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on a vehicle; generate a composite image showing a vicinity of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint, using the plurality of captured images; generate a vicinity image by superimposing a distance indicator that shows at least one distance from the vehicle on the composite image, the distance indicator encompassing a periphery of the vehicle in the composite image; and output the vicinity image to a display to cause the vicinity image to be displayed on the display. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20120044351 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION FOR VEHICLE - Information display device and method for a vehicle are provided. The information display device for a vehicle includes: a camera unit that generates and outputs image information on the rear side of the vehicle; a main processing unit that performs predetermined functions including an image processing function on the image information; and a sub processing unit that processes the image information and displays the processed image information on a display unit until the main processing unit ends a booting operation, when the image information is output from the camera unit in a state where the main processing unit is performing the booting operation. Accordingly, it is possible to guarantee the safety at the time of backing a vehicle up even when the main processing unit is performing the booting operation and to make a driver not wait until the main processing unit ends the booting operation for the purpose of acquiring necessary information. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044352 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - Provided is a vehicle periphery monitoring device capable of making a driver reliably recognize the shape of an object to which attention should be paid. According to an image processing unit ( | 02-23-2012 |
| 20160082888 | VEHICLE SUN VISOR WITH A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TOUCH SCREEN WITH MULTIPLE CAMERA VIEWS AND PHOTO VIDEO CAPABILITY - A vehicle sun visor system with a touch screen display is configured to display video feed from one or more cameras. A front facing polarized and/or photochromic camera shows the area of view which is normally blocked by the deployed sun visor, allowing the user to view traffic lights, road signs, etc. without the distraction of glare. Software image processing may also be used to reduce glare and improve visibility. In addition the sun visor system also has a “see-me” camera which allows the user to use the screen as a mirror, and one or more rear-view cameras which can be used to see the passenger area of a vehicle through the touch-screen display. Any of the cameras may be used to take photos or videos, which may be viewed on the display and transmitted wirelessly to other electronic devices or cloud storage. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160132745 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISIBILITY RANGE DETECTION - A system for calculating a visibility range from a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises a high dynamic range image sensor system comprising a pixel array including a plurality of pixels. The image sensor further includes readout circuitry in electrical communication with each pixel of the pixel array. The readout circuitry is operable to readout a distinct pixel value corresponding to one of a plurality of exposure times for each pixel in a single image frame. The system further comprises at least one processor in communication with the readout circuitry. The processor is operable to calculate a visibility range from the vehicle based on a plurality of image processing algorithms. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20150103170 | IMAGE CAPTURING AND AUTOMATIC LABELING SYSTEM - A vehicle image capture and labeling system operates to enable a user to capture vehicle photos, pictures, and/or images that are automatically labeled, i.e., annotated. In particular, the captured vehicle photos, pictures, or images are automatically labeled with certain vehicle identifier information, like a vehicle identification number (VIN), and pose information, that identifies a portion or view of the vehicle depicted within the image of the vehicle. The vehicle images may also be automatically labeled with one or more other image attributes or indicia, such as geospatial information corresponding to a location at which the photo or image was captured (e.g., global positioning system (GPS) data), time and date of image capture data, etc. The captured vehicle image and its label(s) may then be stored and used by other applications such as vehicle insurance claim applications, automobile repair estimate applications, etc. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20130141581 | WORK VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A periphery monitoring apparatus for a work vehicle includes a plurality of obstacle detection sensors, a warning region setting section and a warning section. The obstacle detection sensors are mounted on the work vehicle, and each of the obstacle detection sensors is configured to determine a relative position of an obstacle with regard to the work vehicle by detecting the obstacle in the surroundings of the work vehicle. The warning region setting section is configured to set a warning region, where it is necessary to warn a driver of a presence of the obstacle, according to a movement state of the work vehicle. The warning section is configured to warn a driver that the relative position of the obstacle is positioned in the warning region. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20160114806 | SAFE DRIVING MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A safe driving monitoring system includes a face capturing module, a face indentifying and analyzing module and an warning module. The face capturing module is configured to capture images of a driver. The indentifying and analyzing module is configured to identify the eyes of the driver and analyze if the eyes are closed based on the captured images, and send an abnormal driver signal when the eyes are closed longer then a preset time value. The warning module is configured to warn the driver of an abnormal driving behavior according to the abnormal driver signal. The disclosed subject matter also provides a safe driving monitoring method. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20140176713 | VEHICULAR BIFOCAL REAR CAMERA SYSTEM - A rear camera system, and method, and an apparatus configured to provide at least a rear-view and a backup mode are described. The system comprises a controller communicatively coupled to the camera/lens/actuator device. The camera/lens/actuator device comprises a camera, a lens system, and an actuator. The lens system comprises at least two lens setups, a first setup configured for long distance vision and a second setup configured for short distance vision. The camera is in a movable relationship with the lens system, such that the camera and the lens system are configured to be aligned at the first setup when rear-view mode is engaged and at the second setup when backup mode is engaged. The actuator is configured to engage each of the rear-view and the backup modes. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20100085431 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE-MOUNTED RECORDING SYSTEMS - A method for acquiring surveillance data corresponding to a region of interest comprising: installing a plurality of vehicle-mounted recording system on a plurality of vehicles; capturing visual data of exterior perimeters of the vehicles having vehicle-mounted recording systems when the vehicles are in motion wherein the visual data is marked with location data and time data; storing the visual data, the location data, and the time data so that each portion of the visual data is locatable by at least one of a time of video data capture and a location of video data capture; transmitting a request for recorded surveillance data corresponding to a region of interest; receiving a reply transmission to the request for recorded surveillance data, the reply transmission comprising surveillance data corresponding to at least a portion of the region of interest recorded by at least one of the vehicle-mounted recording systems. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20110013021 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE - While extracting four feature points from a camera image obtained from a camera installed in a vehicle, an image processing device sets the positions of four reference points on an offset correction image to be generated from the camera image and performs a coordinate conversion based on a homography matrix so that the coordinate values of the four feature points are converted to the coordinate values of the four reference points. The image processing device sets each of the coordinate values so that an image center line and a vehicle center line are matched with each other on the offset correction image. The image processing device determines whether or not an image lacking area in which image data based on the image data of the camera image is not present is included within the entire area of the generated offset correction image. If the image lacking area is included, the two reference points or the four reference points are symmetrically moved in the left and right directions and the homography matrix is recalculated according to the positions of the reference points after the movement. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110228091 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES TO A COMMON TIME BASE - Systems and methods are described herein that cause data from asynchronous data sources to be provided with a timestamp that corresponds to a common time base. A trigger board can be used to control synchronized data sources, and can generate timestamps when data is collected by the synchronized data sources. Unsynchronized data sources can generate data independent of the trigger board. System timestamps are generated each time data from the synchronized data source and the unsynchronized data source is received. Values of the system timestamp can be modified, and can be replaced by timestamps that correspond to the time base used by the trigger board. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228090 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES OR THE LIKE - The present disclosure relates to method and system for detecting improvised explosive devices or the like. According to the present disclosure, the method is of the image-correlation type and involves continuously delivering current images representative of said path followed by a vehicle, in replacing some of said current images with pre-recorded earlier images taken at the same point, and in displaying said current images and said replacement earlier images in succession in order to detect said explosive devices. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20150042805 | DETECTING DEVICE, DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a detecting device is mounted on a moving object. The detecting device includes an image acquiring unit, an operation information acquiring unit, a setting unit, and a detector. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire an image. The operation information acquiring unit is configured to acquire an operation in the moving object. The operation affects the image. The setting unit is configured to set a parameter based on the operation. The detector is configured to detect an object area from the image by performing a detection process in accordance with the set parameter. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042800 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AVM IMAGE - An apparatus and a method for providing an around view monitoring (AVM) image include a camera. A communicator transmits and receives a signal with a surrounding vehicle, and receives an AVM image and surrounding information from the surrounding vehicle. An image converter generates an AVM image of the self-vehicle from an image photographed by the camera and converts the AVM image of the surrounding vehicle based on a position of the self-vehicle. A detector detects an overlapped area between the AVM image of the self-vehicle and the AVM image of the surrounding vehicle. An image compositor composites the AVM image of the self-vehicle and the AVM image of the surrounding vehicle by matching the overlapped area between the AVM image of the self-vehicle and the AVM image of the surrounding vehicle. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20130038735 | SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING DRIVING OF VEHICLE - Disclosed is a device which is mounted on a vehicle, and captures a rear region of a vehicle and a blind spot region outside of a viewing range of a side mirror adjacent to the rear region of the vehicle. A captured image is subjected to image processing so that the blind spot region on the captured image is compressed. The image after subjected to the image processing is displayed so as to be visible to a driver. The blind spot region on the captured image is compressed so that a sudden change of position of a object in a horizontal direction on the captured image is suppressed, as against a change of distance from the vehicle to the object. Compression is performed so that the ratio of transition of position of the object in the horizontal direction on the captured image to transition of distance from the vehicle to the object is substantially the same as the ratio of transition of position of the object in the horizontal direction in the side mirror to transition of distance from the vehicle to the object. The phenomenon of the object's appearance as if the object suddenly accelerates in the vicinity of the vehicle is avoided. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20160107573 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEAD UP DISPLAY - An apparatus for controlling a head up display includes: a memory configured to store first road information of a road on which a vehicle is being driven; a camera configured to obtain image data of the road in front of the vehicle; a control module configured to obtain second road information of the road by analyzing the image data of the front and extracting a plurality of points based on the first road information and the second road information; and an output module configured to output the plurality of points on a viewing area of a wind shield of the vehicle. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20100253780 | VEHICLE AUXILIARY DEVICE - A vehicle auxiliary device has multiple front video cameras, multiple rear video cameras, at least one roadway video camera, multiple front ultrasonic transducers, multiple rear ultrasonic transducers, a controller and at least one display. The controller is electronically connected to the front, the rear and the roadway video cameras and the front and the rear ultrasonic transducers to receive electronic signals from the front and the rear ultrasonic transducers and compute distances between the front and the rear ultrasonic transducers and the obstacles from the electronic signals. The display is electronically connected to the controller to illustrate the images captured by the front, the rear and the roadway video cameras. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20150042799 | OBJECT HIGHLIGHTING AND SENSING IN VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A method of displaying a captured image on a display device of a driven vehicle. A scene exterior of the driven vehicle is captured by an at least one vision-based imaging device mounted on the driven vehicle. Objects in a vicinity of the driven vehicle are sensed. An image of the captured scene is generated by a processor. The image is dynamically expanded to include sensed objects in the image. The sensed objects are highlighted in the dynamically expanded image. The highlighted objects identify vehicles proximate to the driven vehicle that are potential collisions to the driven vehicle. The dynamically expanded image is displayed with highlighted objects in the display device. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042797 | MOTOR VEHICLE REAR SIDE VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM - A motor vehicle includes a body having a front end, a rear end, a first side extending between the front end and the rear end and a second, opposing side extending between the front end and the rear end. A side view mirror is mounted at the body. The side view mirror includes a reflective surface and a video display arranged behind the reflective surface. The side view mirror is selectively adjustable to provide a view along the first side. A camera is mounted at the body and operatively connected to the video display. The camera is configured and disposed to provide a first side rear view behind the rear end to the video display. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042808 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH IMAGE CLASSIFICATION - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes an imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements arranged in a two dimensional array of rows and columns. The imaging array includes a plurality of sub-arrays comprising respective groupings of neighboring photosensing elements. An image processor is operable to perform a discrete cosine transformation of captured image data, and a Markov model compares at least one sub-array with a neighboring sub-array. The image processor is operable to adjust a classification of a sub-array responsive at least in part to the discrete cosine transformation and the Markov model. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042807 | HEAD UNIT WITH UNIFORM VISION PROCESSING UNIT INTERFACE - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera, a head unit and a plurality of circuit cards. The camera has a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The head unit includes a video display for displaying images derived from a video feed from the camera. The circuit cards each include at least one video line connector configured to communicate with a video feed from the camera. The head unit includes a circuit connector configured to connect to a selected one of the circuit cards. The circuit cards provide different processing functions via universal connection with the circuit connector of the head unit and the video feed from the camera. A selected circuit card connects to the circuit connector and receives the video feed from the camera and provides the processing functions associated with the selected circuit card and outputs an output signal to the circuit connector. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20130162830 | SURROUNDING AREA MONITORING DEVICE FOR WORK VEHICLE (as amended) - A work vehicle surrounding area monitoring device includes an imaging unit, a bird's-eye view image creating unit, a display unit and a traveling state determining unit. When the work vehicle is in the stopped state, the bird's-eye view image creating unit is configured to use a first virtual projection plane to create the bird's-eye view image, and at least an outer edge portion of the first virtual projection plane has a shape that increases in height from the ground surface as a distance from the work vehicle increases. When the work vehicle is in the traveling state, the bird's-eye view image creating unit is configured to use a second virtual projection plane to create the bird's-eye view image, and at least an outer edge portion of the second virtual projection plane has a shape having a uniformly flat height from the ground surface. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20110043634 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND DISPLAYING THE REAR AND/OR SIDE VIEW OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device for detecting and displaying the rear and/or side traffic of a motor vehicle is to be improved upon such that the driver can safely and quickly detect the present traffic situation by way of the overall image shown, in particular when the direction of travel is changed. This is accomplished in that the device for detecting and displaying the rear and/or side view of a motor vehicle ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20130057687 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING FOG USING SPECTROSCOPY - A method for detection or the density determination or the classification of an aerosol using spectroscopy includes: using an image taken by a camera for a vehicle, a first value of a parameter being ascertained from the at least one image in a first step, using a first color filtering, and a second value for the same parameter being ascertained in a second step having a second color filtering, which is different from the preceding color filtering, and the values ascertained in the at least two steps are compared, and as a function of the result of the comparison, the detection or the density determination or the classification of the aerosol is carried out. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20100053327 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM - A vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus is disclosed that is coupled with (i) a camera for capturing an image of a region around the vehicle and (ii) a display device for displaying the image so that power is supplied to the camera in accordance with a camera activation signal for triggering activation of the camera. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus is configured to determine whether the camera activation signal is inputted, and configured to determine whether the camera is in an activated state. The vehicle periphery image displaying apparatus outputs a control signal to the camera when it is determined that the camera activation signal determination section determines that the camera activation signal is inputted and when it is determined that the camera is in the activated state. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20120188374 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM OF AN AUTOMOBILE PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION RELATING TO A PASSING MANEUVER, AND AN AUTOMOBILE - Method for operating a driver assist system of an automobile providing information regarding a passing maneuver, in particular a recommendation discouraging a passing maneuver, with a camera arranged on or in at least one outside mirror and oriented in the driving direction of the automobile, wherein the camera data are evaluated by the driver assist system and a length of an automobile in front and/or of an automobile convoy in front is determined in particular from the camera data and taken into consideration when determining the recommendation. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20110007163 | STRIPE PATTERN DETECTION SYSTEM, STRIPE PATTERN DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR STRIPE PATTERN DETECTION - Disclosed is a detection system including a stripe pattern foreground filtering unit, a stripe pattern background filtering unit, a stripe pattern integration filtering unit, an isolated feature point removal unit, a stripe pattern area detection unit and a stripe pattern area outputting unit. The detection system utilizes a stripe pattern area filter value that directly exploits the shape of the stripe pattern in the local processing of each pixel in an image to detect the stripe pattern area. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20140063245 | VEHICLE MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A vehicle mirror assembly includes a vehicle attachment member, a mirror housing, a mirror and a camera. The vehicle attachment member is configured for attachment to a vehicle. The mirror housing is telescopically coupled to the vehicle attachment member between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the vehicle attachment member. The mirror housing defines a camera receiving recess. The mirror is coupled to the mirror housing. The camera is coupled to the vehicle attachment member and disposed in the camera receiving recess of the mirror housing at a fixed position relative to the vehicle attachment member while the mirror housing is moved between the extended position and the retracted position. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20160086041 | FUSION OF FAR INFRARED AND VISIBLE IMAGES IN ENHANCED OBSTACLE DETECTION IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS - A computerized system mountable on a vehicle operable to detect an object by processing first image frames from a first camera and second image frames from a second camera. A first range is determined to said detected object using the first image frames. An image location is projected of the detected object in the first image frames onto an image location in the second image frames. A second range is determined to the detected object based on both the first and second image frames. The detected object is tracked in both the first and second image frames When the detected object leaves a field of view of the first camera, a third range is determined responsive to the second range and the second image frames. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20120236152 | VEHICULAR VIDEO MIRROR SYSTEM - A video mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly mountable at an interior portion of a vehicle and includes a mirror case and a reflective element. A video display device may be one of (i) fixedly disposed in the mirror case and (ii) extendable and retractable relative to the mirror case. The video display device is operable to display video images that are viewable by the driver of the vehicle when the interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes an on-screen display controller operable to receive a video signal from a camera and, responsive to receipt of the video signal, the on-screen display controller is operable to generate a video feed to the video display device. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20100245578 | OBSTRUCTION DETECTING APPARATUS - An obstruction detecting apparatus includes a camera capturing a surrounding of a vehicle, a projective transformation means projection-transforming one frame of captured images, captured by means of the camera, respectively on at least two imaginary planes, so as to generate transformed images, viewed downwardly from an above viewpoint, the imaginary planes having a first imaginary plane being set at the same level as a road surface and/or at least one second imaginary plane being set at a different level from the road surface to be in parallel with the road surface, and a three-dimensional object area extracting means extracting image areas from the transformed images, and extracting an area, at which the image areas overlap when the transformed images are superimposed, and which extends along a radially outward direction from an optical center, as a three-dimensional object area, at which an image of a three-dimensional object exists. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245577 | SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A surroundings monitoring device for a vehicle, includes a pair of side cameras, each of which is provided at a side mirror, obtaining capture images capturing views extending to left and right of the vehicle including views below the side mirrors, respectively, an image graphic generating portion generating an image graphic of the vehicle from a view point above a rear portion thereof towards a front lower portion thereof, or from a view point above a front portion of the vehicle towards a rear lower portion thereof in order to include at least a portion of the vehicle and the side mirrors on the image graphic, and a side image generating portion generating left and right side images on the basis of the capture images so as to correspond to images shown at left and right portions of the image graphic displayed on a monitor, respectively. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245576 | CALIBRATING APPARATUS FOR ON-BOARD CAMERA OF VEHICLE - There is provided a calibrating apparatus for an on-board camera of a vehicle, which allows speedy, yet reliable decision of acceptance/rejection of calibration result, with a simple apparatus construction, without depending on or being influenced by the calibration environment. An image processing target region on which an image processing for detection of each calibration point in each one of calibration markers in a camera-captured image which is a projecting plane of a camera coordinate system is displayed as a region frame in the form of a graphic image, in superposition with the camera-captured image. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245575 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND DRIVING SUPPORT PROGRAM - In a driving support device and method, images of a vicinity of a vehicle are captured and recorded. Movement information relating to movement of the vehicle is acquired and a movement status of the vehicle based on the acquired movement information is determined. Based on (i) the determined movement status and (ii) a parameter associated with the determined movement status, the recorded image data is composited to create a composite image of an area including a position of the vehicle. The composite image is displayed on a display unit. The parameter is calibrated based on (a) a position of a reference marker included in the composite image created according to the movement status and (b) a predicted position of the reference marker superimposed and displayed on the composite image according to the movement status. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245574 | Vehicle periphery display device and method for vehicle periphery image - An imaging unit photographs an image of a periphery of the vehicle. An object detection unit obtains image information related to a brightness or a color of the image and position information on the obtained image from the image and detects object from the image information according to a specific feature of the image. A storing unit prestores a vehicle image and history data, which include the image information associated with the position information. A graphic unit overlaps the vehicle image and an image produced according to the history data and converts the overlapped image to be viewed from a predetermined viewpoint. A peripheral image display region indicates a present periphery of the vehicle. A history display region is adjacent to the peripheral image display region for indicating the converted image and the detected object at a position according to the position information. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20160031371 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus acquires an image around a vehicle. The apparatus includes an image acquisition section having first and second capturing sections acquiring an image, a storage section storing a first picked up image acquired by the first capturing section and a second picked up image acquired by the second capturing section in different storage areas, an abnormality determination section determining presence/absence of an abnormality of the image acquisition section and a communication section based on whether or not there is a match between the first and second picked up images, an image processing section processing, if the absence of an abnormality is determined, at least one of the first and second picked up images or a combined image generated by combining the first and second picked up images to detect identification information around the vehicle, and a vehicle control section outputting a command signal based on the identification information. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20150109449 | VEHICULAR LAMP WITH A BUILT-IN CAMERA - A vehicular lamp includes a light source that illuminates a vehicle periphery; a camera that images the vehicle periphery; and a shield structure configured to protect an image from the camera from light of the light source. The shield structure may include a shield ring configured to shield a light receiving portion of the camera from light of the light source; a light guide member that guides the light of the light source in a direction away from the light receiving portion of the camera; a control circuit that operates the camera only at a timing when the light source, flashing in a short cycle, is off; and an image processing circuit that removes a colored light component of the light source from image data of the camera. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109450 | Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Monitoring Vehicular Activity - Apparatuses, systems and methods monitor vehicular activity. Specifically, the apparatuses, systems, and methods of the present disclosure provide a plurality of sensors and devices for monitoring a vehicle while the vehicle is in use, including but not limited to, impact sensors, cameras, recording devices, and other like devices. Even more specifically, multiple vehicles having the apparatuses, systems, and methods of the present disclosure may be networked together to provide multiple fields of view. The devices create data streams that are processed and/or recorded for reference to the same upon inquiry, such as after a vehicle accident or for any other purpose. The data streams from multiple vehicles are combined to provide additional details undiscoverable when using a single source. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109447 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA - In an in-vehicle camera | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109448 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO TRANSMIT VIDEO DATA - A video system includes at least one video subsystem including a video source coupled to a mobile platform. The video source is configured to capture and transmit video data. A video processing system is configured to receive transmission of the video data from the video subsystem at a plurality of locations in which the video subsystem is configured to transmit the video data to the video processing system automatically when the video subsystem is in range of the video processing system at each of the plurality of locations. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150326775 | CAMERA DEVICE, CAMERA SYSTEM AND CAMERA CONTROL METHOD - A camera device includes: an imaging unit taking image light to obtain a video signal; an output unit outputting the video signal obtained in the imaging unit to a connected cable; a detection unit detecting current variation or voltage variation of the video signal to be outputted from the output unit; and a control unit determining a control signal transmitted through the cable based on the signal variation detected by the detection unit and performing operation control corresponding to the determined control signal. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160129840 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a forward facing camera and a control comprising an image processor that processes image data captured by the forward facing camera. The control receives vehicle data relating to the vehicle, including vehicle speed and vehicle steering angle, via a vehicle bus of the vehicle. Via processing by the image processor of image data captured by the forward facing camera, the control is operable to detect a road marking on the road being traveled by the vehicle and to the left of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data by the image processor, the control determines a driving condition of the vehicle, such as the type of lane markers present ahead of the vehicle, a traffic condition at or ahead of the vehicle, and/or a hazardous condition at or ahead of the vehicle. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20130128045 | DYNAMIC LIINE-DETECTION SYSTEM FOR PROCESSORS HAVING LIMITED INTERNAL MEMORY - A line-detection system computes, using a local memory, a result of a partial conversion of image-space pixel data from image space to Hough space. The result is analyzed for edges corresponding to a line present in the partial conversion. The line is compared against other lines detected in previously computed partial results to identify a longest line in the image. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20150314736 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH AN ELECTRONIC REARVIEW MIRROR, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle is provided. A first image sequence of a first rear environmental region of the motor vehicle is provided by a first camera system of an electronic rearview mirror and the first image sequence is displayed on a display device of the electronic rearview mirror disposed in an interior of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, a second image sequence of a second environmental region of the motor vehicle, which overlaps with the first environmental region at least in certain areas, is provided by a second camera system of an environmental capturing device. The electronic rearview mirror is then checked for presence of a malfunction by a computing device of the driver assistance system and the second image sequence is displayed on the display device of the electronic rearview mirror when the malfunction is present. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20120293656 | SIMPLIFIED DEVICE OF A CAMERA UNIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device ( | 11-22-2012 |
| 20100060736 | Vehicle Interior Classification System And Method - A vehicle interior classification system and method in accordance with the present invention determines a classification relating to the interior of the vehicle, such as the occupancy status of a vehicle seat or the state of alertness of a vehicle driver, from one or more images of an appropriate portion of the interior of the vehicle acquired with an image capture device. The acquired images are preferably processed to limit the dynamic range of the images to obtain a resultant image which can comprise one or more regions of interest which are less than the total field of view of the image capture device. The resultant images are processed to extract information about features in the image and, in one embodiment, this processing is achieved with a two-dimensional complex discrete wavelet transform which produces a set of coefficients corresponding to the presence and/or location of the features in the resultant image. The set of coefficients produced with such a transform is potentially quite large and can be reduced, through described techniques, to a subset of the total number of coefficients, the members of the subset being selected for their ability to discriminate between the classifications defined for the system. By selecting a subset of the possible coefficients, computational requirements are reduced, as are hardware requirements in the system, such as memory. The selected set of coefficients (whether comprising all of the coefficients or a subset thereof) are provided to a classifier which processes the coefficients with a set of calibration vectors, that were determined when the system was calibrated, to determine the most probable classification for the portion of the vehicle interior. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110096166 | TRACTOR TRAILER CAMERA CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE - A tractor trailer camera control system for relaying a camera video signal through existing tractor and trailer electrical lines without the requirement for a traditional dedicated camera video harness is disclosed. The camera video signal may alternatively be transmitted wirelessly. The camera control system may use relays for powering the various components and controlling the transmission of the camera video signal from the camera to a monitor installed in the cab. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20130201336 | TRAFFIC SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING DRIVER VISIBILITY - Embodiments described herein comprise a system and method for improving visibility of a roadway using an improved visibility system. The method comprising receiving data from a plurality of fog detectors located proximate a roadway and determining, based on the data from the plurality of fog detectors, that fog is present about the roadway. The method further comprising obtaining, after the determining that fog is present about the roadway, a plurality of images of the roadway by activating a plurality of cameras located proximate the roadway. The method further comprising creating a composite image by combining two or more of the plurality of images, wherein the composite image depicts the roadway unobstructed by fog and transmitting the composite image to a display device located in a vehicle traveling along the roadway. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201334 | Illumination Invariant and Robust Apparatus and Method for Detecting and Recognizing Various Traffic Signs - The present application provides a robust, illumination invariant apparatus and method for detecting and recognizing various traffic signs. A robust method for detecting and recognizing the traffic signs using images captured by a digital color and night vision camera, the said method characterized in being illumination invariant comprising the processor implemented steps of: transforming RGB image into HSV color model and subsequently extracting desired color components by using color quantization; filtering the noise components in the HSV color model based on object symmetrical shape property; detecting edges of the objects and subsequently detecting the distinct objects in the noise components filtered image; classifying the shapes of the traffic signs based on shape of the determined distinct objects; and recognizing the classified shapes of the traffic signs by template matching. Further, the method provides the provision for warning the driver by use of the recognized data of the traffic signs. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20100225763 | EVENT AND SPORT PERFORMANCE METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for detecting and measuring performance characteristics and metrics of participants and vehicles. These performance characteristics and metrics include, but not are limited to, airtime, g-force, spin, rotation, drop distance, acceleration, and video and still images. These vehicles include, but are not limited to a snowboard, ski, skateboard, wakeboard, motorcycle, bicycle, ice skates and rollerblades. In one implementation, a camera provides near real-time images and video footage of a participant's actions on a vehicle which can be correlated with performance metrics. The camera may be located on the participant, the participant's vehicle or other equipment, or from some other observation point. The images recorded by the camera can be downloaded to a recording or other storage device to produce memorabilia (e.g., a CD ROM, or video cassette). If desired, the images can be sent in real-time through an event system and network (e.g., using a radio or other transmitter) to television, the Internet, and to other locations for producing the memorabilia or for providing images to television display devices, such as those located in a ski lodge for entertainment purposes or in a coach's or personal trainer's office for training purposes. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100271480 | Vehicular surveillance system - An on-board vehicular surveillance system for an occupied or unoccupied host vehicle is configured to capture and record car-accident related events caused by a target vehicle or any other object by at least one hidden recording camera. The camera is camouflaged for or incorporated in at least one of the standard accessories of the host vehicle and, thus, is hardly identifiable from outside. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20160134841 | VERIFYING INFORMATION ON AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY WITH AN INCORPORATED MONITORING DEVICE - A system and method for verifying information on an electronic display with an incorporated monitoring is disclosed herein. The system includes an image processing interfacer to receive image data from an image processing unit (IPU), the image data being sourced from the monitoring device; a graphical processing interfacer to receive data from a graphical processor unit (GPU) driving the electronic display; a difference analyzer to analyze the difference between the received image data and the received data; and an error indicator to indicate an error based on the difference analyzer. A display assembly for verifying information on an electronic display with an incorporated monitoring is also disclosed herein. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134815 | DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE - A driving assist device comprising: an imaging device that captures at least a portion of a vehicle-outside region configuring a blind spot for a driver; and a projection device that projects such that the driver views an image captured by the imaging device as a virtual image positioned at the vehicle outside of a vehicle component causing the blind spot. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20150326756 | CAMERA MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MOUNTING A CAMERA MODULE - A camera module for a motor vehicle includes a lens objective, a lens holder holding said lens objective, and a back plate connected to said lens holder and holding an image sensor in or close to an image plane of the lens objective. The alignment of the lens holder relative to the back plate is fixed by a glue joint between the lens holder and the back plate. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20100002081 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor and a control. The imaging sensor is operable to capture an image of a scene occurring exteriorly of the vehicle. The control is responsive to the imaging sensor. The imaging system may be associated with a side object detection system, a lane change assist system, a lane departure warning system, a monitoring system, a passive steering system and/or the like. The control may be operable to process a reduced image data set more than other image data, which are representative of areas of the captured image outside of a target zone, to detect objects present within the target zone. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090284598 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM - The present vehicle vision system enhances visibility internally and externally with respect to the vehicle. A vision system is provided which is configured to switch between a plurality of modes. The system further includes a far-field effect which alters the focal length of the display in the vision system so as to reduce driver eye strain during operation. The vision system may be incorporated into various locations throughout the vehicle (e.g., the vehicle overhead console). | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284597 | VEHICLE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STRUCTURE SYSTEM OF IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system and the like capable of recognizing a lane mark in a road image with high accuracy are provided even if a light illumination state on a road surface is partially different. According to the image processing system ( | 11-19-2009 |
| 20120105636 | Digital video projection display system - A digital display for viewing images generated by a remote video source. Light collected by a lens is focused and passed through one polarizer filter and is focused through a digital device comprising an array of pixels of which each may be fitted with a micro lens. The light is passed through the digital device, then through a second polarizer filter. A relay lens which may alter image size, transfers the image to a micro-resolution screen surface whose surface features are as small as possible and preferably under 0.5 microns in size. The micro-resolution screen surface acts as a rear projection screen which, due to its structure, achieves near Lambertian illumination. A viewing lens is focused on the image plane of the micro-resolution screen surface for viewing by the user. In one embodiment, the digital device is an LCD that is transmissive and the viewing lens is a biocular lens. The source of the signals to be used to generate the images, may be a computer or a camera. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20150324653 | VEHICLE OCCUPANCY DETECTION USING PASSENGER TO DRIVER FEATURE DISTANCE - A method, system, and apparatus for vehicle occupancy detection comprises collecting image data of a vehicle, creating a first value according to a plurality of characteristics of a driver position of the vehicle, and then creating at least one other value according to a plurality of characteristics of at least one other candidate occupant position in the vehicle. The characteristics of the driver position of the vehicle and candidate occupant position of the vehicle are compared in order to determine the vehicle occupancy. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324651 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A three-dimensional object detection device has an image capturing unit, a first object detection unit, a light source detection unit, a second object detection unit, a degree-of-clouding calculation unit and a controller. The image capturing unit captures images rearward of a vehicle. The first object detection unit detects a presence of a three-dimensional object from the captured images. The second object detection unit detects a presence of a three-dimensional object from a detection result of the light source detection unit. The degree-of-clouding calculation unit calculates a degree of lens clouding from the captured images. The controller assess the object as an adjacent vehicle in an adjacent lane from the degree of lens clouding when the degree of lens clouding is equal to or greater than a predetermined value and from the presence of the object in the captured images when the degree of lens clouding is less than the value. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20140125804 | MOBILE FILM STUDIO AND SYSTEM - A device and system to provide a user with a platform from which video and audio productions can be shot, edited and produced to final form is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the device includes a vehicle with a climate controlled cabin and at least one camera, lighting equipment, editing and production equipment. The vehicle further includes platforms for mounting lighting and cameras on the exterior of the vehicle to facilitate filming of scenes. The vehicle allows the remote control of the filming and editing process either from within the vehicle or by users outside of the vehicle, such that finished video can be produced therein. Communications equipment to and from the vehicle is provided and the vehicle is fully mobile so as to facilitate the movement of equipment and people to the site of production. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20110074955 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WEATHER CONDITION DETECTION WITH IMAGE-BASED ROAD CHARACTERIZATION - The present invention relates to video-based driver assistance systems being used in vehicles today to perform a variety of functions, such as lane or road departure warning. These functions often require that parts of the video image be identified as, for example, a traffic sign, a bridge, lane markings, etc. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074956 | DEVICE, CAMERA, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGES OF THE SURROUNDING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A device for a motor vehicle ( | 03-31-2011 |
| 20150049195 | IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, OBJECT DETECTION PROGRAM, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - An image processing unit includes a first feature amount storage in which a certain feature amount of a candidate of an object to be recognized in an image is stored, the image being input in a unit of frame from an imager, an image processor including a second feature amount storage in which the certain feature amount is stored when the candidate of the object corresponds to the certain feature amount stored in the first feature amount storage, and a target object detector to detect, on the basis of the second feature amount storage, the candidate of the object as a target object from the image of frames subsequent to a frame including the certain feature amount stored in the second feature amount storage, and when the target object is not detected, to detect the target object on the basis of the first feature amount storage. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20110074958 | EXTERIOR MIRROR VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An exterior mirror vision system includes a driver-side exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at a driver side of an equipped vehicle and a passenger-side exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at a passenger side of the equipped vehicle. The driver-side exterior mirror assembly including a mounting portion configured for mounting at the driver side of the equipped vehicle, a driver-side exterior minor housing, and a driver-side reflective element. The driver-side exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a driver-side light module and a driver-side camera. The passenger-side exterior mirror assembly includes a mounting portion configured for mounting at the passenger side of the equipped vehicle, a passenger-side exterior mirror housing, and a passenger-side reflective element. The passenger-side exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a passenger-side light module and a passenger-side camera. The driver-side camera and the passenger-side camera are part of a multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20160034771 | PATH SENSING USING STRUCTURED LIGHTING - A structured light pattern is projected onto the path of a vehicle so as to generate a plurality of light spots, and an image thereof is captured from the vehicle. A world-space elevation of at least a portion of the light spots is responsive to a pitch angle of the vehicle determined responsive to image-space locations of down-range-separated light spots. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20110069169 | VEHICLE PERIPHERAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The device is provided with an image acquisition unit for acquiring a peripheral image of a vehicle, the peripheral image being captured by an image pickup device provided to the vehicle; a display device for displaying the peripheral image, the display device being provided inside a vehicle cabin; and an indicator line output unit for causing an indicator line as a guide for a driver during a driving operation to be displayed superimposed on the peripheral image, at least one of a shadow portion and a side surface portion adjacent to the indicator line being added to the indicator line. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20140125802 | FAULT TOLERANT DISPLAY - A fault tolerant display displays safety information on a display shared with an infotainment system even if the processor or software of the infotainment system is unresponsive. The display can be a streaming video from a rear view camera mounted on a vehicle. The safety displayed can be triggered by placing the vehicle in reverse. Failure of the infotainment software and/or processor can be detected by a policy enforcing module that switches to a backup display that streams video directly from the camera in the event of failure of the infotainment processor. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20100220189 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS - A vehicle surrounding monitoring device include at least one camera | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100073479 | REAR MONITOR CAMERA DEVICE FOR WORKING VEHICLE - A rear monitor camera device for a working vehicle equipped with a cable arrangement structure which is capable of preventing damage to a cable connected to a rear monitor camera installed on a counterweight and does not spoil the beauty of the counterweight. The rear monitor camera device | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073478 | VEHICLE MOUNTED DEVICES AND ARRANGEMENTS - A trailer hitch mountable device for installation in a trailer hitch receiver tube includes a housing and a retainer bracket. The housing is sized to be received in the receiver tube and has an outermost wall including at least a first arcuate portion sized to align with circumferential edges of aligned mounting holes of the receiver tube when the device is installed in the receiver tube. The retainer bracket is secured to the housing and configured to engage an outermost edge of the receiver tube when the device is installed in the receiver tube. When the device is installed in the receiver tube and a receiver pin is inserted through the aligned mounting holes, the first arcuate portion prevents movement of the housing toward the outermost edge of the receiver tube, and the retainer bracket prevents movement of the housing away from the outermost edge of the receiver tube. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100165104 | Drive Assistance Device - A drive assistance device has an imaging device ( | 07-01-2010 |
| 20150325005 | WATER DROPLET DETECTION DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE USING WATER DROPLET DETECTION DEVICE - A water droplet detection device has an image capturing unit and a water droplet detection unit. The image capturing unit has a photographic optical system that an area captures an image of a predetermined area. The water droplet detection unit sets an arbitrary attention point in the captured image, a plurality of first reference points inside an imaginary circle of a predetermined radius having the attention point as a center the imaginary circle, and a plurality of second reference points corresponding to the first reference points outside the imaginary circle. The water droplet detection unit detects edge information between the first reference points and second reference points, and assesses a circularity strength of the edge information to detect a water droplet attached to the photographic optical system. The water droplet detection device can be used with an image conversion unit to form a three-dimensional object detection device. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20110043632 | VEHICLE PERIPHERAL IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM - A vehicle-peripheral image displaying system (a side view monitor system A | 02-24-2011 |
| 20150324984 | IMAGE CALIBRATION - A method and apparatus for calibrating an image from a camera mounted on a vehicle using camera pose parameter determined from information relating to suspension level from a suspension system of the vehicle. The difference in the suspension level compared with a suspension level datum can be determined and an adjustment to the camera pose parameter values can be obtained from the difference in the suspension level. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324972 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - A three-dimensional object detection device has an image capturing unit, an object detection unit, a nighttime assessment unit, a luminance detection unit, a luminance peak detection unit and a controller. The image capturing unit captures images rearward of a vehicle. The object detection unit detects a presence of an object from the captured images. The nighttime assessment unit assesses if nighttime has fallen. The luminance detection unit detects a luminance of image areas from the captured image. The luminance peak detection unit detects a peak in the luminance having a luminance gradient that is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value from among the detected peaks in the luminance as a target luminance peak. The controller controls detection of the object in an image area in which the target luminance peak is detected when an assessment has been made that nighttime has fallen by the nighttime assessment unit. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20090244282 | VEHICLE CAMERA SYSTEM - A vehicle camera system including a receiver device which is capable of wirelessly communicating with an electronic camera arrangement. The receiver device is capable of switching a screen from its normal visual display mode to a real-time camera image display mode. The receiver device may be attached to an existing screen, such as a screen of a global positioning satellite (GPS) apparatus. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20150323785 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND FOREIGN MATTER DETECTION DEVICE - A three-dimensional object detection has an image capturing device, an image conversion unit, a three-dimensional object detection unit, a three-dimensional object assessment unit, first and second foreign matter detection units and a controller. The image capturing device captures images rearward of a vehicle. The three-dimensional object detection unit detects three-dimensional objects based on image information. The three-dimensional object assessment unit assesses whether or not a detected three-dimensional object is another vehicle. The foreign matter detection units detect whether or not foreign matter has adhered to a lens based on the change over time in luminance values for each predetermined pixel of the image capturing element and the change over time in the difference between an evaluation value and a reference value. The controller outputs control commands to the other means to suppress the assessment of foreign matter as another vehicle when foreign matter has been detected. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150042806 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH REDUCTION OF TEMPORAL NOISE IN IMAGES - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes an imaging array having rows and columns of photosensing elements that may include red light sensing elements, green light sensing elements and blue light sensing elements. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. A display is disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle and is operable to display images derived from captured image data. Responsive to image processing of captured image data by the image processor, temporal noise in images derived from captured image data is reduced by determining a change in luminance of photosensing elements from a first frame of captured image data to a second frame of captured image data. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20140347483 | WORK VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING SYSTEM AND WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle periphery monitoring system ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20110069170 | IN-TRAIN MONITOR SYSTEM - Included are: an information management system that manages monitoring-target condition information output from condition-monitoring target devices; cameras that are incorporated in respective train cars and take images of the condition-monitoring target devices; a transmission device that is connected to an in-train transmission channel and transmits imaging data from the camera; a camera-control central device that is connected to the information management system and the transmission device, monitors the monitoring-target condition information sent from the information management system, determines whether the condition-monitoring target devices are in a normal condition, and generates a frame-rate control signal for adjusting a frame rate of imaging data; and a camera-control terminal device that is connected to the transmission device and the camera and adjusts the frame rate of imaging data sent from the camera based on the frame-rate control signal. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20150321644 | Detection of Raindrops on a Pane by Means of a Camera and Illumination - The invention relates to a device and a method for detecting rain ( | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150321606 | ADAPTIVE CONVEYANCE OPERATING SYSTEM - An apparatus, method, or system for providing specialized platforms and computing environments for vehicles/conveyances to coexist with end user devices is disclosed. Provided configurations and operations may apply to autonomous vehicles/conveyances. Vehicle/conveyance operating systems (OSs) that provide augmented reality, mixed reality, hybrid reality, virtual reality, or artificial intelligence (AI) are also provided. Also provided are new devices or processes for vehicles/conveyances that are useful for any mobile device, such as a mobile computer, smartphone, tablet, wearable computer, or the like. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20110096165 | AUTOMATIC CAMERA CALIBRATION USING GPS AND SOLAR TRACKING - A system and method for automatically calibrating the aiming direction of a camera onboard a vehicle. The method uses GPS and solar almanac data to estimate the location of the sun relative to the vehicle, and compares this to the solar position in an image from the camera. The comparison is performed with an ongoing recursive calculation which yields an improved estimate of the sun position relative to the vehicle, while simultaneously calibrating the aiming direction of the camera. The aiming calibration data is used to improve the accuracy of the camera's images as used for all of the camera's other functions. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110080481 | Automobile Rear View Mirror Assembly for Housing a Camera System and a Retractable Universal Mount - A rear view mirror assembly comprises a body having cameras for viewing and recording images out the front windshield and the rear window of the vehicle. The rear-facing cameras can be used to record the activities of the driver while driving and the activities of any rear-seated passengers. The cameras are connected to a camera system that may comprise means for camera control, power and recording and may be included in the body. The body may also have a GPS receiver. The body further includes a retractable universal mounting bracket used for mounting portable electronic devices having display screens. The display screen can be used to display images recorded by the cameras and GPS data such as street maps and vehicle location. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20160090040 | Vehicle Monitoring Device - A vehicle monitoring device provides comprehensive monitoring of areas both outside and within a vehicle. The device includes a plurality of operational controls positioned within an interior space of a vehicle. A monitor is positioned in the vehicle and operationally coupled to a processor such that the monitor displays images transmitted to the monitor from the processor. Each of a plurality of cameras is communicatively coupled to the processor. The cameras include exterior cameras outwardly directed for exterior images and an interior camera directed towards the interior space of the vehicle communicating an image of the operator of the vehicle to the processor. A transmitter is communicatively coupled to the processor wherein the image of the operator of the vehicle is transmitted to an extrinsic device relative to the vehicle. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20110115912 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONLINE CALIBRATION OF A VIDEO SYSTEM - The present invention relates to video-based driver assistance systems being used in vehicles today to perform a variety of functions, such as lane or road departure warning. These functions often require that parts of the video image be identified as, for example, a traffic sign, a bridge, lane markings, etc. Particularly the present invention relates to a method and system for online calibration of a vehicle video system using vanishing points, evaluated from frames of a camera image contains identified markings or edges on a road. The vanishing points are located by finding or extrapolating at least at one left- and/or right-hand side markings or edges of a mad to a point of intersection, whereby a long term average vanishing point location is calculated with time-filtering methods from a sequence of images, even when only one side of a road or lane marking or an edge is visible in any given frame of an image at a time, and from the time-averaged vanishing point location coordinates, the static yaw and pitch angles of the camera are deduced. The present invention relates to also to a method to locate the vanishing points by finding or extrapolating the regularity of repeated road markings, such as dashed patterns and to a method to locate the vanishing point d by using the change in spatial frequency of textures on the surface ahead as an object to determine the camera pitch angle. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115911 | ON-BOARD REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH AN ELECTRONIC VIDEO-AUDIO RECORDER - An on-board rear view mirror with an electronic video-audio recorder includes a mirror case which contains an electronic video-audio recorder. The electronic video-audio recorder includes a recorder mainboard and a processor, a camera ball, a data storage card, a microphone, a vehicle speed signal wire and a time processing unit displaying time and date in real time, that are connected with the recorder mainboard. The camera ball contains plural camera heads in plural directions. By the aforementioned structures, not only that images and sound inside and outside a vehicle can be effectively recorded, but that a vehicle speed can be recorded in real time. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115913 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE SURROUNDING AREA MONITOR AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - At least a first and second monitoring device that outputs display signals to a control device. A display device connected with the control device is able to display the display signals from the monitoring devices in at least two sections in split screen mode. The control device is connected to an actual state of motion signal line, so that depending on the actual state of motion of the vehicle, the display device displays at least two display signals originating from at least two different monitoring devices in split screen mode. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20140253729 | FRAME TO FRAME PERSISTENT SHADOW REDUCTION WITHIN AN IMAGE - An apparatus, computer program product, and method for reducing persistent shadows within an image. The apparatus includes a camera configured to generate frames of the image. The apparatus also includes a computer processor. The computer processor calculates the average normalized brightness for each pixel in the image and adjusts the brightness of each pixel with the average normalized brightness. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150327398 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH FORWARD VIEWING CAMERA - A vehicle vision system includes a camera module configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a windshield of a vehicle equipped with the vision system. The camera module includes a housing and an imager assembly. The imager assembly includes a structure and an imager and a lens. The imager is disposed at an imager circuit board of the imager assembly. A thermal element is configured to attach at the structure of the imager assembly and includes a support element and a thermal pad disposed at least partially along the support element. With the thermal element attached at the structure of the imager assembly, a first portion of the thermal pad is engaged with the imager circuit board, and wherein, with the imager assembly disposed at the housing of the camera module, a second portion of the thermal pad is engaged with the housing. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150326840 | On-Vehicle Image Capture Device - Provided is an on-vehicle imaging device installed onboard a vehicle, and equipped with: an imaging unit for capturing an image of a subject, and having sensitivity to at least to the entire visible light spectrum of the red range (R), the green range (G), and the blue range (B), and to the infrared range (Cir); a signal processing unit for carrying out signal processing on video signals of at least a plurality of different bandwidths from a video image captured by the imaging unit; a pixel signal distribution processing unit for extracting pixel signal distribution information of one or more signals among video signals processed by the signal processing unit; a white balance processing unit for performing signal processing using a predetermined gain, so as to bring a video signal to a desired value; and a system control unit for performing control of the white balance processing unit and control of assessment area information for the purpose of extraction of pixel signal distribution information by the pixel signal distribution processing unit. In accordance with the pixel signal distribution information extracted by the pixel signal distribution processing unit, the system control unit performs control to set the gain of the white balance processing unit to a predetermined value. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324650 | DEVICE FOR THE EXPANDED REPRESENTATION OF A SURROUNDING REGION OF A VEHICLE - A device is provided for the expanded representation of a surrounding region of a vehicle, the device having an imaging component for the visual representation of the surrounding region. Information from a road model is additionally able to be superimposed on the visual representation of the surrounding region. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20120033077 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDIUM RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A device has a unit acquires photograph images taken by a first and a second camera; a unit sets correspondences between positions in a first photograph image, in a first display image, in a second photograph image, and in a second display image on the basis of a first photographic line-of-sight from the first camera, a line-of-sight in the first display image based on the first photograph image, a second photographic line-of-sight from the second camera, and a line-of-sight in the second display image based on the second photograph image; and a unit generates the first display image based on correspondence with the first photograph image, generates a third display image by interpolating between the first display image and the second display image based on correspondence with the first photograph image or the second photograph image, and generates the second display image based on correspondence with the second photograph image. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20150321605 | VEHICLE ANOMALY DETECTION AND REPORTING - A server device may receive images of a vehicle from one or more camera devices implemented as part of a home monitoring or home control system and identify, based on the images, an anomaly associated with the vehicle. In some implementations, conditions under which the anomaly occurred may also be determined. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20100091106 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS ADAPTED TO RECOGNIZE OBJECT IN ACQUIRED IMAGE - An image processing apparatus communicates with an image acquisition apparatus provided with an image acquisition region comprising light-shielded pixels and effective pixels. Data of an image are acquired based on output signals from the effective pixels. An edge of an object is extracted in the acquired image data using a preset edge threshold, and the object is recognized based on the extracted edge. Output signals are acquired from the light-shielded pixels and a degree of variations in noise contained in the output signals from the effective pixels is estimated based on the output signals acquired. The edge threshold is set based on the degree of variations in noise which is estimated, such that the noise having a level which exceeds the edge threshold occurs at a probability lower than a preset value. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20120194680 | PEDESTRIAN DETECTION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a pedestrian detection system including a pedestrian detection device ( | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194679 | MULTI-MODE VEHICLE COMPUTING DEVICE SUPPORTING IN-CAB AND STAND-ALONE OPERATION - Techniques involving connecting an in-cab computing device to an onboard computing device mounted in a vehicle. Vehicle-related information may be communicated between the in-cab computing device and onboard computing device while the in-cab computing device is connected to the onboard computing device. Techniques involve facilitating disconnection of the in-cab computing device from the onboard computing device and operating the in-cab computing device in a stand-alone mode, and facilitating reconnection of the in-cab computing device to the onboard computing device to resume operations between the in-cab computing device and onboard computing device. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194678 | POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE CAMERA AND A LEAST ONE LAMP - A power-driven vehicle having at least one camera and at least one lamp, the camera is provided to photograph at least part of the surrounding area of the power-driven vehicle, the lamp is used to illuminate at least sections of said part of the surrounding area of the power-driven vehicle, and the lamp can be supplied by a power supply medium of the power-driven vehicle with power having a first frequency to generate the light. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120176499 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A REAR VEHICLE LIGHT - A state of a rear vehicle light is detected. A camera system integrated in a vehicle generates an image of an environment in front of the vehicle. An evaluation unit connected to the camera system detects at least one vehicle contained in the image, defines an image range associated with said vehicle, and divides the image range into sub-ranges comprising at least a left sub-range and a right sub range. A segmentation of the sub-ranges into image segments is performed by way of the evaluation unit on the basis of brightness values of points contained in said sub-ranges. At least one brightest image segment is extracted from each of said sub-ranges, and the extracted image segments are checked for whether they can be associated with a particular vehicle light in an ON state. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176500 | IMAGE SERVER, IMAGE DELIVER BASED ON IMAGE INFORMATION AND CONDITION, AND IMAGE DISPLAY TERMINAL - Images are efficiently collected or delivered so that uncomfortable feeling given to users who view picked images picked up at vehicles and delivered by an image server is lessened. An image server is so constructed that the following operation is performed: the picked image of the surroundings of a vehicle, picked up with a camera mounted on the vehicle, and the image pickup information of the picked image, including information about the image pickup point, are stored on a storing medium; and picked images stored on the storing medium are delivered to users who view received picked images. One is selected from among picked images inputted from a vehicle with respect to each of areas to which the image pickup points of those picked images belong based on the image pickup information and a predetermined selection condition. The selected picked image is stored on the storing medium. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20160037028 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH CAMERA HAVING MOLDED INTERCONNECT DEVICE - A camera for a vision system of a vehicle includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion. The camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view interior or exterior of the vehicle. The front housing portion houses a lens assembly. The rear housing portion has a connector portion for electrically connecting circuitry of the camera to an electrical connector of the vehicle when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. The circuitry of the camera includes an imager comprising an imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. The rear housing portion has circuitry and electrically connecting elements established via molded interconnect device (MID) technology. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160037032 | METHOD FOR DETECTING MOUNTING POSTURE OF IN-VEHICLE CAMERA AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - According to a method, distortion of a picked-up image is corrected. A vertical line relative to a road surface is detected from the picked-up image. A vanishing point of a group of the detected vertical lines is calculated. A rotation angle around a Z axis of an in-vehicle camera is calculated as a roll angle of the camera. A rotation angle around an X axis of the camera is calculated as a pitch angle of the camera. A boundary line between a specific part and the road surface is detected from the picked-up image, and a reference line of the vehicle is calculated based on the detected boundary line. A rotation angle around a Y axis of the camera is calculated as a yaw angle of the camera. The roll angle, pitch angle, and the yaw angle are outputted as a mounting posture of the camera. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20120287280 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING THE POSITION OF A VEHICLE - The invention concerns a method and a system for purposes of registering the position of a vehicle ( | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287278 | Traffic Violation Photo Enforcement System - A portable, transportable or fixed Traffic Violation Photo Enforcement System, (TVPES) operating from either a moving or stationary position, capable of providing complete identification and documentation of multiple moving traffic violations across all lanes of moving traffic and transmitting or relaying the data to a specified law enforcement agency or their approved violation processing service to support municipal, county, and state traffic violation enforcement efforts through the use of constitutionally sufficient evidence for citation generating and later court prosecution. The (TVPES) consists of various off the shelf and customized components including but not limited to one or more of the following: computer based control units, speed detection devices, tracking devices, digital video and single frame cameras, facial recognition software/automated license-plate recognition software capable of analyzing digital video and single-frame imagery, voice recording devices, GPS location devices, data collection and storage devices and data transmitting and receiving devices. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20140049644 | SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVING OBJECTS - The present invention presents a sensing system | 02-20-2014 |
| 20160034769 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH TRAFFIC SIGN RECOGNITION - A vision system of a vehicle includes at least one camera configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes a pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. The image processor, responsive at least in part to image processing of captured image data and responsive at least in part to a signal indicative of a current geographical location of the vehicle, is operable to identify a determined sign at the road along which the vehicle is traveling. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033851 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH CAMERA POWER CONTROL - A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera, a power supply, a power filter and a microcontroller. The camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view interior or exterior of the vehicle. The power supply is operable to supply a voltage for powering the camera. The power filter is in communication with the power supply and the camera and is operable to supply a voltage to the camera. The microcontroller is operable to measure a voltage level supplied to the power filter. Responsive to the determination that the measured voltage level is one of (i) a threshold amount above a nominal operating voltage of the camera and (ii) a threshold amount below the nominal operating voltage of the camera, the microcontroller adjusts the power supply to the camera. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20100201818 | Vehicle periphery displaying apparatus - A vehicle periphery displaying apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an imaging device for capturing a periphery image; a storage medium for storing history data comprising one of the periphery image and information on an object-in-periphery, the storage medium pre-storing a vehicle image; a display screen having a real-time displaying part for displaying thereon the periphery image with distortion of the periphery image being uncorrected, and a history displaying part for displaying thereon the vehicle image and a history image being produced based on the history data; and a drawing section configured to superimposingly draw the vehicle image and the history image provided with the distortion that the periphery image has, such that the object-in-periphery shown in the history image is continuously connected to that shown in the periphery image. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201816 | MULTI-DISPLAY MIRROR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPANDED VIEW AROUND A VEHICLE - A multi-display vehicular rearview mirror system ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20140347485 | ENHANCED FRONT CURB VIEWING SYSTEM - A system and method for determining when to display frontal curb view images to a driver of a vehicle, and what types of images to display. A variety of factors—such as vehicle speed, GPS/location data, the existence of a curb in forward-view images, and vehicle driving history—are evaluated as potential triggers for the curb view display, which is intended for situations where the driver is pulling the vehicle into a parking spot which is bounded in front by a curb or other structure. When forward curb-view display is triggered, a second evaluation is performed to determine what image or images to display which will provide the best view of the vehicle's position relative to the curb. The selected images are digitally synthesized or enhanced, and displayed on a console-mounted or in-dash display device. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20160031372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS IN A CAMERA FIELD OF VIEW - A system mounted on a vehicle for detecting an obstruction on a surface of a window of the vehicle, a primary camera is mounted inside the vehicle behind the window. The primary camera is configured to acquire images of the environment through the window. A secondary camera is focused on an external surface of the window, and operates to image the obstruction. A portion of the window, i.e. window region is subtended respectively by the field of view of the primary camera and the field of view of the secondary camera. A processor processes respective sequences of image data from both the primary camera and the secondary camera. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160031370 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH VIDEO SWITCHING - A vision system of a vehicle includes first and second cameras configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have respective fields of view. The first camera generates a first video output of images. The second camera generates a second video output of images. The first and second cameras operate asynchronously. A display is configured to be disposed in the vehicle for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The display is operable to display video images captured by the first and second cameras. A control is operable to select one of the first and second video outputs for display of respective video images at the display. The control is operable to apply a dark display signal during a synchronizing period when the control switches from use of the first video output to use of the second video output. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20120062743 | ALERT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An alert system for a vehicle includes a video display, an interior visual alert device disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly, a driver side visual alert device disposed at a driver side exterior rearview mirror assembly and a passenger side visual alert device disposed at a passenger side exterior rearview mirror assembly. A control is operable to activate at least one of the alert devices in response to a detection of an object rearward of the vehicle. The alert devices are viewable by the driver of the vehicle when activated and are operable to guide or prompt the driver to check the images captured by a rearward facing camera and displayed in the vehicle cabin by the video display so that the driver can verify the nature and type of a potential hazard rearward of the vehicle. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20150042803 | MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC REAR-VIEW MIRROR - A motor vehicle has at least one electronic rearview mirror, particularly an exterior and/or side mirror, that has an indicator apparatus, particularly a display, for images recorded by an exterior camera that is provided particularly outside the motor vehicle. The indicator apparatus is in the form of a touchscreen, particularly one with multitouch capability. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042802 | VEHICLE SAFETY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD USING CAMERAS - A vehicle safety control apparatus using cameras includes a first camera configured to photograph light and shade of a current object during running, a second camera configured to photograph a color of the current object during the running, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on first current object image data captured by the first camera and second current object image data captured by the second camera, a recognition unit configured to recognize the first and second current object image data on which the image processing unit has performed the image processing, a storage unit configured to cause the recognized data to match preset reference object-specific data and separately store the data matching the preset reference object-specific data; and a control unit configured to receive the recognized data and deliver a storage command to the storage unit. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150042798 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA - An in-vehicle camera that is provided with a substrate, a camera body, a housing including the substrate and the camera body. The substrate is provided with the opening, and the camera body is attached to the position of the opening of the substrate. Furthermore, the camera body is included in the housing, with a part thereof inserted into the opening. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20090251541 | Intelligent Vehicle Access Control System - An apparatus for the automatic inspection of a motor vehicle has an identification and psychological profiling zone, an automatic inspection zone and a manual inspection zone. A biometric and heart rate detection station and an attached console are located in zone one. Undercarriage scanning equipment and an explosives detection portal are located in zone two. The apparatus also has one or more fixed cameras, an alarm or other alerting mechanisms and a physical barrier. A vehicle detection mechanism detects the entry of a vehicle into zone two and captures an image of the vehicle number plate. When the captured biometric data and number plate data indicate that the driver is authorized to drive the particular vehicle into the secured zone, and if no abnormalities or foreign objects in the undercarriage image are detected, the driver is allowed to proceed. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110058038 | SINGLE CAMERA COLOR POLARIMETRIC IMAGING - A single aperture polarimetric color imaging system includes a color filter array including a plurality of RGB filter elements in a path of received radiation that includes color band and near IR light. A linear polarizer array includes a plurality of polarization filter elements that provide a plurality of different polarization orientations that are optically aligned with the RGB filter elements. A single common pixel array includes a plurality of photodetector pixels for transducing the color band or near IR light into electrical signals after processing by the color filter array and linear polarizer array. A band select switching device switches between selectively transmitting the near IR band and color band or color band including light. A signal processor is coupled to receive and process the electrical signals from the common pixel array and generates polarimetric image data from the near IR band light and color image data from the color band or color band including light. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20160037064 | BUNDLING NIGHT VISION AND OTHER DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (DAS) USING NEAR INFRA RED (NIR) ILLUMINATION AND A ROLLING SHUTTER - A system mountable in a motor vehicle. The system includes a camera and a processor configured to receive image data from the camera. The camera includes a rolling shutter configured to capture the image data during a frame period and to scan and to read the image data into multiple image frames. A near infra-red illuminator may be configured to provide a near infra-red illumination cone in the field of view of the camera. The near infrared illumination oscillates with an illumination period. A synchronization mechanism may be configured to synchronize the illumination period to the frame period of the rolling shutter. The frame period may be selected so that the synchronization mechanism provides a spatial profile of the near infra-red illumination cone which may be substantially aligned vertically to a specific region, e.g. near the center of the image frame. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160083232 | A video shooting and loads movement device applicable in a removable manner to the fork of a fork lift or of a lifter - The present invention concerns a video shooting and load movement device applicable in a removable manner to the surface of a fork lift or of a lifter and including an external strip, a magnetic element arranged in such a way as to allow to apply magnetically the external strip to the fork, and a video-camera. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20150321621 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM CAMERA WITH GRAPHENE LENS - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes a pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. The camera includes a lens having at least one optic element. The at least one optic element includes graphene or the at least one optic element has a graphene coating or trace at a surface thereof or the at least one optic element has a transparent shield disposed thereat and having graphene or a graphene coating or trace or the at least one optic element has a replaceable protective film or element disposed thereat and having graphene or a graphene coating or trace. Electrical leads are used to energize or power graphene traces in order to limit icing or fogging of the camera lens. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20110013019 | DISPLAY APPARATUS DISPLAYING IMAGE OF SURROUNDINGS OF VEHICLE - A display apparatus displaying an image of surroundings of a vehicle includes a camera capturing an image of the surroundings of the vehicle, and a display monitor provided inside the vehicle for superimposingly displaying the image of the surroundings of the vehicle captured by the camera, and a first distance indicator line and a second distance indicator line, wherein the first distance indicator line indicates a first predetermined distance from the vehicle and the second distance indicator line indicates a second predetermined distance from the vehicle, the second distance indicator line is positioned farther away from the vehicle than the first distance indicator line, and the first distance indicator line is wider than the second distance indicator line. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110013020 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE REAR AND SIDE VIEWS INDEPENDENT OF THE VEHICLE'S BODY AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an independent wireless rear/side video transceiver for a vehicle and a method thereof. The independent wireless video transmitter for a vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which includes: an accelerometer that senses start and reverse movement of a vehicle and outputs the sensed result to a controller unit; a camera module that outputs a video signal acquired by photographing the rear of the vehicle to the controller unit; a solar cell that converts light into electricity; a battery that is charged with the electricity generated from the solar cell; a power management unit that controls the solar cell and the battery; a wireless transmission unit that wirelessly transmits a video signal outputted from the controller unit; and the controller unit that determines and controls input/output signals of the accelerometer, the camera module, the power management unit, and the wireless transmission unit. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20120293660 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device configured to be installed in a vehicle includes an image acquirer, an image selector, a first luminance adjuster, a synthetic image generator, and an image provider. The image acquirer acquires camera images captured by cameras provided on the vehicle. The image selector selects one of the camera images as a representative image based on luminances of the camera images. The first luminance adjuster adjusts a luminance of at least one of the other camera images based on a luminance of the representative image. The synthetic image generator generates a synthetic image showing a periphery of the vehicle, based on the representative image and the other camera images the luminance of at least one of which has been adjusted by the first adjuster. The image provider outputs, to a display device installed in the vehicle, information corresponding to the synthetic image. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20110199485 | Camera device - Disclosed herein is a camera device including: a housing having an opening; a lens exposed from the opening of the housing; a lens barrel for holding the lens, the lens barrel being fitted in the housing to expose the lens from the opening of the housing; a packing provided between the lens barrel and the housing for preventing the entry of a water flow passed through the opening; an imaging mechanism having an imaging device for detecting incident light transmitted through the lens; and a buffer portion configured to reduce the pressure of the water flow in a water flow path between the opening and the packing. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110242322 | MOBILE STUDIO - A mobile studio for producing video and audio content, the mobile studio comprising: a vehicle comprising a body mounted on a chassis, said body having a studio chamber enclosure formed by a floor, a ceiling, spaced opposite outer side walls and spaced outer front and rear walls, wherein the floor of the studio chamber comprises a stage area; at least one LED lighting assembly located in the studio chamber suitable for providing sufficient illumination for image capture such that the captured image is suitable for projection as a Pepper's Ghost image; at least one camera to capture the image of a subject on the stage area; and a communications device to transmit the captured image. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242321 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes: a lens barrel which holds at least one optical element; an image sensor which converts an image of a photographic subject obtained by the optical element into an electrical signal; a circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted; and a fixing wall body which is a different body from the lens barrel, and where the lens barrel is mounted to an end part of the fixing wall body on a photographic subject side, and the circuit board is mounted to an end part of the fixing wall body on a side opposite to the photographic subject side by a bond structure by an adhesive agent. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20160094809 | TOURING CAM CONTROL - A video recording system for a moving automotive vehicle is provided. The video recording system includes a camera system for recording front, rear, and lateral views from a moving automotive vehicle. A primary display system is provided which is accessible to the operator of the vehicle. A primary camera control system accessible to the vehicle operator is provided to modify views of the camera system. A secondary display system is provided which is accessible to a passenger of the vehicle. A secondary camera control system is also provided which is accessible to the passenger of the vehicle to modify views of the camera system. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20110080482 | MONITOR-DISPLAYED DEVICE FOR CAR REAR VISION - The present invention provides a monitor-displayed device for car rear vision. It is to install monitors on a dashboard in the car or the car frame on two sides of the front windscreen. The traditional two rear vision mirrors of the car are replaced by the monitors. Image data taken by an image receiver can be displayed synchronously. Rear side image data can be provided to the driver with a broader viewing angle. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20150042801 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LAMP FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LAMP FOR VEHICLE USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an apparatus for controlling a lamp for vehicles and a method of controlling a lamp for vehicles using the same. The apparatus includes a first sensing unit to sense information regarding approaching to a current object when one's own vehicle is running, a second sensing unit to sense current brightness information of the lamp installed at the vehicle when the vehicle is running, a control unit receiving the information regarding approaching to a current object sensed by the first sensing unit and the current brightness information sensed by the second sensing unit and including a range of information regarding approaching to a preset reference object and a range of reference brightness information. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20120069188 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A technology for displaying images on a displaying apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided. In response to a predetermined instruction signal, synthetic images viewed from a virtual viewpoint around and above the periphery of the vehicle are generated based on a plurality of images acquired from a plurality of cameras for capturing the periphery of the vehicle. The plurality of synthetic images, in which a position of a viewpoint moves sequentially varies such that the synthetic images move in a circle around the vehicle, are sequentially output to the displaying apparatus. Accordingly, the user monitors the entire circumference of the vehicle from the viewpoint where the user sees the vehicle in front of user's eyes, so that the user can intuitively recognize the positional relation between the vehicle and an obstacle from one screen. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20140139669 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FRONT-ORIENTED VISUAL INFORMATION TO VEHICLE DRIVER - This invention provides a camera system installed on the front end of a vehicle, either on the left front, the right front, or both sides, that prevents accidents resulting from the driver's propensity to protrude into oncoming traffic to view that traffic. The camera is linked via wired or wireless connection to an onboard computer and a commercially available navigation display that is placed within the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The driver reviews a visual description on the display of any oncoming traffic in the form of motor vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, animals and the like on the navigation display via a single screen, split screen or alternating screens. The camera system is furnished with a speed sensor that detects when the vehicle reaches a threshold speed of 3 miles per hour to activate or de-activate the camera. This camera system can be retrofitted into older vehicles. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140313335 | VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE WITH ADJUSTABLE CAMERAS - A vision system of a vehicle includes a forward viewing imager, a rearward viewing imager and sideward viewing imagers. The forward viewing imager is disposed at a forward portion of the vehicle and has a forward field of view. The rearward viewing imager is disposed at a rearward portion of the vehicle and has a rearward field of view rearward of the vehicle. The sideward viewing imagers are disposed at respective sides of the vehicle and have respective sideward fields of view sideward of the vehicle. At least one of the forward viewing imager, the rearward viewing imager and the sideward viewing imagers is dynamically adjustable via a respective stepper motor. The fields of view of the imagers may be adjustable via the respective stepper motors responsive to actuation of a user input and/or a speed input indicative of the traveling speed of the vehicle. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20120033076 | VIBRATION APPLYING STRUCTURE DETECTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vibration applying structure detecting device for a wheeled vehicle traveling on a roadway having a vibration applying structure on a road surface in or adjacent to the roadway includes a lane departure judgment device that determines whether there is a lane departure tendency, a vibration detecting device that determines the frequency and the amplitude of input vibration from a road surface to the vehicle, and a contact judgment device that determines that at least one of the wheels of the vehicle is contacting the vibration applying structure when the input vibration with an amplitude equal to or greater than a prescribed amplitude threshold value has a frequency that is equal to or greater than a prescribed frequency threshold value. The device may also include a threshold value setting device that sets one or both of the amplitude threshold value and the frequency threshold value. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20130107046 | VEHICLE FRONT GRILLE ASSEMBLY | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107053 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20110267466 | FRONT END MOUNTED VIDEO CAMERA FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle camera mount has a bracket, a support arm, and a camera housing. The bracket is used to fasten the support arm to a vehicle. The camera housing is connected to the support arm, the camera housing contains a camera, and the camera housing has a wind resistance reducing aerodynamic profile configured to reduce wind resistance by the camera housing as the vehicle is moving. The support arm is configured to support the camera housing to the vehicle so that the camera housing is above a front fender of the vehicle and alongside a hood of the vehicle. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20150116495 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SELF-PROPELLED INDUSTRIAL MACHINE - The underneath image of a self-propelled industrial machine is displayed with as wide a range as possible on a monitor with cameras that take images around the self-propelled industrial machine in the form of bird's eye view images. A view point conversion section creates the bird's eye view image by converting images from plural cameras provided on a dump truck; and a superposing process section processes the images to make the underneath area in a symbol image a transparent region corresponding to the position in the bird's eye view. An image composing section sets the symbol image at the center position and the respective bird's eye view images around the symbol image. A monitor displays the composite image composed by the image composing section. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20110007162 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE DETECTION FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - An image sensing method for motor vehicles, an image of the surroundings of the vehicle being sensed by way of pixels of an image sensor, and exposure parameters of at least one pixel of the image sensor being set. Different exposure parameters are set for at least two of the pixels at the same point in time. An apparatus for carrying out this method is also described. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20150124093 | METHOD FOR OBJECT SIZE CALIBRATION TO AID VEHICLE DETECTION FOR VIDEO-BASED ON-STREET PARKING TECHNOLOGY - A method for determining parking availability includes receiving video data from a sequence of frames taken from an image capture device monitoring a parking area. The method includes detecting at least one object located in the parking area. The method includes determining boundaries of the parking area. The boundaries include at least an inner boundary relative to the image capture device and an outer boundary relative to the image capture device. The outer boundary is substantially parallel to the inner boundary. The method further includes computing a length of at least one of the object and a space between objects using an object pixel for each of the inner and outer boundaries. Using the computed length, The method includes determining a parking availability in the parking area. The method includes outputting a notice of the parking availability to a user. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160093214 | VISION-BASED ON-STREET PARKED VEHICLE DETECTION VIA NORMALIZED-VIEW CLASSIFIERS AND TEMPORAL FILTERING - A system for estimating parking occupancy includes a vehicle-detection device including an adjustable mast supporting an image capture device at a select height. The image capture device acquires video of a current parking area. A computer processor in communication with the image capture device is configured to receive the video data and define a region of interest in the video data. The processor is further configured to perform a spatial transform on the ROI to transform the ROI to a normalized geometric space. The processor is further configured to apply features of a detected object in the normalized geometric space to a vehicle classifier—previously trained with samples acquired from a normalized camera perspective similar to the normalized geometric space—and determine the occupancy of the current parking area using an output of the classifier. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094762 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH REDUCED CAMERA CONNECTOR POINTS - A vehicular vision system includes a camera assembly having a first end connector electrically connected to circuitry disposed in a housing of the camera assembly, with the first end connector having no more than four connection points. A plurality of electrical conductors (such as conductors connected to a video display device) connect to the first end connector of the camera assembly. The electrical conductors may include (i) a first electrical conductor that electrically connects to a first connection point of said end connector, (ii) a second electrical conductor that electrically connects to a second connection point of said end connector, (iii) a third electrical conductor that electrically connects to a third connection point of said end connector and (iv) a fourth electrical conductor that electrically connects to a fourth connection point of said end connector. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20140071282 | ALERT SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING REAL-TIME LANE INFORMATION - Methods and systems are provided for alerting a driver of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving sensor data that is generated by an image sensor that senses conditions in proximity of the vehicle; determining real-time lane information from the sensor data, wherein the real-time lane information includes at least one of a lane width, a lane type, and a lane curvature; selectively performing an alert method that evaluates the presence of objects in proximity to the vehicle based on the real-time lane information; and selectively generating an alert signal to alert the driver based on the alert method. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20130120575 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING ROAD MARKERS - An apparatus for use in a vehicle identifies road markers. The apparatus includes a sensor unit configured to collect image information ahead of the vehicle, distance information, and information on the reflected amount of a road surface. The apparatus includes a recognizer unit configured to recognize the road markers ahead of the vehicle on the basis of the image information, distance information, and information on the reflected amount provided from the sensor unit. Information on the road markers recognized in the recognizer unit is provided on an output unit. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20160021312 | AROUND VIEW MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLES - Provided are an around view monitoring (AVM) system and method for vehicles. A front camera of an AVM system for vehicles is replaced with a stereo camera of an AS system, and thus, a system is simplified. Also, the AVM system and the AS system use a camera in common, thereby reducing the cost. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20110216199 | TOWING VEHICLE GUIDANCE FOR TRAILER HITCH CONNECTION - Apparatus and a method for its use to assist an operator of a towing vehicle in backing the towing vehicle accurately into a position in which parts of a hitch can be mated to connect the towing vehicle with a trailer. A camera in a towing vehicle module provides the towing vehicle operator a video image of the trailer and a target mounted on it. A beam of light from the towing vehicle module and falling on the target is visible in the video image to show when the towing vehicle approaches and reaches a position in which the hitch can be mated. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216201 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING AN IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110074954 | IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An image monitoring system for vehicles is provided. The system includes plural image sensing modules, one or more hub, a central processing module, and a display module. The images captured by the image sensing modules are respectively digitally processed, compressed, and then transmitted to the hub. The hub integrates the compressed signals and generates an integrated signal. The central processing module is used for decompressing the integrated signal, so as to generate at least one recovered video signal. The at least one recovered video signal can be displayed on the display module. This system can also include a storage module for storing image data. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110085038 | DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A data transmission system contains a transmitting and/or receiving unit on a track side and a transmitting and/or receiving unit on a vehicle side. Accordingly, the transmitting and/or receiving unit on the vehicle side contains at least one transmitting and/or receiving element on the vehicle side which is mounted in the region of a track vehicle door. The unit is covered by the track vehicle door and separated from the rail track when the track vehicle door is closed and remains uncovered by the same when the track vehicle door is open. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110085037 | Apparatus and Method for Operating a Multi-Unit Storage Facility - A system and method of operating a multi-user storage facility is provided. For each distinct user of the storage facility, the distinct user is associated with at least one storage unit of the facility. Video monitoring of the at least one storage unit is provided producing a video output. Each distinct user is provided over a digital communication network with private access to a view of the video output associated with the user. In this manner, each of a plurality of distinct users has access to a view of the video output associated with the user. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20150130943 | METHOD FOR WARNING A DRIVER OF A SINGLE-TRACK MOTOR VEHICLE OF LEAVING THE TRAFFIC LANE - In a method for warning a driver of a single-track motor vehicle of leaving the traffic lane, at least one traffic lane boundary is ascertained by a video sensor system, the lateral distance of a reference point on the motor vehicle from the traffic lane boundary is ascertained, lean angle information of the motor vehicle describing the lean angle of the motor vehicle is ascertained, and it is ascertained, with the aid of at least the lateral distance and the lean angle information, whether part of the vehicle or of the rider projects beyond the traffic lane boundary. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130942 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160026877 | FAST AND ROBUST STOP LINE DETECTOR - A system and method for detecting a stop line on a roadway. The system and method a front view camera that generates images of the roadway. The system and method also include a controller that receives the images generated from the front view camera, including a bird's eye view image, said controller further programmed to provide a composite image that includes an original bird's eye view image and a rotated bird's eye view image. The controller is also programmed to use the composite image to determine if a stop line is present on the roadway. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20110001826 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE - A driving support system performs a viewpoint conversion, generates, from a camera image obtained from an in-vehicle camera, an extended bird's-eye view image corresponding to a synthesized image of first and second element images, and displays the generated image. The first element image is a bird's-eye view image showing the condition around a vehicle. The second element image is a far image showing the condition far away from the vehicle. The extended bird's-eye view image is obtained by converting the camera image to an image viewed from the viewpoint of a virtual camera. When the first and second element images are generated, the depression angles of the virtual camera are 90 degrees and 90 degrees or less, respectively. When the extended bird's-eye view image is generated corresponding to the tilt angle or the like of an actual camera, it is automatically determined whether the lack of an image occurs or not. In the case where the lack of the image occurs, the position of the boundary between the first and second element images, the height of the viewpoint of the virtual camera, etc., are adjusted so that the lack disappears. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001825 | MANEUVERING AID AND METHOD FOR AIDING DRIVERS OF VEHICLES OR VEHICLE COMBINATIONS COMPRISING VEHICLE ELEMENTS BENDABLE RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER - When maneuvering a vehicle, due to the seated position of the driver, the problem arises that a large portion of the space to the rear of the vehicle to be observed is hidden by the vehicle body itself. Therefore, the vehicle driver is presented with a display of a camera image of the space to the rear of the vehicle with a perspective overlay of the driving path and/or the towing path of the vehicle ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20150130939 | Universal mobile video surveillance system and method for convenient operation in a truck - A universal mobile video surveillance system for convenient mounting in a truck or other vehicle with a flat bed, can include a sled, leveling jacks, mounted externally via outriggers to the four corners of the sled, and a surveillance mast, which can further include a sensor unit, which for example can be a video recording unit, optionally also fitted with lighting and audio recording capability. The design, using leveling jacks with caster wheels, can allow one operator to move the surveillance system onto and off the bed of a truck. A method for transferring a mobile video surveillance system onto the bed of a truck can include lifting the leveling jacks, placing the bed of a truck under the sled, which is carrying the surveillance mast, and then lowering the leveling jacks and securing the sled to the truck, using tie-down components that attach to mounts in the truck bed. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130938 | Vehicle Operational Display - A system for presenting visual information to the operator of a vehicle at an apparent single plane of focus regardless of the viewer-to-object distance. The system includes an imaging device configured to capture images external to a vehicle. The system also includes a display configured to show the images captured by the imaging device to the operator and superimpose informational parameters onto the images. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20140015971 | SYSTEM FOR PASSENGER MONITORING - In one aspect, the present invention embraces a system for passenger monitoring. The system typically includes a monitoring device and a monitor positioned in a motor vehicle. The monitoring device typically includes a camera having a field of view directed towards a first passenger location in the motor vehicle. The monitor typically includes a user interface and a processor in communication with the user interface and the monitoring device. The user interface typically includes a visual display. The processor is typically configured to receive images from the camera and display the images on the visual display in near real time. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20110019000 | VEHICULAR IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND VEHICULAR IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A vehicular image processing device is provided with a kernel setting unit which sets a plurality of smoothing kernels which have a width supposed to be between the width of the lane mark and that of the road to the image acquired from a photographing unit, a smoothing unit which smoothes the acquired image by filtering using the set smoothing kernels, a variation degree calculating unit which calculates the variation degree of the pixel value of each pixel in the acquired image with respect to the smoothed image, and a pixel value replacing unit which replaces the pixel value of a pixel which is of the acquired image and has the variation degree not greater than a predefined value with a specific value. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20120013743 | Device for Monitoring Condition of a Railway Supply Line - The present invention provides a monitor for monitoring a condition of a railway supply line when the supply line is in contact with a head of a pantograph of a vehicle in order to power the vehicle. The monitor includes a camera for monitoring parameters indicative of operating capability of the railway supply line and a reflective element including a pattern arranged on the pantograph head. The camera is arranged on the vehicle so as to register the pattern position with respect to a vertical direction. A pantograph and a vehicle are also provided. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20160094807 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that processes an image includes an image processor configured to: acquire a photographic image from a camera photographing a region near a host vehicle; derive a trace line showing a moving trace of a path on which the host vehicle has moved previously; derive a prediction line showing a predicted moving path of the host vehicle; generate a support image by superimposing the trace line and the prediction line on the photographic image when a wheel of the host vehicle is turned; and output the support image to a display apparatus that displays the support image. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20110102593 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A VIDEO SYSTEM - A method for operating a video source is provided. The method includes capturing video data comprising a plurality of frames of a scene, and identifying a first frame from the plurality of frames that includes a first aspect of an activity occurring within the scene. The method also includes subsequent to identifying the first frame, identifying at least a second frame from the plurality of frames that includes a second aspect of the activity occurring within the scene, and transferring the first frame and the second frame for delivery to storage. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102592 | SYSTEM OF GAUGING A CAMERA SUITABLE FOR EQUIPPING A VEHICLE - A system and process of gauging a camera suitable for equipping a vehicle. The system and process determines at least one value of at least one geometrical parameter of the camera, at least in accordance with an item of information that represents a parameter associated with an object detected by the camera, compares the determined value to a value of reference (θpitching_ref, θrolling_ref, θtwisting_ref) of the geometrical parameter of the camera, and controls the geometrical parameter of the camera in accordance with the comparison, particularly by modifying the value of reference in such a way as to gauge the camera. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102591 | MOBILE PHONE HAVING A BLACK BOX FEATURE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD OF PHOTOGRAPHING AN IMAGE - A portable terminal having a black box feature for a vehicle is provided, which includes a camera unit having an image sensor for sensing incident light and a lens unit; a storage unit for storing an image photographed by the camera unit; and a control unit for selecting a first region of the image sensor when a black box mode is selected, while selecting a second region that is a part of the first region of the image sensor when a general image mode is selected, controlling the camera unit to photograph an image that is formed on the selected region, and providing the photographed image to the storage unit. An image without distortion can be photographed in the case of photographing a general image, while a wide range outside of a vehicle can be photographed in the case of photographing a black box image. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110141281 | Off road vehicle vision enhancement system - The disclosed Off-Road Vehicle Vision Enhancement System is for all terrain vehicles operating in extreme off road environments. When an all terrain vehicle is operating in areas where there are large obstacles to traverse the operator needs to be able to maneuver the vehicle over the obstacles with the utmost of care and precision. The operator needs to be able to see the precise placement of the wheels over the obstacles to achieve optimum ground clearance and avoid getting hung-up. The Off-Road Vision Enhancement System includes a retractable protective housing located under the vehicle containing cameras which communicate to the operator the precise relationship of his wheels traversing the obstacles. The retractable housing is designed for simple operation, maximum protection of the cameras and self cleaning of accumulated debris. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20140111648 | Device For Monitoring Area Around Working Machine - An around view monitor system for monitoring surroundings of the working machine includes a plurality of cameras arranged on the upper swiveling unit, each two of which are arranged such that view field ranges thereof partially overlap with each other; an image transformation device to convert camera images of respective cameras to viewpoint transformation such that upper viewpoint images; an image composing device for addressing to respective display areas; and a display image pattern converting device for changing boundary positions between the display areas for the respective virtual viewpoint images. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111647 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE CONTENT ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system and method for analyzing and wirelessly transmitting information in real-time, comprising capturing snapshots and videos, by utilizing for example a smartphone. The images are analyzed in conjunction with other system data to provide the user: 3 dimensional images, GPS coordinates, safety alerts, etc. In particular, the system is mountable within a vehicle interior to provide: road conditions, dangerous driving situations, the make/model/manufacturer of surrounding cars, GPS coordinates, and the identity of local businesses. The user may also share the information via wireless transmissions with surrounding users possessing the same system, such as for real-time video gaming systems. And the system may also be detached from the vehicle for use in other scenarios, such as searching a merchant database for matching items and wirelessly sending the information to other system users. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111646 | Cell Phone Safety Monitor With Interactive Camera - Some embodiments of the invention include a novel cell phone safety monitoring system that assists a cell phone user to remain aware of areas of concern while the person is dialing, texting, or viewing text messages on the cell phone. The cell phone safety monitoring system works independently of the dialing and texting features of the cell phone and comprises an interactive camera to capture images of the areas of concern and a safety monitor to display the captured images. In some embodiments, the interactive camera is physically separate from the cell phone and the safety monitor. The camera can be placed anywhere suitable to capture video of areas of concern to send to the safety monitor. In some embodiments, the safety monitor and the cell phone are separate devices and are connected together by a retractable pedestal. In some other embodiments, the safety monitor is integrated into a display screen of the cell phone. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20130215271 | INDICIA AND CAMERA ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle indicia assembly includes a vehicle indicia element having an indicia surface with indicia established thereat and having an attaching surface opposite the indicia surface. The attaching surface of the vehicle indicia element is configured to be mounted at a vehicle with the indicia surface facing outwards away from the vehicle. The vehicle indicia element has a light transmitting portion. A vehicle camera is disposed at the attaching surface of the vehicle indicia element. The vehicle camera is positioned at the vehicle indicia element so that the vehicle camera views through the light transmitting portion and is operable to capture image data. When the vehicle indicia assembly is mounted at a vehicle, the vehicle camera is disposed at the vehicle and views through the light transmitting portion of the vehicle indicia element and is operable to capture image data representative of a scene exterior the vehicle. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215269 | BIRD VIEW SYSTEM AND COMPENSATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a bird view system and a compensating method thereof. The system comprises a processing module and an image compensating module. The processing module receives and processes a bird view image generated from concatenating each image captured by each camera in the bird view system. The image compensating module compensates the bird view image. The processing module calculates a first compensation value and a second compensation value according to the difference of image information of overlapping or concatenating regions between an image and its adjacent right-hand or left-hand side images. The compensating module compensates the bird view image according to the first compensation value, the second compensation value and a compensation condition. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20160035110 | PROCESSING-TARGET IMAGE CREATING DEVICE, PROCESSING-TARGET IMAGE CREATING METHOD, AND OPERATION ASSISTING SYSTEM - A processing-target image creating device creates a processing-target image based on a plurality of input images. The processing-target image creating device includes a coordinates-associating part configured to associate coordinates on each input image plane on which each input image is positioned, coordinates on a space model onto which each input image is projected, and coordinates on a processing-target image plane, and an. image adjusting part configured to adjust the processing-target image by determining for each input image a re-projection angle of a re-projection line joining the coordinate and the coordinate. The image adjusting part determines for each input image slopes of the re-projection lines such that each coordinate on the processing-target image plane corresponding to an infinity line in each input image corresponds with each other on a dividing line between image parts corresponding to each input image on the processing-target image plane. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20110109743 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BRIGHTNESS VALUES IN SENSOR IMAGES OF IMAGE-EVALUATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS - A method and an arrangement for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating surroundings-detection system on a moved carrier, preferably a vehicle ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20150049194 | VEHICLE BLACK BOX - A vehicle black box used for obtaining videos includes a housing, a circuit board, a camera having a lens, a cover, and a zoom lens. The camera is positioned on and electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board is received in the housing. The cover is latched to the housing. The zoom lens is electrically connected to the circuit board, fixed to the cover, and aligns with the lens of the camera. The zoom lens and the camera cooperatively obtain the videos. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150109446 | VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE, VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND VEHICLE MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle monitoring system is basically provided with a control device, a communication device and an external terminal device. The control device performs a monitoring-image-forming function in which a single monitoring image is formed from captured images taken by a plurality of vehicle cameras. The control device also performs a mapping-information-assigning function in which mapping information is appended to the single monitoring image for projecting a monitoring image onto projection surfaces, which is established by a lateral side of a columnar-shaped projection model of a columnar body having a mounting surface upon which the vehicle rests as a bottom surface. The control device also performs a transmission function in which information containing the monitoring image and appended mapping information is transmitted to the external terminal device. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150109443 | Color Harmony Verification System - A system for non-contact color harmony analysis is provided. The system may include an image acquisition system and an image analysis system. One or more cameras may take images of two regions of an object (e.g., a vehicle). The images may be transferred to the image analysis system, which may compare color values from each region and determine a color value difference. The color value difference may be compared to a predetermined threshold value to identify a possible color mismatch. The system may be used to analyze color harmony of adjacent vehicle components, for example, a front fascia and a fender or a rear fascia and a quarter panel. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20140071279 | VEHICLE VIDEO SYSTEM - A vehicle includes a vehicle body defining a cargo area, a display mounted to the vehicle, a first video camera and an image processor. The first video camera is fixedly mounted to the vehicle at a first fixed location in a prescribed orientation relative to the vehicle to capture a video image of the cargo area. The image processor is operatively coupled to the first video camera and the display to process the video image captured by the first video camera and to stream a simulated video overhead view including at least a portion of the cargo area on the display. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20160093944 | ON-VEHICLE RADAR DEVICE AND VEHICLE - An on-vehicle radar device includes a mount and an antenna configured to transmit a transmission wave from an inner side of laminated glass, which includes an innermost glass layer, an outermost glass layer, and an intermediate resin layer, and receive a reflected wave. The antenna includes a transmitting antenna. When the mount is mounted on a bracket, the incident angle of the transmission wave on the innermost glass layer is greater than a Brewster angle on the inner surface of the innermost glass layer, and the incident angle of the transmission wave on the outermost glass layer is less than or equal to a Brewster angle between the outermost glass layer and the intermediate resin layer. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20140354817 | TRAFFIC SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING DRIVER VISIBILITY - Embodiments described herein comprise a system and method for improving visibility of a roadway using an improved visibility system. The method comprising receiving data from a plurality of fog detectors located proximate a roadway and determining, based on the data from the plurality of fog detectors, that fog is present about the roadway. The method further comprising obtaining, after the determining that fog is present about the roadway, a plurality of images of the roadway by activating a plurality of cameras located proximate the roadway. The method further comprising creating a composite image by combining two or more of the plurality of images, wherein the composite image depicts the roadway unobstructed by fog and transmitting the composite image to a display device located in a vehicle traveling along the roadway. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140092252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANNOTATING VIDEO - A method of providing test data for a vehicle may use the test data to verify the performance of a system in the vehicle under different environmental conditions (such as at night, while it is raining, during high glare conditions, during fog and/or the like). The method entails driving a test vehicle through a selected set of environmental conditions. Environment data, such as, for example, images, are captured while driving the test vehicle. The environment data relates to the environment outside the test vehicle. The environment data may be recorded to a memory. Additionally, environmental condition data relating to the environmental conditions outside the vehicle while it is being driven may be recorded to the memory. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092249 | VEHICLE PERIMETER DETECTION SYSTEM - A perimeter detection system for a vehicle has a plurality of sensors provided on an exterior of the vehicle for sensing an object in a peripheral field of view during motion of the vehicle. The plurality of sensors includes a front sensor configured for sensing substantially forward the vehicle, a rear sensor configured for sensing substantially rearward the vehicle; and a side sensor configured for sensing substantially laterally adjacent the vehicle. The perimeter detection system also has a controller for processing the plurality of sensors to detect the object in the peripheral field of view when the vehicle is stopped, such as when a transmission of the vehicle is in park. An output signal is generated that is indicative of the object detected in the peripheral field of view. The output signal may be audible and visual and may include a door lock signal and a window raising signal. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20150049197 | VEHICLE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN VEHICLE TAIL LIGHTS AND FLASHING RED STOP LIGHTS - An imaging system for a vehicle is provided for distinguishing between tail lights of another vehicle and a flashing red stop light. The system includes an imager configured to image a forward external scene and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images; and a processor configured to receive and analyze the image data to identify red light sources and to further analyze each red light source to determine if the red light source is detected for a predetermined time period. If the red light source is not detected within a predetermined time period after it is detected, the processor determines that the red light source is a flashing red stop light. Otherwise, if the red light source is detected for a predetermined time period, the processor determines that the red light source may be a tail light of another vehicle. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150049192 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING VEHICLE SYSTEM INTEGRATED REMOTE WIRELESS IMAGE CAPTURE - A method for using an integrated wireless image capture system on a vehicle is provided. The method connects to an image capture device over a vehicle-based wireless network; configures operational parameters for the image capture device; and receives image data from the image capture device, wherein the image data is captured by the image capture device in accordance with the configured operational parameters. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20120307061 | Apparatus for identifying threats using multiple sensors in a graphical user interface - A system of imaging and non-imaging sensors are used in combination with a graphical user interface (GUI) system on a vehicle to detect items of interest. In particular, a GUI has been developed that seamlessly integrates high magnification, Narrow Field of View (NFOV) imaging sensors and Wide Field of View (WFOV) imaging sensors. The GUI is capable of displaying both WFOV and NFOV images, gimbal controls, and allow NFOV sensor to be pointed to any location within the wide field of view efficiently by a single touch of a touch screen display. The overall goal is to allow an operator to select which imagery from multiple WFOV sensors to display in order to prescreen regions of interest that require further investigation using sensors with more magnification. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120105643 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - When displaying a peripheral image in the case where a traveling speed of a vehicle is lower than a predetermined threshold value, it is possible to provide a user with a state of a necessary area of the vehicle without switching a display mode. In an image display system, when the traveling speed of the vehicle drops to below a predetermined threshold value such that an operation mode shifts into a front mode, the display mode becomes a front/side mode that simultaneously displays both a front area and a side area of the vehicle at the time that the front mode is started. A screen presented in the front/side mode can respond to various circumstances such as approaching an intersection, passing by another vehicle, and moving a vehicle toward a roadside. Accordingly, a user can monitor a state of a necessary area around the vehicle, without switching the display mode. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110228088 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING AN ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device for monitoring an environment of a vehicle, wherein the environment is captured by means of a plurality of image capturing units, the capture ranges ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120105635 | AUTOMOTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR RECORDING EXCEPTION EVENTS - A motor vehicle system for automatically reporting exception events, comprising: one or more digital cameras, at least one digital camera having a primary function; an image memory system for storing digital images; means for detecting exception events; and a wireless communications system for communicating with a central reporting service. A program memory stores executable instruction for causing a processor to perform the steps of: using at least one of the digital cameras to periodically capture digital images at a specified capture frequency; storing the periodically captured digital images in the image memory for a specified period of time; and receiving input from the means for detecting an exception event. In response to the detection of an exception event a communication link is opened to the central reporting service using the wireless communications system, and one or more of the captured digital images are transmitted to the central reporting service. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110205365 | ROAD MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ROAD - In a road measurement device according to an embodiment, a calibration unit generates formation parameters used for formation of a scale image, from a result of photographing a pattern for calibration by a photographing means. An image obtaining unit obtains a road image from the photographing means every predetermined traveled distance. At this time, a coordinate information obtaining unit associates coordinate information obtained from a coordinate obtaining device, with the road image. A scale forming unit selects appropriate ones of the formation parameters based on a height and an angle formed by the direction parallel to the road surface which are obtained by a photographing height and angle obtaining unit from a photographing height and angle measuring unit, and generates a scale image using those formation parameters. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205363 | Boundary line detection system with improved detection-performance - In a boundary line detection system installed in a vehicle, an edge-point extracting unit extracts a plurality of edge points from an image of a road. A noise determining unit determines whether a number of edge points in the plurality of edge points are aligned in a direction corresponding to a vertical direction of the road. The number of edge points have an interval therebetween equal to or smaller than a preset interval. When it is determined that the number of edge points are aligned in the direction corresponding to the vertical direction of the road with the interval of the number of edge points being equal to or smaller than the preset interval, the noise determining unit determines that the number of edge points as noises. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20140307095 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH COLOR CORRECTION - A vision system for a vehicle includes a color camera disposed at a vehicle and having an exterior rearward field of view. The color camera includes an imaging array of photosensing pixels and at least one color filter disposed at or in front of at least some of the photosensing pixels. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the color camera. Processing of captured image data by the image processor includes utilization of a color correction algorithm that includes a color correction matrix. The color correction matrix algorithm may utilize a 3×3 color correction matrix. The color correction algorithm may include a color correction matrix algorithm and a histogram algorithm that function to determine a color correction for the captured image data. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140354818 | Vehicle Service System Optical Target Assembly Calibration - A machine vision vehicle wheel alignment system for acquiring measurements associated with a vehicle. The system includes at least one imaging sensor having a field of view and at least one optical target secured to a wheel assembly on a vehicle within the field of view of the imaging sensor. The optical target includes a plurality of visible target elements disposed on at least two surfaces in a determinable geometric and spatial configuration which are calibrated prior to use. A processing unit in the system is configured to receive at least two sets of image data from the imaging sensor, with each set of image data acquired at a different rotational position of the wheel assembly around an axis of rotation and representative of at least one visible target element on each of the two surfaces, from which the processing unit is configured to identify said axis of rotation of the wheel assembly. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354815 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance device ( | 12-04-2014 |
| 20120033078 | HANDLING ASSISTANT APPARATUS FOR TWO-BODY CONNECTED VEHICLE - A handling assistant apparatus for two-body connected vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus is applied to a two-body connected vehicle including a tractor and a trailer, the tractor and the trailer having different turn radius. A static signal acquisition means acquires static signals of the tractor and the trailer. A moving orientation signal acquisition means acquires moving orientation signals of the tractor and the trailer. A video signal acquisition means acquires original video signals. An angle acquisition means is mounted at the joint point of the tractor and the trailer and acquires an angle signal between the moving orientations of the tractor and the trailer. A dynamic signal generation means generates dynamic signals of the tractor and the trailer based on the original video signals, the static signals, the moving orientation signals and the angle signal. The dynamic signal reflects a prediction of the moving orientation and a position of the tractor and the trailer. A dynamic signal presentation means presents the dynamic signal. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20160114887 | AMPHIBIOUS VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING UNMANNED SYSTEM AND FLYING CAR WITH MULTIPLE AERIAL AND AQUATIC FLIGHT MODES FOR CAPTURING PANORAMIC VIRTUAL REALITY VIEWS, INTERACTIVE VIDEO AND TRANSPORTATION WITH MOBILE AND WEARABLE APPLICATION - Provided is an amphibious vertical takeoff and landing unmanned device comprising a modular and expandable waterproof body, a chassis, an outer body shell, a propulsion system, a propeller protection system, a surface skidding material platform, a landing system, control surfaces, a ballast, an onboard air compressor, an onboard electrolysis system, a waterproof through-body wire or antenna feed-through, a single- or multiple-axis tilt-motor device, a tilt fuselage device, a tilt wing device, a battery, a power distribution board, a Global Positioning System module, a lost model alert, a cooling device, a detachable impact absorbing skin or shell, vision aiding and orientative lights, hatches, quick connect payloads, a lap counter for racing, a flat or inclined launch platform or footing, claws, an apparatus for externally attaching and internally housing the cargo, a charging station, a partial vacuum device, a manually or automatically deployable parachute, and an onboard or ground station electricity generator. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160375829 | Display System For Vehicles, In Particular Commercial Vehicles - A display system for environment regions of a vehicle having at least an image capturing unit, which is arranged on the vehicle in a housing that protrudes outward from the vehicle, a processing unit, a display unit providing and outputting vehicle environment information captured by the image capturing unit to the driver of the vehicle, and a capturing device for capturing the position of the image capturing unit, thereby enabling the driver to identify the position of the image capturing unit with regard to the vehicle environment. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20140176716 | TRAILER LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM - A lane departure warning system has a trailer detector for detecting that a trailer is attached to a vehicle, a lane boundary detector for detecting a position of a lane boundary on a roadway over which the vehicle is travelling, and an information processor including a calibrator for generating calibration parameters used in determining an unintended lane departure event with respect to the lane boundary. The information processor initiates a process for allowing an operator to provide trailer width information when the trailer detector indicates that the vehicle is towing a trailer. The lane departure warning system also includes a sensor for detecting a hitch angle between the vehicle and the trailer. A controller determines a lateral offset of the trailer relative to the vehicle based on the hitch angle and a length of the trailer for generating a warning signal when the lateral offset crosses the lane boundary. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20100002080 | CAR-MOUNTED IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - A car-mounted image recording apparatus comprises an imager operable to take a moving image of outside scene of a vehicle, an image quality controller operable to determine importance of present position of the vehicle, and controlling image quality of the moving image on the basis of the importance, and an image recorder operable to compress the taken moving image so as to obtain image quality controlled by the image quality controller, and record the compressed image in a recording medium. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20130194424 | EXPOSURE CONTROLLER FOR ON-VEHICLE CAMERA - An exposure controller for an on-vehicle camera mounted on a vehicle is capable of performing exposure control such that a predetermined subject such as a lane marker can be imaged with a constant contrast regardless of variation of peripheral brightness and directions of the variation. An exposure controller images information imaged by an imaging part based on a second exposure property having linearity, the second exposure property being obtained by converting a first exposure property having non-linearity, calculates a target density value with which pixels in a window set in the image are to be imaged based on brightness values corresponding to density values of the pixels in the window, sets a third exposure property for obtaining the calculated target density value, and performs imaging with the set third exposure property. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20090295921 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING PHOTOGRAPHABLE RANGE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA - A vehicle-mounted pickup device measures an image pickup movable range of a camera mounted inside a vehicle based on a video signal obtained by picking up images with the camera, while changing (rotating) the image pickup direction of the camera in the yaw direction. The vehicle-mounted pickup device can increase a degree of freedom in selecting the instillation position of the camera inside the vehicle. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100245580 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECT, MODULE FOR DRIVER'S SEAT, AND MOBILE OBJECT - A DPF-ECU ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245579 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE - A camera is fixed in the mirror case of a door mirror downwardly in such a way that the front-rear wheels of a vehicle and the bottom edges of the sides of the vehicle (bottom portion) fit in view regardless of the state in which the door mirror is placed. The lower ends of the sides of the vehicle on a distortion corrected image is detected and a direction ( | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100188507 | ROAD LANE MARKER DETECTION APPARATUS AND ROAD LANE MARKER DETECTION METHOD - A road lane marker detection apparatus includes an imaging portion that captures an image of the road surface such that a first road lane marker and a second road lane marker are captured in the image; a feature point obtaining portion that obtains feature points of the road lane markers; a storing portion that stores the feature points obtained; and a lane marker detecting portion that detects the road lane markers. The storing portion includes a first storage area in which the feature points of the first road lane marker are stored and a second storage area in which the feature points of the second road lane marker are stored. The number of feature points able to be stored in the first storage area and the number of feature points able to be stored in the second storage area are set independently of one another. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20120026331 | Seat Belt Usage Indication - The invention provides notification externally of a vehicle that the vehicle's seatbelts are not being used or are being used improperly. In a first embodiment, an external lamp is connected to a seat belt interlock. If a seat belt is being used properly during vehicle operations, the external lamp will not be illuminated, but if the seat belt is not being used or is being used improperly during vehicle operations, the external lamp will be illuminated. In a second embodiment, a transmitter generates a signal if a seat belt is not being used or is being used improperly during vehicle operations. The signal is transmitted to a receiver that is in electrical communication with a camera in the immediate vicinity. Upon receipt of such a signal, the camera and a video recorder will be activated and a visual image or a sequence of visual images of the vehicle will be taken and recorded. In a third embodiment, a transmitter generates a signal if a seat belt is not being used or is being used improperly during vehicle operations. A law enforcement vehicle such as a police car includes a receiver adapted to receive the signal and an annunciator. When the receiver receives a signal, the annunicator will be activated and a law enforcement officer in the police car will be notified that a vehicle is being operated nearby in violation of the seatbelt-usage laws. Consequently, the law enforcement officer will be able to locate the vehicle and take appropriate enforcement action. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20160119587 | VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle object detection system includes a vehicle body structure, a sensing device, a video display and a controller. The vehicle body structure defines a passenger compartment and has an underside section a predetermined height above ground. The sensing device detects height of an object within a prescribed area adjacent to the underside section as the vehicle body structure approaches the object. The video display is viewable from within the passenger compartment and displays images representing the prescribed area adjacent to the underside section of the vehicle body structure. The controller is configured to process object information received from the sensing device in order to determine the height of the object, and display images on the video display representing the object along with a representation of the height of the object relative to the underside section and images representing the underside section of the vehicle. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119539 | VEHICLE OBJECT MONITORING SYSTEM - An object detection system is configured to detect location of an object proximate a first surface of a vehicle. A beacon is configured to be positioned and repositioned relative to the vehicle. A controller is configured to process data from the object detection system and position data from the beacon. The controller is configured to define a first zone of interest relative to the first surface of the vehicle body structure without the beacon and further process object location data from the object detection system and output the object location data to the display relative to the first zone of interest. The controller determines current location of the beacon relative to the first surface of the vehicle body structure, defines a second zone of interest relative to the beacon and outputs the object location data to a display relative to the second zone of interest. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119527 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM CAMERA WITH DUAL FILTER - A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera having a field of view exterior of the vehicle when disposed thereat. The camera includes a lens and an imager. A filter is disposed at one of the lens and the imager. The filter (i) substantially passes visible light within a first spectral band of light, (ii) substantially passes near infrared light within a second spectral band of light, and (iii) substantially attenuates light within at least a third spectral band of light. The third spectral band of light is between the first and second spectral bands of light and the filter may substantially attenuate light within a spectral band of light having wavelengths greater than the wavelengths of the second spectral band of light. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119514 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA - A front imaging portion captures the front side of a vehicle. A rear imaging portion captures the interior or the rear side of the vehicle. A casing houses the front imaging portion and the rear imaging portion. A heat sink is located between the front imaging portion and the rear imaging portion in the casing to radiate heat inside the casing. A fixing portion is located on the outer surface of the casing and between a first end and a second end of the heat sink and separated from the heat sink to fix the casing to the vehicle. An intake is located adjacent to the fixing portion at the first end to be open toward the heat sink. An outlet is located adjacent to the fixing portion at the second end to be open toward the heat sink while facing the intake with the fixing portion interposed therebetween. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119511 | Test Device for Carrying Out Examinations on a Test Body - A testing device for carrying out investigations on a test body, which testing device comprises a rail guide with a slide unit coupled to a drive unit for acceleration, on which slide unit the test body is arranged, wherein the drive unit is connected to a control unit and at least one image capturing unit is provided for capturing image data of the test body. The at least one image capturing unit is arranged on a further slide unit, which is arranged on a further rail guide running parallel to the rail guide of the slide unit of the test body, wherein the further slide unit of the at least one image capturing unit comprises a separate drive unit for accelerating the further slide unit, which drive unit is connected to the control unit. Further, embodiments of the invention relate to a use of such a testing device. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119509 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA DEVICE AND IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM - A camera module captures an image of an area ahead of a vehicle. A control circuit board performs a recognition process to recognize conditions ahead of the vehicle, and performs at least two vehicle control processes from among a lane departure warning process, a headlight control process, and a forward collision avoidance process. A housing accommodates the camera module and the control circuit board. A bracket fixes the housing to the windshield of the vehicle, and has an opening permitting the housing and the windshield to face each other in a state where the housing is fixed to the windshield via the bracket. A hood covers the camera module. A first thermally conductive member is provided being in contact with the housing and the windshield in the opening formed on the bracket. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20130321633 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A display system of a vehicle includes a windshield of a vehicle, an interior rearview mirror assembly, an assembly disposed at an upper region of the windshield, and a display device disposed at the assembly. The upper region of the windshield includes a display region. The display device is operable to project a mirror image of display information towards and onto the display region of the windshield for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The display information is viewable at the display region of the windshield and is viewable and discernible by the driver of the vehicle when the driver is normally operating the vehicle. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321629 | DYNAMIC GUIDELINE OVERLAY WITH IMAGE CROPPING - A method for dynamically registering a graphic upon a cropped image obtained from a camera device includes capturing an original image obtained from the camera device. Intrinsic calibration information for the camera device, extrinsic information for the camera device and vehicle information are monitored. The cropped image is generated based on cropping parameters to exclude undesirable content from the original image. The intrinsic calibration information is adjusted based on a relationship to the cropping parameters. The graphic is dynamically registered upon the cropped image based on the adjusted intrinsic calibration information for the camera device, the monitored extrinsic information for the camera device and the monitored vehicle information. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321628 | VEHICLE COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle collision warning system and method that alerts a driver of an impending collision by displaying enhanced video of an upcoming road segment, where the enhanced video includes an in-path object that is highlighted so that it stands apart. In one exemplary embodiment, the system and method receive video of an upcoming road segment from a forward-looking vision system, obtain certain collision data for an in-path object, and then use the video and the collision data to provide enhanced video to a visual display that is seen by the driver. The enhanced video may include an in-path object that is highlighted according to the collision data (e.g., highlighted with a color-coded scheme where the in-path object changes color based on time-to-collision data) so that it stands apart from the rest of the upcoming road segment. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321627 | ROAD DEPARTURE SENSING AND INTELLIGENT DRIVING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A Road Departure Sensing and an Intelligent Driving System which uses near-infrared illumination to collect a continuous sequence of images from an area ahead of a moving vehicle, measure the distance to potential obstacles or obstructions, calculate the potential for collisions, detect the edges of a road or path or changes in the surface texture of a driving surface, and warn a vehicle operator in advance of the vehicle departing the drivable surface or communicate with an unmanned vehicle navigation system to sense and supply real-world navigational data. The unmanned vehicle navigation system can be integrated with existing civilian or military vehicles to provide autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle operation. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20150109444 | VISION-BASED OBJECT SENSING AND HIGHLIGHTING IN VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A method of displaying a captured image on a display device of a driven vehicle. A scene exterior of the driven vehicle is captured by an at least one vision-based imaging and at least one sensing device. A time-to-collision is determined for each object detected. A comprehensive time-to-collision is determined for each object as a function of each of the determined time-to-collisions for each object. An image of the captured scene is generated by a processor. The image is dynamically expanded to include sensed objects in the image. Sensed objects are highlighted in the dynamically expanded image. The highlighted objects identifies objects proximate to the driven vehicle that are potential collisions to the driven vehicle. The dynamically expanded image with highlighted objects and associated collective time-to-collisions are displayed for each highlighted object in the display device that is determined as a potential collision. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20140184797 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING VEHICLE DRIVING STATE - A system is adapted for detecting a driving state of a vehicle, and is operable to obtain real-time image frames corresponding to a driver of the vehicle for determining if the driver is in a dangerous driving state, to obtain operation information of the vehicle for determining if the vehicle is being operated in a dangerous condition when the driver is unable to be identified by the system, and to provide a notification when the driving state of the vehicle is determined to be dangerous. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20110058039 | SECURITY SYSTEM FOR USE IN HIRED VEHICLES - In accordance with one embodiment, a security system is provided on the vehicle that captures and stores the image (face) of the customer but also documents, using a GPS system, the entry (start) point and the exit (end) point of the ride. All this information can be stored locally and transmitted wirelessly to a remote central database where it is stored and can later be accessed. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20100208076 | IMAGE RECORDING CONDITION SETTING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND DRIVE RECORDER - An object of the invention is to provide an image recording condition setting apparatus, an image recording condition setting method, and a drive recorder that can always set an optimum recording condition in the drive recorder. In particular, the invention provides an image recording condition setting apparatus, an image recording condition setting method, and a drive recorder, wherein the apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving vehicle driving condition information from the drive recorder, determining means for determining recording condition setting information based on the received vehicle driving condition information, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the recording condition setting information, determined by the determining means, to the drive recorder. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20090322879 | Method and device for the detection of defective pixels of an image recording sensor, preferably in a driver assistance system - In a method and an apparatus for detecting defective pixels of an image acquisition sensor, preferably in a driver assistance system, brightness values are evaluated statistically for each pixel while the image acquisition sensor is being operated as intended for image acquisition, at least one comparable parameter being determined for statistical evaluation for each pixel from the ascertained brightness values, and that parameter being compared with at least one predefinable reference value; and a defective pixel being detected when the at least one parameter determined for the relevant pixel meets a predefinable condition with respect to the at least one reference value. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100289899 | ENHANCED VISIBILITY SYSTEM - An enhanced visibility system for utility vehicles is disclosed. The visibility system may enhance an operator's view from the utility vehicle by making an obstruction appear transparent to the operator. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100245572 | Camera Assembly Mounted on Vehicle's Number Plate - A monitoring camera assembly includes a camera portion, a rear housing, and two front housing. The camera portion for sensing image of a object behind a vehicle including a camera body, a camera lens, and two rotational axles. The rear housing is installed on the license plate and support the camera body, including a pair of axle supports and a pair of fixing extensions. The pair of front housings engages one of the two rotational axles of the camera portion and one of the pair of axle supports rotatably, and includes a supporting groove for keeping the rotational axle in place and a first mechanical fastening device for fastening the front housing to the license plate. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20160119586 | REARVIEW OBSTRUCTION CAMERA SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A rearview obstruction camera system provides rearward view if visibility to a driver as a result of cargo impacts a view directly out the rear windshield. Likewise, an occupant(s) sitting in the rear seats can obstruct the view of the driver out the rear the vehicle. In both instances the rearward view is potentially compromised. By using a sensor(s), the rearview obstruction camera system can detect if the line of sight of the driver out the rear of the vehicle is obstructed. If obstructed, the rearview camera captures a live feed of traffic behind a vehicle and the image is displayed in front of the driver (e.g. on the rearview mirror, navigation display, or the like). | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160119518 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION MODULE FOR MOUNTING IN REAR OF VEHICLE - A multifunctional integration module for mounting in rear of a vehicle has a structure in which a rear view camera, a trunk open switch, license lamps, and the like are integrated. The multifunctional integration module includes an integration module case which is mounted, being exposed to the outside, in the rear of the vehicle and is integrally mounted with a rear view camera, a trunk open switch, and license lamps in a predetermined arrangement. The rear view camera is fixedly mounted in the integration module case while exposing a lens through a front of the integration module case, The trunk open switch is pressedly mounted on a bottom surface of the integration module case. The license lamps are mounted at sides of the integration module case to irradiate light. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160375831 | HITCHING ASSIST WITH PAN/ZOOM AND VIRTUAL TOP-VIEW - A system and method for providing visual assistance through a graphic overlay super-imposed on a back-up camera image displayed on, for example, a touch screen for assisting a vehicle operator when backing up a towing vehicle to align a hitch ball with a trailer drawbar coupler. The method includes providing camera modeling to correlate the camera image in camera coordinates to world coordinates, where the camera modeling provides a graphic overlay to include an alignment line having a height in the camera image that is determined by an estimated height of the trailer drawbar coupler. The touch screen also operates as a human-machine interface (HMI) that improves the visual assistance by providing one or more of image panning, image zoom, picture-in-picture (PIP), and a virtual top-down hitch-view. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160375830 | MULTI-CAMERA VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A multi-camera vision system for a vehicle includes a plurality of video cameras having respective fields of view external of the vehicle. Captured image data is provided to and processed at a central data processor in order to detect objects that are within the field of view of at least some of the video cameras. The vehicle is equipped with a sensor system having at least one non-visual sensor that senses sensor data in a region external of the vehicle. The sensed sensor data is provided to the central data processor. A potential hazard present exterior the vehicle is determined to exist via processing at the central data processor of at least one of received image data and received sensor data. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160375833 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH FULL SCREEN VIDEO DISPLAY - An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head having a mirror reflective element, and a video display device behind the mirror reflective element and viewable through the mirror reflective element when activated. The video display device includes a display screen that occupies at least 75 percent of a reflective region of the mirror reflective element. The video display device includes a backlighting array of light emitting diodes for backlighting the display screen, and the backlighting array of light emitting diodes includes a plurality of zones of light emitting diodes, with each zone having at least two light emitting diodes. The zones of light emitting diodes are independently controlled based on the video images being displayed by the video display device. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160375766 | VEHICLE OPERATION ASSISTANCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus for vehicle operation assistance information management may include a vehicle, which may include a primary graphical display portion and a secondary graphical display portion. Vehicle operation assistance information management may include identifying vehicle operation assistance information, identifying an immanency, an urgency, and a utility for the vehicle operation assistance information. The urgency may indicate an advance urgency, and a graphical representation of the vehicle operation assistance information may be presented via the secondary graphical display portion. The urgency may indicate an advisory urgency or a warning urgency, a first portion of a graphical representation of the vehicle operation assistance information may be presented via the primary graphical display portion, and, subsequently, and a second portion of a graphical representation of the vehicle operation assistance information may be presented via the secondary graphical display portion. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20120033080 | MONITORING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a monitoring technique for displaying a low-luminance image of e.g. a dark area in an easily visible manner. The inventive apparatus includes an image capturing unit 10 for capturing an image of an object to be monitored, an inversion condition determining unit 11 for determining whether an inversion condition is satisfied or not based on the visibility of the image captured by the image capturing unit 10, and a display image generating unit 12 for generating a negative/positive inverted image from the captured image when it is determined by the inversion condition determining unit 11 that the inversion condition is satisfied. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120242834 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING SYSTEM - A vehicle periphery monitoring system is provided, in which by matching a behavior of a semitransparent tire image with an operation from a driver's viewpoint, a feeling of strangeness is reduced, an intuitive space perception is assisted and also a moving direction and a behavior of a vehicle can be easily perceived. In a side-view monitor system an image processing controller converts a real camera image including a blind spot into an image to be viewed from a driver's viewpoint to generate a blind spot image, and superimposes a semitransparent vehicle image which is obtained by making a vehicle viewed from the driver's viewpoint semitransparent and a semitransparent tire image which is obtained by making a tire semitransparent and displaying a behavior following a handle operation viewed from the driver's viewpoint on the blind spot image. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20110032359 | SERVER DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, ROAD JUNCTION GUIDANCE SYSTEM, AND ROAD JUNCTION GUIDANCE METHOD - In a server device, each time a photographed image and information related to time of photography are received from one of multiple mobile terminals, a generation processes for generating standard image information based on that image and information related to the time of photography. When generating this standard image information, the generation element generates the standard image information photographed when the moving body passes through that predetermined road junction to satisfy a predetermined speed variation condition. In a mobile terminal, an acquisition element acquires image information from the server device that designates any desired road junction, and, when the moving body passes through that predetermined road junction, a display control element refers to the manner in which the moving body passed through that road junction, and controls a display element to display an image on the basis of that image information. Storage resources are utilized efficiently, enhancing user convenience. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032357 | VEHICLE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A vehicle image processing apparatus includes: a group of cameras; a drawing unit that converts a captured image into an image viewed along a line of sight running from a predetermined position in a predetermined direction; a viewing-line-of-sight changing unit that detects whether a first line of sight is switched to a second line of sight; and a viewing-line-of-sight generation/updating unit that acquires parameters concerning the first and second lines of sight after detecting the switching and generates a parameter which is gradually changed from the parameter of the first line of sight to the parameter of the second line of sight. Moreover, the drawing unit generates, on the basis of the gradually changed parameter, an image which is gradually changed from an image viewed along the first line of sight to an image viewed along the second line of sight. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20100277590 | Construction Machine - [Problem] To provide a construction machine, which can surely perform confirmation of conditions around a machine body upon starting work and can start a prime mover even when obstruction exists around the machine body. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20090290022 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO OF ENTIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCESSING - The present invention relates to a system and method for transmitting video of an entire law enforcement processing. The system includes a portable video storage device provided to be detachably worn on an arbitrary portion on a helmet, goggles, or a body of a law enforcement officer and is configured to store and manage first law enforcement information and to transmit the first law enforcement information. A vehicle-use video storage device is provided on a front and a rear portion of a police vehicle and is configured to compress second law enforcement information, store the compressed second law enforcement information, and transmit the first and second law enforcement information. The police station server generates law enforcement record information by combining the first law enforcement information and the first and second law enforcement information, stores and manages the law enforcement record information, and outputs indexed law enforcement record information. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290021 | REAR SEAT PASSENGER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A rear seat passenger surveillance camera/display system is constructed of an automobile that has a dashboard, a rear seat and a headliner panel; a video camera mounted on the headline panel at a substantially central location with a lens of the camera pointing downwardly; a video display panel mounted on the dashboard for receiving signals from the video camera, displaying an image of the rear seat, and for viewing by the automobile operator; and wiring for supplying electric power to the video camera and the video display panel from a power source in the automobile. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20160381571 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH FORWARD VIEWING CAMERA AND INTEGRATED ANTENNA - A communication system for a vehicle includes an antenna array for transmitting data to at least one other vehicle or structure. A control is operable to adjust a beam transmission of the antenna array responsive to determination of a driving condition of the vehicle. The control may adjust the beam transmission from an omnidirectional beam to a directed beam to enhance the transmission range of the beam. The control may adjust the beam transmission to the directed beam directed rearward of the vehicle responsive to a determination of a highway driving condition. The control may adjust the beam transmission responsive to a determination of at least one of (i) a highway driving condition, (ii) a high traffic driving condition, (iii) an intersection driving condition and (iv) a weather condition at the vehicle. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379063 | OBJECT DETECTING ARRANGEMENT - An object detecting arrangement is configured to detect objects in a field surrounding a vehicle hosting the arrangement. The arrangement comprises an imaging unit configured to capture images of the field. The imaging unit is arranged at the vehicle such that the field is in a direction of at least one of a side of the vehicle, and a rear of the vehicle. The arrangement further comprises a processing unit configured to detect objects in the field. The processing unit is configured to determine an object detecting capability. In addition, the arrangement comprises an illumination unit configured to illuminate the field when the object detecting capability is lower than a first predetermined threshold value. The present disclosure also relates to a lane keeping arrangement, a positioning arrangement and a method of detecting objects. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379070 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a computer configured to serve as a vehicle identifier, a candidate identifier, a cover identifier, and a lamp determiner. The vehicle identifier identifies, from an image captured by an image-capturing unit, a preceding vehicle and a vehicle region occupied by the preceding vehicle. The candidate identifier identifies, as a light-emission source candidate, a candidate determinable as a light-emission source in the identified vehicle region. The cover identifier identifies a cover in the identified vehicle region. The cover covers the light-emission source. The lamp determiner determines whether the light-emission source candidate is a lighted lamp, based on a lighted-state determination threshold and one of the number of pixels and pixel area of the identified light-emission source candidate. The lighted-state determination threshold is based on one of the number of pixels and pixel area of the cover identified by the cover identifier. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379066 | Method and Camera System for Distance Determination of Objects from a Vehicle - Proposed is a camera system and a method for distance determination of objects from a vehicle using two cameras, which capture different and yet at least partially overlapping fields of view, wherein the cameras have differently configured optics and the images of the cameras are used to carry out a distance determination of an object in the overlap region of the cameras. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160379065 | Method and Device for Determining a Roadway State by Means of a Vehicle Camera System - The invention relates to a method and a device for determining a roadway coating by means of a vehicle camera system, and comprises the following steps: | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160381283 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a cart having a first processor and a camera mounted on the cart. The camera photographs an object and generates an image. The first processor corrects focus of the camera based on correction information to bring the camera into focus with the object to be photographed. A second processor: calculates a standard deviation and an entropy based on tone information of pixels in the image, calculates a ratio between the standard deviation and the entropy, compares the ratio and a reference value, determines the correction information based on the comparison result, and provides the correction information to the first processor. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20140043484 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an optical device including manufacturing a first element from a first component, manufacturing at least one second element from a second component, the first and second elements being manufactured with the aid of a two-component injection molding process and at least the first element being designed as an optical element. An optical device, a corresponding image sensor and a corresponding use are also described. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20120113260 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM - A vehicular vision system includes a photosensor array having a forward field of view to the exterior of the vehicle through the windshield of the vehicle. A portion of the photosensor array captures image data representative of an item of interest exterior the vehicle and within the forward field of view. A control is responsive to an output of the photosensor array and includes an image processor for processing the image data. At least responsive to the control analyzing the image data, the image sensing system senses the presence of an object within the field of view of the photosensor array, and the image sensing system, responsive at least in part to sensing the presence of the object, at least one of (i) controls a vehicle system using forward field of view information and (ii) supplements control of a vehicle system using forward field of view information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20130307986 | VEHICLE DRIVING ASSIST DEVICE - Provided is a vehicle driving assist device, said device being capable of reliably and accurately warning any driver, regardless of the perception or skill thereof, to avoid collisions with obstacles. Said driving assist device, which uses a monitor in the vehicle to display images taken of the surroundings of the vehicle, has: an imaging unit that is mounted in the vehicle and takes the aforementioned images; an information-acquisition unit that acquires vehicle-speed information; and an image-processing unit that processes image signals configured by the images outputted from the imaging unit. Said image-processing unit contains an image-superimposition unit that superimposes, onto the taken images, images pertaining to the braking distance corresponding to the vehicle-speed information acquired by the information-acquisition unit. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20110128380 | CAMERA CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A CAMERA - A camera control apparatus which controls an exposure time of a camera that takes a moving image, the camera includes a memory for storing the moving image taken by the camera, an image capturing unit for capturing the moving image from the camera and storing the moving image into the memory, a first candidate generator for generating the first candidate of the exposure time on the basis of a speed of the movable body, a second candidate generator for generating a second candidate of the exposure time on the basis of the moving image stored in the memory, and, a setting unit for selecting a shorter time between the first candidate and the second candidate, and for setting the selected candidate as the exposure time. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20100231717 | IMAGE ADJUSTING DEVICE, IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD, AND ON-VEHICLE CAMERA - An image adjusting device for an on-vehicle camera mounted on a vehicle includes an operations unit configured to input mounting position information regarding a mounting position of the on-vehicle camera on the vehicle; a storing unit configured to store image processing parameters in association with various mounting positions of the on-vehicle camera; a control unit configured to read the corresponding image processing parameters from the storing unit based on the mounting position information input from the operations unit; and an image processing unit configured to process image data obtained by an imaging unit of the on-vehicle camera according to the image processing parameters read by the control unit. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100253781 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MANAGING EVENTS - An event management system, the event management system including: (i) a server, configured to: (a) provide to a control user station of the vehicle a reconnaissance video stream that incorporates at different times video contents received from different vehicle mounted video cameras; to (b) selectively change a security threat mode in response to security data that is received from at least one remote unit which is located on the vehicle; and to (c) provide to the control user station an event focused video stream that includes video content from a group consisting of at least one video camera selected in response to the security threat mode; and (ii) a control user station configured for displaying video content that is received from the server to a user of the event management system. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100208071 | VEHICLE DETECTION DEVICE, VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD, AND VEHICLE DETECTION PROGRAM - Attention is paid on the phenomenon that substantially no direct sun light or no reflected light from surrounding objects is applied, to a vehicle bottom side and tire travel surfaces and the vehicle bottom side and the tire travel surfaces have lower luminance values than all the other portions including the shades of trees or buildings along the road in an on-vehicle camera image. Luminance threshold specifying unit ( | 08-19-2010 |
| 20160379069 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a computer configured to serve as a vehicle identifier, a candidate identifier, a shift amount deriving unit, a candidate remover, and a lamp determiner. The vehicle identifier identifies, from respective captured images, a preceding vehicle and a vehicle region occupied by the preceding vehicle. The candidate identifier identifies, as a light-emission source candidate, a candidate determinable as a light-emission source in the identified vehicle region. The shift amount deriving unit derives a shift amount in a predetermined period of the light-emission source candidate in the vehicle region. The candidate remover removes, from the light-emission source candidate identified by the candidate identifier, the light-emission source candidate in which the shift amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined shift amount threshold. The lamp determiner determines whether the light-emission source candidate, unremoved by the candidate remover, is a lighted lamp. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20100225762 | Method for Providing Driver Information in a Motor Vehicle - A method provides driver information in a motor vehicle, in which method a recording device of the motor vehicle captures an image flow containing images of at least one part of the environment of the motor vehicle. A display unit in the interior of the motor vehicle reproduces at least one image section of the image flow. A display control unit of the motor vehicle automatically modifies the environmental section shown to the driver by reproducing the image section using the display unit. During the reproduction of the image section, in addition to the representation of the environmental section, at least first optical information relating to the position of the environmental section relative to the motor vehicle is output to the driver. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20130100288 | AUDIO/VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for programming and/or charging one or more audio/video devices such that the audio/video devices will be programmed and charged to receive transmitted audio and video signals associated with an event, allowing a user to use the audio/video device to observe the sights and sounds of the event. A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a cart with a docking port for each of a plurality of personal audio/video devices, a charger configured to charge the power source of each personal audio/video display device, and programming logic configured to program each of the personal audio/video devices. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20160375904 | MULTIPLE-PARTS BASED VEHICLE DETECTION INTEGRATED WITH LANE DETECTION FOR IMPROVED COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ROBUSTNESS - Detecting the presence of target vehicles in front of a host vehicle by obtaining, using one or more visual sensors, an image of a field of view in front of a host vehicle and detecting, individually, a plurality of parts of one or more target vehicles in the obtained image. The detected plurality of parts, of the one or more target vehicles, are extracted from the obtained image and paired to form a complete target vehicle from the plurality of parts. The pairing is only performed on selective individual parts that overlap and have similar sizes indicating that they belong to the same target vehicle. A complete target vehicle is detected in response to forming a substantially complete target vehicle. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160090044 | PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS AND PERIPHERY MONITORING SYSTEM - A periphery monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first image data that is captured by a first imaging unit provided on a left side of a vehicle body, and second image data that is captured by a second imaging unit provided on a right side of the vehicle body; and an output unit configured to combine third image data which is generated by rotating, and magnifying or minifying the first image data in such a way that a plurality of left reference points included in the first image data are respectively displayed at pre-set positions, and fourth image data which is generated by rotating, and magnifying or minifying the second image data in such a way that a plurality of right reference points included in the second image data are respectively displayed at pre-set positions, and to output the combined image data. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160090039 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATING VEHICLE INFORMATION - A method of communicating vehicle information, the method includes receiving, via a receiver, notification of an incoming communication from a remote device, capturing with a controller vehicle environment information from at least one onboard vehicle sensor device, transmitting, via a transmitter, the vehicle environment information to the remote device. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20110242323 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - An image pickup device ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20090284599 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND MIRROR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an imaging system comprising at least two sensors surveying one or more fields of vision, at least one imaging sensor chip comprising an array of light-sensitive elements, wherein image information provided by the at least two sensors are projected on the at least one imaging sensor chip. The imaging sensor chip provides dedicated sensor areas, wherein each dedicated sensor area is assigned to one dedicated sensor. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20110018999 | Device for Evaluating the Surface of a Tire - A device for evaluating the appearance of the surface of a tire (P) comprising a color linear camera ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20140028847 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM AND IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD - An image capture system adapted for a movable vehicle is provided. The image capture system includes a camera apparatus, a capture apparatus and a positioning analyzer. The positioning analyzer is adapted for analyzing a traveling direction of the movable vehicle. The capture apparatus is coupled to the camera apparatus and the positioning analyzer to receive image frames taken by the camera apparatus, and captures the image frames according to a cropping window. Further, the capture apparatus decides whether correspondingly adjusts the cropping window for capturing the image frames according to the traveling direction. In addition, an image capture method adapted for an image capture system installed on a movable vehicle is provided. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20110032356 | RECORDING DEVICE FOR A MOVING VEHICLE - A recording device for a moving vehicle includes an image receiving unit, a speed calculating unit, a time unit, a positioning unit and a storing unit. The recording device records outside images when the vehicle moves via a camera lens of the image receiving unit. The speed calculating unit calculates speed using a speed gauge linked to the vehicle. Users can adjust time according to their demand by utilizing a time calculating function built in the time unit. Coordinates of vehicle location are obtained by a positioning unit linked to a satellite. The data mentioned above is stored in the storing unit. The device is installed inside the vehicle before the vehicle is factory assembled. When users start the vehicle, the recording device starts recording. When users turn off the vehicle and leave, the recording device can be re-started by using a switch. The image receiving unit keeps recording images. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20100302370 | METHOD FOR EXAMINING SHOOTING DIRECTION OF CAMERA APPARATUS, DEVICE THEREOF AND STRUCTURE FOR INSTALLING SENSOR - In a test method in which an image photographed by a camera apparatus | 12-02-2010 |
| 20150116494 | OVERHEAD VIEW IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An overhead view image display device includes cameras and that are mounted in a vehicle and capture an image of a vehicle periphery, an image generation unit that converts a viewpoint of the captured image of the vehicle periphery, and compresses an image region of the vehicle periphery toward the vehicle side at a preset compression ratio without using position information of a target present in the vehicle periphery, so as to generate an overhead view image; and a display that displays the generated overhead view image. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20130044218 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - The device for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle is provided with means for detecting objects in the surroundings of the vehicle based on image acquired by an imaging device, display devices for displaying on display screens display images that are produced based on the captured image, and alerting means for alerting a driver of the existence of an object through the display devices when an object is detected. The display devices are placed at a plurality of locations visible from the driver. The alerting means reduces volume of information to be displayed on the display screen of the display device that requires large movement of line of sight of the drive for the driver to recognize the display screen from the reference line of sight that looks straight ahead. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130215272 | ANTI-PIRACY SYSTEM FOR THE MARITIME NAVIGATION IN CRITICAL AREAS, AND DEVICE FOR DATA EXTRACTION FROM ON BOARD SENSORS - The invention concerns a maritime anti-piracy system, for the recognition of suspect watercrafts around one or more co-operating ships to be protected. The system includes a shore-based control system having one or more centres, geographically distributed, with shore sensors for detecting watercrafts surveillance data. The system also includes a central station for collecting and elaborating watercrafts surveillance data and a bi-directional communication network between the one or more centres and the central station, in such a way that the central station be able to send commands to the shore-based sensors. The system also includes a communication system between the one or more centres and the one or more co-operating ships to be protected. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20150329048 | SURROUND-VIEW CAMERA SYSTEM (VPM) ONLINE CALIBRATION - A system and method for providing online calibration of a plurality of cameras in a surround-view camera system on a vehicle. The method provides consecutive images from each of the cameras in the surround-view system and identifies overlap image areas for adjacent cameras. The method identifies matching feature points in the overlap areas of the images and estimates camera parameters in world coordinates for each of the cameras. The method then estimates a vehicle pose of the vehicle in world coordinates and calculates the camera parameters in vehicle coordinates using the estimated camera parameters in the world coordinates and the estimated vehicle pose to provide the calibration. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20140320659 | DRIVE RECORDER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - To reduce manufacturing costs and facilitate analysis of the conditions of occurrence of an accident, a drive recorder includes a vehicle state detector ( | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320657 | Camera Module for Vehicle - A camera module for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a first Printed Circuit Board (PCB) configured to have an image sensor mounted on its surface; a second PCB configured to supply a power source to the first PCB; an outer shield installed to surround the side of the first and the second PCBs and to shield the first and the second PCBs from electromagnetic interference (EMI); and a plurality of support units disposed at positions where the supports units interfere with the first and the second PCBs of the outer shield and configured to support the first and the second PCBs. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320655 | VEHICULAR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING EVENT USING THE SAME - Provided are a vehicular image processing apparatus and a method of processing an event using the same that may prevent unnecessary event records from being generated in a driving state while the vehicular image processing apparatus, for example, a vehicular black box, is performing ordinary recording, and may block event recording to be performed through an impact sensor in an uneven zone, for example, a speed bump zone and a construction zone, thereby increasing data usage and utilization. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20100302369 | SECURITY SYSTEM WITH SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE UNITS - A security system suitable for surveying remote installations or sites containing obstacles is provided. The security system may also be well suited for surveying large areas or focusing in on certain spots in an area to be surveyed. The security system may comprise one or more satellite surveillance units (also called surveillance peripherals or simply satellite units) and a main server unit (also called a main unit). The satellite surveillance units may be deployed in a manner that may facilitate monitoring of locations on such sites that a single surveillance unit, even one comprising several surveillance devices, may not be able to monitor due to the presence of obstacles obscuring or blocking the lines of sight of the surveillance devices. The satellite surveillance units may transmit the results of the monitoring to the main server unit, and the main server unit may receive, process and/or store these results. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20150329045 | VEHCILE DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEM - A vehicle warning system, facing rearward, identifies approaching motor vehicles and warns a cyclist that a vehicle is approaching. The system can be configured for either right hand drive or left hand drive roadways. An image capture module provides images of an approaching vehicle and image recognition software confirms a vehicle is approaching, calculates a relative approach speed, and preserves a video file of the encounter on a storage media device. Additional approaches are saved sequentially in “N” number of video files. When “N” number of video files have been recorded, the next approach video overwrites the oldest saved video minimizing video storage but preserving the last “N” encounters. Warning may be communicated to the cyclist by audio, video, or any combination of the two. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20120268602 | OBJECT IDENTIFYING APPARATUS, MOVING BODY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An object identifying apparatus is disclosed, including: an imaging part, and an object identification processing part. The imaging part receives two polarized lights having a different polarization direction included in light reflected from the object existing in the image pickup area and captures two polarization images. The object identification processing part conducts an identification process for identifying the object existing at a place corresponding to each of multiple process areas in the image pickup area by using the two polarization images captured by the imaging part. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20100302368 | Automobile camera module and method to indicate moving guide line - The present invention relates to a camera module and a method to indicate a moving guide line using the same. The camera module includes a memory for storing guide line images for vehicle traveling traces divided according to a steering angle of the vehicle's handle; an image sensor for photographing a front image or a rear image, and generating an image signal for an image obtained by overlapping the guide line image stored in the memory with the photographed image; a controller (CAN MCU) for receiving steering angle information of the vehicle's handle, extracting a guide line image corresponding to the steering angle from the guide line images, and controlling the image sensor to perform image overlapping; and an image output amp for converting a signal of the image overlapped in the image sensor into an output signal, and transmitting the converted signal to an image display unit through a serial bus network. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110063443 | CRUISING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR AUTO DETECTING AND TRACING SUSPECTED INVADERS - A cruising surveillance system comprises a plurality of wireless beacons and an unmanned vehicle. Each of the wireless beacons emits a unique wireless sequential signal. The unmanned vehicle is equipped with an infrared object sensor, a video camera recorder, a wireless transceiving unit, a central processing unit, a driving unit, and a power supply unit. The central processing unit compares the wireless sequential signal received from the wireless transceiving unit, and makes the driving unit to move the unmanned vehicle to cruises along a route defined by the wireless beacons. When the object sensor detected a suspected object, the central processing makes the driving unit to move the unmanned vehicle to approach thereto, and makes the video camera recorder to record the suspected object, and transmits a video recording of the suspected object to a surveillance center via the wireless transceiving unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20130242098 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION SYSTEM - A traffic information system includes first vehicles equipped with first optical sensor means. An image of an environment of the first vehicles is generated with the first optical sensor means and includes as associated image attributes: a current position of the first vehicles at which the image was generated, a time at which the image was generated, and a viewing direction with which the image was generated. The image and the associated image attributes of the environment of the first vehicles are communicated to a network and the image and the associated image attributes are at least buffered in the network. A second vehicle comprises a utilisation device that includes an input means and a display means. An image relating to a position POI in a road transport network is retrieved via the utilisation device from the network and the image is displayed on the display means. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20150077565 | REAR VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A camera vision system for a vehicle includes a rear backup video camera operable to capture video images rearward of the vehicle during a rear backup maneuver of the vehicle. A display device is operable to display video images captured by the rear backup video camera when the vehicle is shifted into reverse gear and the display continues during short term forward movement of the vehicle. An overlay is displayed with the video images to assist the driver during the rear backup maneuver. The display device is operable to display video images with a display intensity greater than 200 candelas/sq. meter. A control includes an image processor that image processes video images to detect objects that are within the rearward field of view of the rear backup video camera. The image processing by the image processor of captured video images includes use of an edge detection algorithm. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077564 | Indoor Producing of High-Resolution Images of the Commonly Viewed Exterior Surfaces of Vehicles, Each with the Same Background View - Disclosed is an apparatus and a process for producing and viewing through the internet high-resolution images of the commonly viewed exterior surfaces of a vehicle, while maintaining the same background view for multiple images of the vehicle. The background and the imaging device are revolved around a vehicle which is maintained in fixed position between the background and the imaging device. There can be two or more opposed imaging devices and two or more opposed displays. The vehicle does not need to be rotated or moved during the imaging. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077562 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALIZING THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A method for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle, including the following steps: determining and storing an instantaneous distance between the vehicle and present obstacles in the surroundings of the vehicle with the aid of at least one sensor; determining and storing a present position of the vehicle; calculating an at least two-dimensional model of the surroundings from the stored data; calculating a virtual view of the model of the surroundings from a selected virtual observer position; recording a video depiction of at least a portion of the surroundings with the aid of at least one video camera and integrating the video depiction into the virtual view; and outputting the virtual view together with the integrated video depiction to a driver of the vehicle. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077558 | Image-Aided Illumination Assembly and Method - An illumination assembly includes a laser for producing a laser beam of light and an optical fiber disposed adjacent the laser and extending between a beam receiving end for receiving the laser beam of light from the laser and a beam emitting end for emitting the laser beam of light therefrom. A beam splitter splits the laser beam into a target beam and a feedback beam and directs the target beam toward the targeted object. A feedback sensor receives the feedback beam and generates a feedback signal to identify a targeted image portion correlated to the targeted object. A motor is operatively connected to the vehicle with the beam emitting end fixedly secured thereto. A controller receives the feedback signal generated by the feedback sensor and generates a control signal transmittable to the motor to position the beam emitting end of the optical fiber such that the target beam continues to be directed toward the targeted object. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077557 | VEHICLE AUTO-MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM - An automatic control system moves a vehicle so that it can be coupled to an implement. The vehicle has propulsion and steering controls which respond to electronic input signals. A visual target is mounted on the implement. Vehicle mounted cameras generate images of the target. A motion control unit receives and processes the images, and generates vehicle movement commands as a function of the images which are communicated to the propulsion and steering controls. The motion control unit includes a perception engine connected to the cameras, a controller connected to the perception engine, and a vehicle/operator interface which is connected to the controller, and to the propulsion and steering controls. The perception engine captures images from the cameras, un-distorts the images, and searches for the target. If the target is found, the perception engine recovers vehicle posture information and transmits said information to the controller. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150077556 | VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED VIDEO RECORDING - A vehicle system for automated recording may include a controller configured to receive a first sensor input to detect an occupant presence. The controller may communicate with a recording device in response to the sensor input. The recording device may activate in response to a positive occupant presence and deactivate in response to a negative occupant presence. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20130329045 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A REFLECTED LIGHT FROM AN IMAGING DEVICE IMAGE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for removing a reflected light from an imaging device image, including a processor on a controller configured to output at a predetermined interval to a windshield or an imaging device lens, a control signal for controlling an on or off operation of at least one filter; obtain an image photographed by the camera, wherein the camera is installed in a direction toward the windshield of the vehicle, generate a differential image by subtracting a reflected image photographed when the filter is turned on from a general image photographed when the filter is turned off, and obtain a final image by correcting an area corresponding to the reflected image of the differential image based on a blurred image of the differential image. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20090295922 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - A process is repeated in which N state vectors each including, as elements, the position of a camera with respect to a vehicle, the posture of the camera, the width of a lane where the vehicle is driving, and the orientation of the vehicle with respect to the lane are changed according to a predetermined dynamics model, a reference state vector representing the positions of edges of lane marks included in an image captured by the camera is generated when each of the changed state vectors is true, considering the positions of edges of lane marks in the image as an observation vector, the degree of match between the reference state vector and the observation vector is calculated as the weight of the state vector, a weighted average vector of the state vectors is calculated, and N state vectors are resampled on the basis of the calculated weights. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20140063246 | VEHICLE BACK-UP CAMERA CAPABILITY - Implementing vehicle back-up camera capabilities includes receiving, at a computer processor, dimensions of a vehicle extension for a vehicle make and model. The vehicle back-up camera capabilities also include integrating, via the computer processor, the dimensions with image software of a recording system on a vehicle having the vehicle make and model. The vehicle back-up cameral capabilities also include translating the dimensions to scale with a scaling component of the recording system, and overlaying a graphical depiction of the vehicle extension with a recorded image on a display device using translated dimensions. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20100271481 | Maneuver Assisting Apparatus - A maneuver assisting apparatus is arranged on a vehicle that moves on a road surface, and includes a plurality of cameras that capture the road surface from diagonally above. A CPU repeatedly creates a complete-surround birds-eye view image relative to a road surface, based on a plurality of object scene images repeatedly outputted from the plurality of cameras. The created complete-surround bird's-eye view image is reproduced on a monitor screen. The CPU determines whether or not there is a three-dimensional object such as an architectural structure in a side portion of a direction orthogonal to a moving direction of the vehicle, based on the complete-surround bird's-eye view image created as described above. Also, the CPU adjusts a ratio of a partial image equivalent to a side portion noticed for a determining process, to the complete-surround bird's-eye view image reproduced on the monitor screen, based on a determination result. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20140063247 | VIDEO-BASED VEHICLE SPEED ESTIMATION FROM MOTION VECTORS IN VIDEO STREAMS - Automated low-complexity video-based vehicle speed estimation is described, that operates within the video stream to screen video sequences to identify and eliminate clear non-violators and/or identify and select potential violators within a multi-layer speed enforcement system, in which deeper layers provide enhanced accuracy on selected candidate (speeding) vehicles. Video motion vector clusters corresponding to a vehicle are identified and tracked across multiple frames of captured video. Movement of the motion vector clusters translated from pixels per second to real speed (e.g. miles per hour) to determine whether the vehicle was speeding. Estimated speed data is added to the video stream data is metadata, and video segments of candidate speeding vehicles are stored and/or transmitted for subsequent review (e.g. automated or manual). | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140078302 | Backward Movement Indicator Apparatus for a Vehicle - A backward movement indicator apparatus is provided for a vehicle having an alert device. The backward movement indicator apparatus comprises an image capture device arranged to capture image data which is representative of objects in vicinity of the vehicle. The backward movement apparatus further comprises an electronic controller arranged to process the captured image data to provide a signal which is indicative of the vehicle moving backwards. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20160117560 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DETECTION - Systems and methods for detecting objects from a moving platform are provided. The method includes receiving, from a camera coupled to the moving platform, first and second image frames, wherein the second image frame is subsequent in time to the first image frame. Within the first image frame, a first target is defined characterizing the location of an object detected in the first image frame. A first score associated with the first target and a second score associated with the second target are determined, and a first predicted target is determined based on a tracking process applied to the first target. A third score associated with the first predicted target is determined. The method determines a merged target corresponding to the second target when the second score is greater than the third score and a proximity measure between the second target and the first predicted target is above a threshold. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20150312565 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM - A method for calibrating a vehicular vision system includes providing a camera at a vehicle, with the camera having a field of view. Images are captured with the camera and a set of resultant images are acquired for a classification. Information is extracted related to image features in the set of resultant images, and an appropriate subset of coefficients is determined. For each classification, a classification vector of at least one appropriate weight is stored that corresponds to the determined subset of coefficients. The determined subset of coefficients is determined by processing sets of coefficients produced from a selection of calibration images and determining a subset of coefficients which acceptably discriminate between defined classifications. A set of resultant images is acquired by limiting the dynamic range of acquired images to obtain resultant images that include at least one region of interest. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20110242320 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - An image display system makes a range of a region around a vehicle to be shown in a composite image as a subject image in a case where an auxiliary lighting system emits auxiliary light, smaller than that in a case where the auxiliary lighting system does not emit auxiliary light. As a result, an image display system can reduce the number of times when a user has to watch the subject image of an object in a region not illuminated by the auxiliary lighting system. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242319 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - An image processing system temporarily stores, as processing target captured images, captured images whose image-capturing positions are included in a predetermined region. The system calculates similarity degrees of the processing target captured images, selects the processing target captured images whose similarity degrees are different from each other as useful images, and extracts image feature points from each of the useful images. The system generates image feature point data that includes the extracted image feature points, generates reference data used when scenic image recognition is performed by associating the generated image feature point data with an image-capturing position at which the image is captured to obtain the captured image corresponding to the image feature point data, and creates a reference data database. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242318 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BLIND SPOTS OF VEHICLES - A system for detecting blind spots of a vehicle while the vehicle is been driven includes an image capturing device of at least one side mirror, a warning device and a microprocessor. The image capturing device to capture images of the blind spots of the vehicle. Each of the captured images are analyzed to detect whether a moving object exists in the blind spot. A warning signal is generated in response to a detection of the moving object in the blind spots, and causing the warning device to alarm according to the warning signal. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110234806 | MONITOR FOR AUTOMOBILE - A monitor used in an automobile includes an image sensing module, a visual field adjustor, and a display. The image sensing module includes a lens module and an image sensor secured on an emitting light path of the lens module. The visual field adjustor includes a prism made from transparent materials and movably installed in an incident light path of the lens module. When the automobile reverses, the image sensing module cooperates with the visual field adjustor to capture optical image signals, and the display uses the optical image signals to create an image and displays the image. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234805 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - Provided is a device for monitoring the surrounding area of a vehicle. The device separates and extracts an object around the vehicle in better precision from the background. The device detects the ambient temperature of the vehicle, and determines a temperature difference between the ambient temperature and an object surface temperature estimated on the basis of the ambient temperature. On the basis of the brightness value of the background of a captured image obtained by an infrared camera and a brightness difference corresponding to the temperature difference, the brightness value of the object is calculated. The captured image is binarized by using the brightness value of the object as a threshold value, and the object is extracted. Since the binary threshold value is set on the basis of the relation between the ambient temperature and the object surface temperature, the object can be separated and extracted in the better precision from the background. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20150054952 | BACK-SIDEWAYS ALARMING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND ALARMING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a back-sideways alarming system and an alarming control method, which are capable of reducing the generation of a false alarm by detecting a driving road environment of a vehicle and preventing an unnecessary alarm caused by target information generated at a centerline of a road and an outside of a road. The back-sideways alarming system includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire road information of a vehicle; a collecting unit configured to collect target information on targets located around the vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to recognize a lane based on the road information acquired by the image acquiring unit, reset an alarm area according to information on the recognized lane and the road information, and generate an alarm when the target information is located in the reset alarm area. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20140043482 | VEHICLE SECURITY SYSTEM - The vehicle security system contains an image recorder module, a navigation and positioning module, a storage module, at least a security and surveillance module, and a central processing unit. The image recorder module captures at least a target vehicle's image. The navigation and positioning module produces a location coordinate. The storage module stores an electronic map. The security and surveillance module performs identification to the image. The central processing unit receives the image and then produces and stores at least an identification parameter in the storage module. The security and surveillance module then determines if the identification parameter satisfies a preset alarm condition. If the preset alarm condition is satisfied, a warning signal is produced and delivered to the central processing unit which, according to the location coordinate and the electronic map, produces navigation guidance and warning message. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140002657 | FORWARD COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM AND FORWARD COLLISION WARNING METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150334354 | MIRROR ELEMENT FOR VEHICLE - A visor assembly for a vehicle includes a visor element configured to pivotally attach at an interior portion of a vehicle so as to be pivotable between a non-use position, where the visor is disposed along a roof of the vehicle, and a use position, where the visor element is disposed at least partially along a windshield of the vehicle. A vanity mirror reflective element includes a glass mirror substrate and a mirror reflector coating. The vanity mirror reflective element is disposed at the visor element so as to be viewable by a driver of the vehicle when the visor element is pivoted to the use position. The mirror substrate has a rounded perimeter edge that is exposed at the visor element and is viewable by the driver of the vehicle when the visor element is pivotally attached at the interior portion of the vehicle and in the use position. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20120242832 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT MANAGEMENT - A method, data processing system, and computer program product for managing a headlight on a vehicle are presented. An image of an area in front of the vehicle is received. A first set of features is identified in the received image. The first set of features in the received image is compared with a number of sets of features from a plurality of previous images. Each image in the plurality of previous images is associated with a headlight setting. A second set of features from a previous image in the plurality of previous images matching the first set of features in the received image is identified. A determination is made whether to change a setting for the headlight on the vehicle based on the headlight setting associated with the previous image. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20140002650 | WIDE BASELINE BINOCULAR OBJECT MATCHING METHOD USING MINIMAL COST FLOW NETWORK | 01-02-2014 |
| 20130335569 | VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED TRAFFIC-OBJECT POSITION DETECTION - A method is proposed for detecting the position of a target object in the environment of a host vehicle, comprising the steps of
| 12-19-2013 |
| 20100201814 | CAMERA AUTO-CALIBRATION BY HORIZON ESTIMATION - A method for estimating the horizon in an image of a camera to provide camera auto-calibration in the pitch direction. The method includes taking an image of a scene and generating a texture map of the image using horizontal edge detection analysis to locate horizontal edges in the scene. The method also includes providing a motion map by providing image differencing between subsequent images to find areas in the scene with no motion while the vehicle is moving. The texture map and the motion map are combined to identify the areas in the image that do not move and contain horizontal edges. A horizontal projection is generated from the combined map by counting white dots in the map in the horizontal direction. The horizontal projection is smoothed to eliminate noise and the location of the horizon is estimated in the image by identifying the maximum peak in the horizontal projection. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110249118 | APPARATUS, A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR COLLISSION AVOIDANCE - The invention relate to a collision avoidance apparatus ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20130335570 | Pop-up test reference image - An apparatus for deploying test images for a preset period within the field of view of a camera, and having; a panel supporting the test image, and moveable transmission connected with the panel and operable to deploy, and retrieve, the panel. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20160023620 | CAMERA UNIT, VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CAMERA UNIT - Provided is a camera unit, a vehicle, and a method for manufacturing the camera unit. The first wall part of a housing for the camera unit extends parallel to an optical axis or in a slanted manner so as to gradually draw away from the optical axis in the direction from a lens toward a subject. A plurality of projections is disposed on the first wall part in alignment with the optical axis direction. The plurality of projections each have a first surface made up of a flat or curved surface in which the lens side is nearer to the optical axis than the subject side, and a second surface made up of a flat or curved surface in which the lens side is further away from the optical axis than the subject side, or made up of a flat surface parallel to the optical axis. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20150334278 | IMAGER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN IMAGER MODULE - An imager module for a camera system includes a sensor carrier, an image sensor accommodated on the sensor carrier, and an objective lens. An elastically deformable clamping device is tensioned between the objective lens and the sensor carrier. The clamping device is elastically deformable, in particular between regions of the outer surface of the objective lens and the supporting ribs of a receiving depression in a plane that extends essentially orthogonally to an axis of symmetry of the objective lens or an optical axis of the imager module. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20110074957 | Apparatus for Vehicle Surroundings Monitorings - There is provided apparatus for vehicle surroundings monitorings that assists so as to make it possible for a driver to check the periphery of the vehicle with ease. Plural images are obtained by capturing the periphery of the vehicle with mutually differing exposure. A process of image recognition is then performed for a target within the thus obtained images. The images are then compared, and images for which the accuracy of image recognition of the target is favorable are selected from among the images. The selected images are joined and composited to generate a host vehicle periphery composite image. Thus, an image with a wide dynamic range and high visibility is generated, thereby making it easier for the driver to check the periphery of the vehicle. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20130342694 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE OF INTRINSIC IMAGES IN AN AUTOMOTIVE DRIVER-VEHICLE-ASSISTANCE DEVICE - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of arranging a digital camera on a vehicle body, operating the digital camera to provide an image file depicting an image of a scene related to vehicle operation, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic representation of the image and using the intrinsic representation to analyze the scene. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20160073000 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A LASER-BASED LIGHTING SYSTEM - The present invention concerns a method for controlling a laser-based lighting system comprising a scanning mirror arrangement, arranged to be rotatable around two substantially orthogonal axes. The method comprises: (a) a sensor capturing a first image; (b) the sensor sending data representing at least part of the first image to an image generation unit; (c) the image generation unit generating a second image based on the data representing at least part of the first image, wherein the generated second image comprises information representing a feature region in the first image; (d) the image generation unit sending the second image to a projection system controller; and (e) the projection system controller, based on the received second image, controlling the operation of a projection system comprising a laser light source; and a scanning mirror arrangement for receiving the light radiated by the laser light source, and for reflecting the received light to a wavelength conversion element to project the second image. In the method the second image is streamed to the projection controller as an image pixel stream without first saving it in a memory. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20100295945 | Vehicle-Mountable Imaging Systems and Methods - Imaging systems, methods, and vehicles having imaging systems. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20130293712 | BACK-UP CAMERA CAPABILITY THROUGH A VEHICLE-INTEGRATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Back-up camera capabilities through a vehicle-integrated wireless communication device include receiving a triggering event via a control system of a vehicle and activating a back-up function responsive to the triggering event. The back-up function includes sending a request to a wireless communication device to transmit in real-time a recording from a recording component of the wireless communication device to a wireless interface of the control system. The back-up camera capabilities also including receiving the recording from the wireless communication device as a live data stream, transmitting the recording to a display device of the vehicle, and displaying the recording on the display device. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20110043633 | Use of a Single Camera for Multiple Driver Assistance Services, Park Aid, Hitch Aid and Liftgate Protection - The present invention is a system for providing multiple driver assistance services which includes a vehicle having at least one door, and at least one imaging device operable for detecting the presence of one or more objects in proximity to the door for providing all distances between a vehicle and one or more objects in proximity to the vehicle. The imaging device is operable for displaying an image representing the various objects. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20150334271 | Crane Boom Camera Device - A crane boom camera device attaches to a distal end of a boom arm relative to a crane cab for facilitating positioning of the boom arm. The device includes a coupler coupled to a base for coupling the base to a distal end of a boom arm of a crane relative to a body of the crane. A center of gravity of a camera pivotally coupled to the base is offset from a pivot point of the camera and the base such that a lens of the camera faces downward. The camera provides images to be viewed on a monitor showing images of a bucket coupled to the boom arm when the camera is coupled to the boom arm substantially in vertical alignment with the bucket. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150329083 | On-Board Device - An on-board device, that outputs a control signal to a cleaning control unit that controls accumulation removing units used to remove accumulations settled on a photographic lens in an on-board camera by adopting a plurality of methods, includes: an accumulation detection unit that detects an accumulation settled on the photographic lens from a photographic image output from the on-board camera when a vehicle speed input thereto is equal to or higher than a predetermined vehicle speed; a selection unit that selects an accumulation removing unit adopting a first method among the accumulation removing units adopting the plurality of methods; and a removal decision unit that makes a decision, based upon the photographic image, as to whether or not the accumulation has been removed from the photographic lens through a removal operation performed by the accumulation removing unit adopting the first method, which has been selected by the selection unit, wherein: if the removal decision unit decides that the accumulation has not been removed from the photographic lens, the selection unit selects an accumulation removing unit adopting a second method, different from the accumulation removing unit adopting the first method, based upon a number of times that the removal operation has been performed by engaging the accumulation removing unit adopting the first method. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150329049 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND OBJECT DETECTION PROGRAM - An object detection device includes: an imaging unit configured to image the surroundings of a vehicle; a horizontal edge extraction unit configured to extract horizontal edges that are characteristic lines of approximately horizontal direction components in a search region of an image captured by the imaging unit; and a detection object recognition unit configured to recognize a detection object within a recognition region set on the basis of, among the horizontal edges extracted by the horizontal edge extraction unit, a specific horizontal edge satisfying a predetermined condition. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20140340517 | VEHICLE DATA RECORDER, VEHICLE DATA RECORDER SYSTEM AND EMPLOYING METHOD FOR THE VEHICLE DATA RECORDER SYSTEM - A vehicle data recorder fixed to a pair of glasses includes a main body and a fixing element. The main body includes a main portion, a connection rod, and an earphone. The main portion is connected to the connection rod, and the earphone extends from a free end of the connection rod. The fixing element is fixed to the main portion, and a free end of the fixing element is spaced from the main portion. The vehicle data recorder is fixed to the glasses with the fixing element. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340516 | REAR VIEW CAMERA SYSTEM USING REAR VIEW MIRROR LOCATION - A rearward viewing system for an automotive vehicle comprises an image display mounted proximate to a front windshield of the vehicle. An exterior image sensor captures a first image directed externally of the vehicle with a first field of view. An internal image sensor captures a second image directed internally of the vehicle with a second field of view. An image integrator merges the first and second images according to a predetermined alignment of the first and second fields of view, wherein the second image is muted in the merged image so that the first image is emphasized when displayed on the image display. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20100283855 | Method and Device for Traffic Sign Recognition - In a method and a device for traffic sign recognition, at least one significant feature for a traffic sign is determined which is standardized for a region. The region that corresponds to the determined feature is determined. At least one classification feature and/or at least one classification method is defined depending on the determined region for the recognition of the traffic sign and/or at least one further traffic sign. The recognition of the traffic sign and/or the at least one further traffic sign is performed by using the defined classification feature and/or the defined classification method. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120176498 | EXPLOSIVE OR DRUG DETECTION REPORTING SYSTEM - A police tester to detect the presence of a target substance includes a housing adapted to be mounted in a police cruiser; a chemical reservoir insertable into the housing; a test swipe in a disc or an automated cartridge, the test swipe adapted to receive a chemical from the chemical reservoir, the test swipe including one or more chemically treated pads; a camera to capture an image from the test swipe; a processor coupled to the camera to process the image to detect the target substance; and a transmitter coupled to the processor to transmit a test result to a remote computer at a police headquarter. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20110176003 | AUTOMATIC LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE FUNCTION - An automatic lighting system for a vehicle includes an imaging device, an illumination source and a control. The illumination source is directed generally forwardly with respect to a direction of forward travel of the vehicle. The imaging device captures image data and the control processes the captured image data to detect an object of interest generally forwardly and sidewardly of the vehicle. The control is operable to adjust the illumination source in response to detection of an object of interest. The imaging device may be synchronized with flashing of at least one lighting element of the illumination source to capture image data during a time period that the lighting element is being flashed. The control may adjust the illumination source to direct illumination toward an area encompassing a detected object of interest when the object of interest is detected. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20160042235 | THERMOGRAPHIC MODULE FOR PAVERS - A system comprising a temperature measurement device for continuously detecting temperature values of a pavement laid by means of a paver. The system further comprises an image recording unit and an evaluation unit. The evaluation unit is configured to determine an area of the laid pavement as a deviation area, if, based on temperature values detected for the area, one or more deviation criteria are fulfilled, wherein the determination is carried out during laying and in temporal proximity to the detection of the temperature values for the area. The system is additionally configured to generate, making use of the image recording unit, an image assigned to the deviation area. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20130076902 | ROBOTICALLY OPERATED VEHICLE CHARGING STATION - A robotic charging station for charging a battery of an electric vehicle includes a base plate, a riser coupled with the base plate and extending substantially transverse to the base plate, and a robotic arm. The robotic arm extends from the riser and supports an end effector. The end effector includes a plurality of electrical contacts configured to couple with a receptacle disposed on the electric vehicle. The robotic arm is configured to move the end effector in three degrees of motion. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20120314075 | LEFT/RIGHT REARVIEW DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - The present disclosure relates to a side-view and rearview apparatus for a vehicle which may be simply and conveniently employed in place of a conventional rearview mirror. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a side-view and rearview apparatus including a camera | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314074 | SURROUNDING AREA MONITORING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A surrounding area monitoring apparatus, which is built into a vehicle, images the area surrounding the vehicle and detects physical objects in the area surrounding the vehicle based on the image taken. The apparatus determines whether the detected physical object is a pedestrian or an animal, and a warning is given to the driver of the vehicle if the determined physical object is present within a specified area from the vehicle. If it is determined that the detected physical object is an animal and that the animal is present within the specified area, the warning in continued for a specified period even after the animal has left the specified area. Since animals have habits of behaving in a herd, risk of lurking animals can be brought to the driver's attention by the continuation of the warning. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20100245573 | Image processing method and image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus is provided that combines image data captured by multiple cameras and displays the resulting image of surroundings of the vehicle to monitor monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle. The image processing apparatus includes: an image memory; a camera-image acquisition unit; a projection surface geometry manager that manages projection surface geometry information including a set of three-dimensional coordinates for a projection surface that is virtually formed to surround the vehicle; a viewing movement controller that determines viewing information so that a viewpoint and a viewing direction relative to the projection surface are continuously transited according to a given viewing transition regulation; an image converter that projects and combines the image data on the projection surface, and converts the combined image data into two-dimensional image data; a display unit that displays the two-dimensional image data; and a periodic rendering trigger generator that generates a trigger signal to start an image conversion process by the image converter. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20130286204 | MOTOR VEHICLE CAMERA AND MONITORING SYSTEM - A camera that is mounted on a vehicle is used to monitor the vehicle, the driver and the contents therein. The camera includes an external housing, a camera module having a camera lens, a lighting component, a dimmer switch and a transmission medium. The external housing may be made of alloy. The camera module may capture video data and the transmission medium may be coupled to the camera module to transmit the captured video data as a live video stream to an external device. The lighting component included in the fleet camera apparatus may include LEDs and have infra-red capabilities to provide a night vision mode. The dimmer switch is included to control the LEDs' brightness. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20100039514 | System and Method for Image Projection of Operator Data From An Operator Control Unit - A system is provided for projecting images of operator data from an operator control unit. The system includes an imaging device configured to collect and transmit one or more visual images of a portion of a locomotive (or other vehicle) or an area surrounding the locomotive. In addition, the system includes an off-board operator control unit configured to receive the one or more visible images from the imaging device and comprising a projector configured to project the received one or more images onto a substrate. Additionally, a method for projecting images of operator data from an operator control unit is provided. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20160039358 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - An in-vehicle camera is provide which has a case and a lens, and which is attached in a vehicle interior so that the lens is exposed at a top face of the case and the top face is opposed to a windshield or another window. The top face has an angular shape bent at a ridge line passing through the top face. The lens is positioned in the vicinity of the ridge line. The in-vehicle camera includes a hood attached to a front portion of the case, the front portion being positioned at a front side of the case with respect to the lens. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20130258108 | Road Surface Shape Recognition System and Autonomous Mobile Apparatus Using Same - Disclosed is a road surface shape recognition system adapted to recognize a shape of a road surface and obstacles present thereupon, even when the road surface is illuminated with extraneous light of a plurality of wavelengths from illumination lamps, street lamps, electric signboards, and the like. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140247348 | VIRTUAL RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH IN-CAR CONCIERGE DEVICE - A virtual rent-a-car system and method with an in-car device and related systems and methods are disclosed for providing customer service interactions, tools, and entertainment to a vehicle rental customer. The functions of the in-car device include, for example, navigational assistance, local recommendations, driving condition alerts, itinerary management, vehicle comfort controls, and entertainment media play controls. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20160071415 | PARKING SPACE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND PARKING SPACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A parking space recognition apparatus includes an onboard camera, a wireless receiver, and a parking space determination portion. The onboard camera is mounted to a first vehicle and captures a peripheral image around the first vehicle. The wireless receiver is mounted to the first vehicle and receives a parking-space related information that is transmitted from an outside of the first vehicle. The parking space determination portion is mounted to the first vehicle and determines a parking space to park the first vehicle on a basis of the peripheral image and the parking-space related information. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20120033074 | Method and device for determining a valid lane marking - The invention relates to a method and a device for determining a valid lane marking ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20150332114 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CURB DETECTION AND PEDESTRIAN HAZARD ASSESSMENT - A detection system for a vehicle is provided. The detection system may include at least one image capture device configured to acquire a plurality of images of an area forward of the vehicle, the area including a curb separating a road surface from an off-road surface and a data interface. The detection system may also include at least one processing device programmed to receive the plurality of images via the data interface, and determine a plurality of curb edge line candidates in the plurality of images. The at least one processing device may be further programmed to identify at least one edge line candidate as an edge line of the curb. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20140285662 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: acquire image data, and extract a corner point from the image data, based on brightness information of plurality of pixels in image data, the corner point corresponding to a pixel arranged in a first edge of a horizontal direction and a second edge of the vertical direction, when a number of pixels arranged in each of the first and second edges is more than certain value. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20150332099 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting Precipitation for a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting precipitation on a windscreen for a motor vehicle, the apparatus comprising a camera device, which is designed such that it records a first image at a first moment and a second image at a second moment following the first moment, a comparison device, which is designed such that it produces a first comparison image by comparing the first image with the second image, and an image detection device, which is designed such that it identifies objects on the first comparison image. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20130278769 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH ACCELERATED OBJECT CONFIRMATION - A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera and an image processor. The camera has a forward field of view exterior of the vehicle. The image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. At least one device is operable to detect objects that are present forward of the vehicle and outside of the forward field of view of the camera. The device may include at least one of (i) a sensor, (ii) an element of a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system and (iii) an element of a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication system. Responsive to detection of the object being indicative of the object about to enter the field of view of the camera, the image processor anticipates the object entering the field of view of the camera and, upon entering of the field of view of the camera by the object, the image processor detects the object. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANCY DETECTION USING SMART ILLUMINATION - A multi-view imaging system for Vehicle Occupancy Detection (VOD) including a gantry mounted camera and illuminator to view the front seat of vehicles, and a roadside mounted camera and illuminator to view the rear seat of vehicles. The system controls the illuminator units to preserve/maximize bulb life, thus reducing the service cost of the system. In one embodiment, a target vehicle's license plate is read. If the vehicle is on a pre-approved list to use the HOV lane, then no further interrogation of the vehicle is performed. If the vehicle is not on the pre-approved list, then the front seats are interrogated by a camera and illuminator located on an overhead gantry as the vehicle continues down the highway. If the front seat analysis indicates that the passenger seat is not occupied, then the system interrogates the rear seats using a separate camera and illuminator located on the roadside. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20100277589 | Internal(inside) automobile side rearview mirrors for the rearview of left and right side of the vehicle mounted on the both sides of dash board, which are to replace the external(outside) side (rearview) mirrors mounted on the both sides of the front doors of the vehicle or on the body of the vehicle and thus minimize the risk of getting the side mirror being smashed/damaged by other passing by vehicle and maximize the side rearview for changing the lane and help avoid making the hazardous decision while driving - Computerized internal side rearview mirrors showing the wider angle of both sides and rear of the vehicle with additional function of alerting the driver when trying to change the lane at the risk of accident. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20150035983 | METHOD AND VEHICLE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE WARNING AND/OR FOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT A COLLOSION OF A VEHICLE BODY PART AND/OR OF A VEHICLE WHEEL WITH AN OBJECT - A method for active warning and/or for navigation assistance to prevent a collision of a vehicle body part and/or of a vehicle wheel with at least one curb and/or another similar object, the at least one object being recognized based on an evaluation of the images of the vehicle surroundings recorded with the aid of at least one camera situated on the vehicle, and an active warning being issued and/or an active intervention in the vehicle dynamics being carried out when a possible collision exists between a vehicle body part and/or a vehicle wheel and the at least one recognized object. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20140247350 | TRACKING SYSTEM - The present invention is related to a tracking system, comprising at least one driver and a master control device having a camera module. The driver and the master control device are each allowed to detect spatial change of body, so as to generate a first/second spatial motion data, respectively. A relative spatial motion data between the master control device and the driver is calculated according to the first/second spatial motion data. The spatial location of the master control device is adjusted or the rotation angle/focal length of the lens of the camera module is adjusted according to the relative spatial motion data, so that the master control device is capable of approaching the driver and the camera module is allowed to focus on the driver. Thus, the master control device of the present invention is allowed to track the driver for monitoring without the need for manual operation. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247354 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-CAMERA VISION SYSTEM - A calibration system for a multi-camera vision system of a vehicle includes a plurality of calibration targets disposed at an area at which the vehicle is positioned for a calibrating procedure. The calibration targets may include a patterned array of markings, such as colored or black/white or shaded markings or dots, disposed at forward, rearward and/or sideward regions of the vehicle. The control is operable to process image data captured by the cameras and, responsive to processing of captured image data, the control is operable to determine a particular local pattern of markings of the respective calibration target to determine the position of the respective calibration target relative to the camera that is imaging that target. Responsive to processing of captured image data, the calibration system is operable to calibrate the multi-camera vision system of the vehicle. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20100321496 | CLASSIFICATION OF THE VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT - A method for a motor vehicle for the predictive classification of a future vehicle environment and its lighting conditions. To this end, a camera system is oriented with respect to a region ahead of the vehicle. A sequence of images is recorded. In a predefined central image detail, the change of brightness per unit of time and/or distance is determined and this is used to infer the environment ahead of the vehicle. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20150054956 | MICROCOMPUTER, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DATA TRANSFER DEVICE - A microcomputer is provided, which can load data of different areas in parallel and transfer the loaded data to a storage circuit. The microcomputer includes a CPU to control a DRIs each of which loads image data of a prescribed area out of image data inputted from a camera and transfers the image data to a memory blocks, and the DRIs each of which transfers image data of respectively different area out of the image data inputted from camera to the memory blocks. Therefore, it becomes possible to load image data of different areas in parallel and to transfer the loaded image data to the memory blocks. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20130265430 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A FIELD IN WHICH TO CAPTURE AN IMAGE - An image capturing apparatus and a method for adjusting a field in which to capture an image are provided for use with a vehicle. The apparatus comprises a support structure, an image capturing body, and a reacting element. The support structure includes a securing base to be secured to the vehicle, a connecting part connected to the image capturing body, and an orientation adjustment structure adjustable to change an orientation of the connecting part relative to the securing base. The image capturing body includes a processing unit configured to generate an event signal upon judging that the image does not conform with a predefined condition. And the reacting element is disposed on the support structure or the image capturing body and is configured to receive the event signal or be activated by the event signal. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265427 | VEHICLE VIDEO RECORDER MODULE - A vehicle video recorder module has an enclosure, a power supply circuit board, an isolation shield, an image recording circuit board, a lens and a connector. The enclosure has a rear base and a front cover connected to each other. The power supply circuit board, the isolation shield and the image recording circuit board are mounted inside the enclosure. The isolation shield is mounted around the power supply circuit board and the image recording circuit board. The lens is mounted on the front cover. The connector is connected to the rear base and is electrically connected to the power supply circuit board and the image recording circuit board. The structural design of the vehicle video recorder module can prevent electromagnetic interference, enables a stable operation and provides better waterproof performance. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265426 | SMARTPHONE AUGMENTED VIDEO-BASED ON-STREET PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method and a system for automating parking payment includes receiving video data in a sequence of frames provided by a video capture device observing a parking area. The method includes detecting a vehicle in the parking area using the video data. The method further includes receiving information of a vehicle in the parking area provided by a user device. The method includes comparing the characteristics of the detected vehicle with the information from the user device. In response to the characteristics of the detected vehicle being a match to the information sent from the user device, the method includes tracking the detected vehicle across the sequence of frames. The method includes computing a duration that the detected vehicle remains stationary using the tracking. The method includes computing an amount for charging the associated user device based on the duration. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265425 | IDENTIFYING AND CONFIGURING CONTROLS ON A CONTROL PANEL - A method includes receiving, at a processor from a camera, image data associated with a control panel. The method also includes presenting one or more images at a display. The one or more images are generated based on the image data. The method includes determining a location of a first control of the control panel based on the image data and based on control settings data. The method includes providing an indication of the location of the first control at the display, and providing an indication of a desired configuration of the first control at the display. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265424 | RECONFIGURABLE CLEAR PATH DETECTION SYSTEM - A reconfigurable clear path detection system includes an image capture device and a primary clear path detection module for determining corresponding probability values of identified patches within a captured image representing a likelihood of whether a respective patch is a clear path of the road. A plurality of secondary clear path detection modules each are used to assist in identifying a respective clear path of the traveled road in the input image. One or more of the secondary clear path detection modules are selectively enabled for identifying the clear path. The selectively enabled secondary clear path detection modules are used to identify the clear path of the road of travel in the input image. A fusion module collectively analyzes the clear path detection results of the primary clear path detection module and the selectively enabled secondary clear path detection modules for identifying the clear path in the input image. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20100013929 | Event Data Recorder with Lane Departure Warning Function - An event data recorder with a function of lane departure warning is revealed. The device combines a LDWS (Lane Departure Warning System) with a EDR (Event Data Recorder). The LDWS uses at least one image sensor to capture road images that are sent to a DSP for being processed and identified. The EDR uses image/audio sensors to capture images in front of the car and/or sounds of surrounding. The data is sent to a recorder and is compressed for being saved into a storage device. Thus the device not only has both functions of the EDR as well as the LDWS, it further records vehicle signals, numbers of lane departure issues, and surrounding conditions of car accidents for finding out human or vehicle faults that cause the accident. Therefore, functions and efficiency of the EDR are improved. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110187863 | METHOD FOR DETECTING EXPANSIVE STATIC OBJECTS - A method for detecting expansive static objects from a vehicle in motion. For this purpose, the method employs a front camera that interacts with an image processing device. The front camera can detect road markings on the road. A lateral detection device detects objects in the blind spot of the vehicle. Additional detection devices detect minimal distances to laterally passing or following vehicles. A logic unit links the data of the image processing device of the front camera to the data of the remaining detection devices in such a manner that expansive static objects in the front detection range of the vehicle are detected and are included as such in the detection of the lateral and rear detection devices using the logic unit. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20150312529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO-BASED DETERMINATION OF QUEUE CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS - A method for automatically determining a dynamic queue configuration includes acquiring a series of frames from an image source surveying a queue area. The method includes detecting at least one subject in a frame. The method includes tracking locations of each detected subject across the series of frames. The method includes generating calibrated tracking data by mapping the tracking locations to a predefined coordinate system. The method includes localizing a queue configuration descriptor based on the tracking data. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20140267730 | AUTOMOTIVE CAMERA VEHICLE INTEGRATION - Systems and methods may provide for a handheld computing device to receive a trigger command and orientation data from a remote computing device, obtain image data from one or more external devices in response to the trigger command and based on the orientation data, and transmit data to the remote computing device. A vehicle computer may receive a trigger command and orientation data from a remote computing device, obtain image data from one or more external devices in response to the trigger command and based on the orientation data, and transmit data to the remote computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140184800 | IMAGING DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS, OPTICAL FILTER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FILTER - An imaging device includes an optical filter. The optical filter has a configuration in which a polarization filter layer and a spectral filter layer are laminated in light transmission direction. Of the polarization filter layer and the spectral filter layer, the layer on the lower side in lamination direction has an uneven top face in the lamination direction. The optical filter is formed by filling the uneven top face with a predetermined filling material so as to even out the top face and then forming other layer. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20130286205 | APPROACHING OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING APPROACHING OBJECTS - An approaching object detection device that detects moving objects approaching a vehicle on the basis of images generated by an image pickup unit that captures images of surroundings of the vehicle at certain time intervals, the approaching object detection device includes: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, detecting moving object regions that each include a moving object from an image; obtaining a moving direction of each of the moving object regions; and determining whether or not the moving object included in each of the moving object regions is a moving object approaching the vehicle on the basis of at least either an angle between the moving direction of each of the moving object regions in the image and a horizon in the image or a ratio of an area of a subregion. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20100238291 | METHOD AS WELL AS DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND ALIGNMENT OF A CAMERA OF A DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO THE VEHICLE - A method for determining the position and the alignment of a camera of a driver-assistance system of a vehicle relative to the vehicle includes the following steps of recording at least one mark of a measuring target affixed on the left wheel of the rear axle, and at least one mark of a measuring target affixed on the opposite, right wheel of the rear axle in at least two vehicle positions, using two measuring cameras, determining the geometrical axis of motion of the vehicle relative to the two measuring cameras therefrom, recording a calibration target of a driver-assistance system, using the two measuring cameras, determining the position of the calibration target of the driver-assistance system relative to the two measuring cameras therefrom, determining the position and the alignment of the calibration target of the driver-assistance system relative to the geometrical axis of motion of the vehicle, recording the calibration target of the driver-assistance system by the camera of the driver-assistance system, determining the position of the camera of the driver-assistance system relative to the calibration target of the driver-assistance system therefrom, and determining the position and the alignment of the camera of the driver-assistance system relative to the geometrical axis of motion of the vehicle. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238290 | DRIVE OVER VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In accordance with exemplary embodiments, the present invention is a drive over vehicle inspection system comprising a camera and a speed sensor configured to detect variations in the spatial relationship with the vehicle's undercarriage as the vehicle is driven over the device. In exemplary embodiments, the speed sensor is in communication with a controller configured to adjust the camera's settings to thereby compensate for variations in the vehicle's speed. In exemplary embodiments, the present invention is permanently located in the ground, while in other exemplary embodiments, the present invention is a portable device located above the ground, similar to a ramp or speed bump. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238289 | IN-CAR AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - An in-car audio/video recording rearview mirror assembly is provided for recording the behaviors of the driver and passengers inside a car. The in-car audio/video recording rearview mirror assembly includes a rearview mirror enclosure and a digital monitoring system. The digital monitoring system is set inside the rearview mirror enclosure, which is attached to an in-car rearview mirror or a fixture, in such a way that a monitor camera device may receive image and sound from inside the car through the mirror for recording the video and audio data occurring inside the car for all the time. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20120229644 | EDGE POINT EXTRACTING APPARATUS AND LANE DETECTION APPARATUS - An edge point extracting apparatus is provided which includes an image obtaining unit which obtains a road surface image which is picked up from a road surface ahead of a vehicle and from which a plurality of color components are separately extracted a high luminance component selecting unit which extracts a pixel group including a plurality of pixels arranged in a line on the road surface image and selects a color component from the plurality of color components in the pixel group, the selected color component having the highest average luminance which is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold and an edge extracting unit which extracts an edge point in the pixel group by using a color component of the plurality of color components other than the color component selected by the high luminance component selecting unit. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20140176711 | Track Data Determination System and Method - A track data determination system including: a video camera device positioned on a vehicle to capture video data in at least one field-of-view; a geographic positioning unit associated with the vehicle to generate position data and time data; a recording device to store at least one of the following: at least a portion of the video data, at least a portion of the position data, at least a portion of the time data, or any combination thereof; and a controller to: (i) receive the video data, the position data, and/or the time data; and (ii) determine track data based at least in part upon the video data, the position data, and/or the time data. A computer-implemented track data determination method is also disclosed. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140152827 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING SYSTEM - Provided is a vehicle periphery monitoring system that facilitates a driver's understanding about a photographing direction of an object which appears in an overlapping area of a bird's-eye view image generated from multiple photographed images. A displaying bird's-eye view image is generated by combining bird's-eye view image segments generated from the multiple photographed images photographed in a partially overlapping manner with superimposing mutually overlapped areas thereof. In displaying the displaying bird's-eye view image, a boundary-added bird's-eye view image formed by adding a boundary indicator to the overlapping area of the bird's-eye view image is displayed on a display unit; then, a merged superimposed image is displayed. The merged superimposed image is obtained by merging the overlapped areas of the bird's-eye view image according to a preset merger relationship. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20160114728 | VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM - A vehicle object detection system includes a vehicle body structure, a sensing device, a video display and a controller. The vehicle body structure defines a passenger compartment and has an outer surface. The sensing device is configured to detect an object within a prescribed area adjacent to the outer surface of the vehicle body structure. The video display is viewable from within the passenger compartment and is configured to display images representing the prescribed area adjacent to the outer surface of the vehicle body structure. The controller is configured to process object information received from the sensing device, determine the distance between the outer surface of the vehicle body structure and the object, and display on the video display a representation of the object and a numeric representation of the distance between the outer surface of the vehicle body structure and the object. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20100231719 | Camera Mounting Structure, Camera Mounting Method and Exterior Panel Component of a Vehicle - A camera mounting structure for mounting an on-vehicle camera on a vehicle, in which the on-vehicle camera includes an imaging module having a lens and an imaging element, and in an exterior panel component making up an exterior of the vehicle, a bracket part for attaching the imaging module is molded integrally with the exterior panel component as a portion of the exterior panel component. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231718 | LANE RECOGNITION DEVICE - The lane mark recognition device is equipped with a lane mark detecting unit which executes a lane mark detection process in each predetermined control cycle, and adds a detection presence/absence data to a ring buffer, a detection presence/absence data addition inhibiting unit which inhibits addition of the detection presence/absence data to the ring buffer when the vehicle is traveling in the intersection, and a lane mark position recognizing unit which recognizes a relative position of the vehicle and the lane mark, when the lane mark is detected in the situation where a lane mark detection rate calculated from the data of the ring buffer is higher than a reliability threshold value. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231716 | Vehicle-Mountable Imaging Systems and Methods - Imaging systems, methods, and vehicles having imaging systems. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231715 | Sideview Vision System Displaying A View Dependent Upon Transmission Selector - A sideview vision system in a vehicle and a method for operating the system. The sideview vision system has a camera fixedly mounted to the vehicle for capturing an image alongside and extending rearward the vehicle, and a display for displaying a view to a driver of the vehicle. The method includes capturing an image using the camera, the image having a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion, displaying a first view corresponding to the first portion in response to the vehicle transmission being in a forward gear, and displaying a second view corresponding to the second portion in response to the transmission being in a reverse gear. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20150054953 | REAR-VIEW MIRROR FOR WINDSHIELD OF A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a rear-view mirror device for a windshield of a vehicle, which comprises: a) a mirror having a length that essentially extends along the entire length of said windshield, such that said mirror provides a maximize available field of view to a viewer being presence within the interior of said vehicle; b) a housing having a rear portion that is in abutting relation with the inner surface of the windshield for accommodating said mirror; and c) an adjusting mechanism adapted for adjusting the viewing angle of the mirror. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20140247357 | ATTACHED MATTER DETECTOR, AND ATTACHED MATTER DETECTION METHOD - An attached matter detector includes: a light source that emits light to a transparent member; imaging device that receives light emitted from the light source and reflected by an attached matter on the transparent member, and consecutively images an image of the attached matter at a predetermined imaging frequency; and an attached matter detection processor that detects the attached matter based on an image imaged by the imaging device, wherein the light source emits light that flickers at a drive frequency different from the imaging frequency, and the imaging device receives the reflected light via an optical filter that selects and transmits the reflected light, and the attached matter detection processor detects a beat on an image generated by a difference between the imaging frequency and the drive frequency, and identifies an image region where the beat is detected as an attached matter image region. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20120194677 | LANE MARKER DETECTION SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED DETECTION-PERFORMANCE - In a lane marker detection system, an image capturing element captures a road image ahead of a vehicle. The road image contains a plurality of color light components individually extractable therefrom. A selecting element extracts color groups from at least one of left and right areas of the road image in front of the vehicle, and selects, from the extracted color groups, one color group. The color groups are comprised of one or more combinations of at least one of the plurality of color light components. The selected one color group has a position in the at least one of the left area and the right area with a contrast equal to or higher than a threshold. The position of the selected one color group is the closest to a boundary between the left and right areas in the extracted color groups. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130329046 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA - A vehicle-mounted camera includes a camera module mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile, and further includes a mirror occupying at least a part of an imaging range of the camera module. The camera module may be arranged to face a forward vehicle traveling direction. The mirror may occupy a lower part of the vertical direction in the imaging range. The camera module and the mirror may both be disposed in the vehicle. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20100110189 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - An object is to provide a vehicle periphery monitoring device wherein distortions in a captured image containing an edge of the vehicle body can be corrected so that parallel perception is the same as in actual space, and wherein images readily discernible to the driver can be displayed. The edge of the vehicle body is included in the image captured by a camera provided to the vehicle. A Y-axis along the edge of the vehicle body and an X-axis orthogonal to the Y-axis are set in the captured image. Distortions are corrected so that the X-axis is enlarged at a magnification ratio γ that increases in a nonlinear fashion that depends of the distance from the X-axis while the Y-axis is kept substantially fixed. The captured image thus corrected for distortion is displayed on an onboard monitor. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20160042237 | DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A jump-out determination unit determines whether or not an object is approaching a travel direction of a vehicle based on movement information relating to movement of the object, the movement information having been acquired by a speed variation calculation unit after a pre-indication of that the object approaches the travel direction of the vehicle is detected by a jump-out pre-indication calculation unit of a detection apparatus. As a result, the sudden approach of the object toward the travel direction, which is difficult to determine solely from the movement information relating to the object, can be detected with improved precision. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20100214412 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ASSEMBLY USING AT LEAST ONE OMNIDIRECTIONAL CAMERA AND AN OPTICAL DISPLAY UNIT - A method for calibrating an assembly consisting of an omnidirectional camera ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20120206600 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS ADJUSTMENT METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, an image acquisition unit acquires an image. A correction unit corrects pixel values of pixels composed of the acquired image by using correction coefficients to produce a correct image. An object recognition unit recognizes an object in the corrected image. A storage unit stores in advance standard color characteristics of a predetermined object which is a recognition target. A color characteristics acquisition unit acquires color characteristics of the predetermined object if the predetermined object is recognized by the object recognition unit. A comparison unit compares the color characteristics of the acquired object with the standard color characteristics of the same predetermined object stored in advance in the storage unit. An updating unit updates the correction coefficients used in the correction unit based on a result of comparison so as to reduce a difference between the color characteristics and the standard color characteristics. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20140347489 | VEHICLE REAR MONITORING SYSTEM - A vehicle rear monitoring system ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140247352 | MULTI-CAMERA DYNAMIC TOP VIEW VISION SYSTEM - A dynamic image stitching system for stitching images captured by multiple cameras of a vision system of a vehicle includes a first camera disposed at a vehicle and having a first field of view exterior the vehicle and a second camera disposed at the vehicle and having a second field of view exterior the vehicle. The first and second fields of view at least partially overlap. A processor is operable to process image data captured by the first and second cameras. The processor processes captured image data to determine characteristics of features or objects present in the overlapping region of the first and second fields of view. The processor is operable to adjust a stitching algorithm responsive to a determination of a difference between a characteristic of a feature as captured by the first camera and the characteristic of the feature as captured by the second camera. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20160039342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING CAMERA SENSORS ON A VEHICLE - A camera system on a vehicle includes an electronic control unit, a base sensor, on a first portion of the vehicle, and a remote sensor on a second portion of the vehicle. The base sensor and the remote sensor communicate with the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit associates the remote sensor with the base sensor based on respective signals received from the base sensor and the remote sensor representing respective measurements of a first physical quantity by the base sensor and the remote sensor. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20100194885 | MOTORCYCLE SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A security system for an open compartment vehicle has at least one sensor located on the open compartment vehicle. The at least one sensor indicates one of movement of the open compartment vehicle or an object being within a predetermined distance of the open compartment vehicle. At least one camera module is mounted on the open compartment vehicle and positioned to provides real time images of a sitting area of the open compartment vehicle. A transmitter is provided for transmitting the real time video images for viewing at a remote location. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20150054954 | IMAGING UNIT AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING THE SAME - An imaging unit includes a light source, an imaging element to receive a light having entered an outer surface of the transparent plate-like member from a predetermined imaging area and transmitted through the transparent plate-like member and a light from the light source reflected by an attached matter on the outer surface, to capture an image of the predetermined imaging area and that of the attached matter, a mirror module fixed on the internal surface of the transparent plate-like member to fixedly support a reflective mirror to reflect the light from the light source, an imaging module to fixedly support the light source and the imaging element, fixed relative to the internal surface of the transparent plate-like member so that the imaging element captures an image in a certain direction, and a positioning mechanism to determine relative positions of the mirror module and the imaging module. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20130293715 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imager disposed in the vehicle and viewing forward of the vehicle through the vehicle windshield. The imager has a field of view exterior the vehicle and is operable to capture image data. The imager includes (i) a lens, (ii) a spectral filter and (iii) a CMOS photosensor array of photosensor elements. The system includes a control that may be operable to process captured image data for at least a first application and a second application, with the first application including lane departure warning and the second application selected from the group consisting of (i) headlamp control, (ii) vehicle detection and (iii) rain sensing. The control may be operable to adjust a parameter or setting of the imager. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20150103175 | SAFETY ALARM SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A safety alarm system for a vehicle including: a sensor module configured to output an open signal when a vehicle door is opened; an image photographing module configured to output first and second vehicle surrounding image obtained by sequentially photographing a vehicle surrounding area; and a control module configured to detect whether a moving object is located within a predetermined vehicle safety area in the first and second images input by operating the image photographing module at the time of inputting the open signal and generating a safety alarm when the moving object is detected. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20160044284 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH PANORAMIC VIEW - A vision system for a vehicle includes side and rear cameras that are operable to capture image data. The rear camera is configured to be disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle so as to have a rearward field of view and the side cameras are configured to be disposed at respective side portions of the vehicle so as to have respective sideward and rearward fields of view. The rear camera has a rear imager and a wide angle lens, which is disposed at the rear imager with its center axis offset from a center region of the rear imager so as to be disposed at and to image at an upper region of the rear imager. An image processor processes captured image data to merge captured image data to provide a panoramic image for display to the driver during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20130083196 | Vehicle monitoring systems - A monitoring system for vehicles is disclosed. At least two cameras are disposed around a vehicle to generate videos or images representing surrounding scenes in which the vehicle is present. Video streams from the cameras are transported via wired means or wireless means to a video processing system. Depending on applications, the video streams are processed to be collectively displayed on a screen (e.g., on the dashboard of the vehicle), analyzed to assist the driver of the vehicle to perform a task, stored in a storage device of limited capacity, or transported to a remote server for remote assistance or analysis. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20100026806 | Detection and categorisation of points of light with a camera in a motor vehicle environment - A method for detecting and categorising points of light for a motor vehicle with a camera sensor directed towards the motor vehicle environment is presented. Here, at least one first category for passive, illumined reflectors and at least one second category for self-radiating, moving lights, in particular motor vehicle lights, is provided. For this purpose, the time progression of the intensity of a point of light is analysed. On the basis of the intensity fluctuation, points of light are categorised as motor vehicle lights or as reflectors. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20130307983 | Device Having A Camera Unit - The invention relates to a device, comprising a camera unit, which is used to record images of the exterior area of a motor vehicle, and a cover element, which can be moved from a closed position to an open position by means of a drive, wherein the camera unit is behind the cover element and inaccessible from outside in the closed position of the cover element and images can be recorded in the open position of the cover element. For this purpose, the cover element has an outer surface facing away from the camera unit, and the drive interacts with a mechanism in such a way that the outer surface is always in the exterior area of the motor vehicle in each position of the cover element during the movement of the cover element between the closed position and the open position. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307981 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA OF HETEROGENEOUS SENSORS IN INTEGRATED MANNER TO CLASSIFY OBJECTS ON ROAD AND DETECT LOCATIONS OF OBJECTS - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for processing the data of heterogeneous sensors in an integrated manner to classify one or more objects on a road and detect the locations of the objects. The apparatus includes a camera image processing unit, a scanning information processing unit, and an integrated processing unit. The camera image processing unit generates the results of the processing of camera images based on the camera images collected from one or more cameras. The scanning information processing unit generates the results of the processing of scanning information based on the scanning information collected from one or more laser scanners. The integrated processing unit generates the types and final locations of the objects located on the road by processing the generated results of the processing of the camera images and the generated results of the processing of the scanning information in an integrated manner. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE CAMERA IMAGES TO TRACK A VEHICLE - A method and a system for integrating multiple camera images to track a vehicle are provided. In the method, a security request of a vehicle to be tracked is received from a user, in which the security request comprises registration information and position information of the vehicle. Next, images captured by multiple cameras in a specific range around a location of the position information are retrieved. The retrieved images are analyzed according to the registration information, so as to recognize the images comprising the vehicle. Finally, a message is issued when the images comprising the vehicle are recognized. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307978 | Personnel Classification and Response System - A personnel classification and response system, and related method and computer program product are disclosed. The system may comprise an image capture member and a controller connected to the image capture member. Some embodiments may also comprise a ranging apparatus. The ranging apparatus may be configured to provide a distance from a person to a vehicle. The image capture member may be configured to provide an image of the vicinity of the vehicle, the image including the person. The controller may be configured to identify in the image a marker and to activate a warning apparatus based on the marker and a zone in which the marker is disposed. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20160129883 | CONTACT DETECT FEATURE OF A VEHICLE AND NOTIFICATIONS TO ENABLE LIVE VIEWS OF VEHICLE - Methods and systems are disclosed for a vehicle and for associated methods for handling contact detection of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a computer and a communications system. The communications system is configured to provide the computer of the vehicle with wireless communication with a cloud services system that includes a database that stores a user account that identifies the vehicles as registered with the cloud services system. The user account identifies settings for the vehicle and information for notifying a user of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a plurality of sensors associated to sides of the vehicle, such that contact with a specific side of the vehicle is identified using a sensor of the plurality of sensors. The vehicle further includes a plurality of cameras integrated in the vehicle to enable capturing of image data of an area around the vehicle. The computer is configured to receive data from the plurality of sensors of the vehicle to detect a contact with the vehicle and identify a side of the vehicle from which the contact was detected. The computer is configured to send a notification to the user of the vehicle indicating that contact was detected with the vehicle. The notification providing a link to an application that interfaces with the cloud services system to enable access to additional data and controls, including live feeds of the area around the vehicle. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160129842 | FULL DISPLAY MIRROR ACTUATOR - A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a housing defining an interior cavity and an open side and further includes a substrate having a reflective surface thereon extending within the open side of the housing and an actuation mechanism moveably coupling the substrate with the housing. The actuation mechanism includes a mounting plate rotatably coupled within the cavity at a first end thereof. The mounting plate defines a socket open opposite the first end and first and second scalloped surfaces adjacent the socket. The actuation mechanism further includes an actuation wheel rotatably coupled within the cavity of the housing and engageable with the socket to cause rotation of the mounting plate and engageable with the first scalloped surface to secure the mounting plate in a first position and with the second scalloped surface to secure the mounting plate in a second position. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160129839 | Integrated Overhead Console Assembly for Vehicle - An integrated overhead console assembly for a vehicle includes a camera module for taking a forward image of a vehicle in a direction of travel, a multi-display unit for displaying an image taken by the camera module, and various functional operation components of the vehicle that are efficiently incorporated in a single overhead console assembly to improve user convenience. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20120120240 | VIDEO IMAGE CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - An image capture device ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20160044285 | Real Time Imaging and Wireless Transmission System and Method for Material Handling Equipment - Systems and methods provide at least one of an image, video and audio for material handling equipment including capturing by an image capturing device at least one of an image, video and audio in an area proximate to a grasping portion of a material handling equipment, communicating at least one of the captured image, video and audio to a transceiver, and establishing communication between the image capturing device and transceiver to output at least one of the captured image, video, and audio for viewing by an operator of the material handling equipment on an image display device. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20150336511 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY USED IN IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The image display system includes a display that is provided on an interior surface of a vehicle body structure and that includes a first display region facing the doorway, and a camera adapted to capture an image of a blind spot region outside the vehicle body structure. When the door is in a closed state, the image display system is adapted to cause the display to display the image of the blind spot region, and when the door is in an open state, the image display system is adapted to cause the display to display an illumination image of a fixed pattern. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20120307062 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a vehicle-mounted image processing device that is capable of making a plurality of processing units appropriately perform processes corresponding to scenes in which there are many types, such as people, vehicles, etc., and in which they are combined. Based on processing results of image processing by a plurality of processing units | 12-06-2012 |
| 20140347486 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH TARGETLESS CAMERA CALIBRATION - A camera calibration system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera is operable to capture image data. An image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The camera calibration system is operable to generate camera calibration parameters utilizing a bundle adjustment algorithm. Responsive to image processing of captured image data during movement of the vehicle along an arbitrary path, and responsive to the bundle adjustment algorithm, the camera calibration system is operable to calibrate the camera. The bundle adjustment algorithm may iteratively refine calibration parameters starting from a known initial estimation. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20110050903 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF VEHICLE TRAILERS - A method and system for determining orientation and positioning of a vehicle trailer. A digital camera is placed on a vehicle. The camera is pointed to a trailer attached to the vehicle. The camera acquires images of the trailer. These images are processed and spatial positioning and orientation of the trailer is determined based on image processing. A special marker visible by the camera is set on the trailer. Relative positions of devices attached to the vehicle—global positioning receiver, spatial orientation measuring device and the digital camera are measured. When each digital frame is formed, coordinates and orientation data of the camera are measured. Pixels corresponding to the marker in the image are determined. A simplified copy of the image, containing only the data related to the marker pixels, is generated. The marker pixels are used for calculating position and azimuth orientation of the marker. The azimuth orientation of the trailer is calculated based on calculated azimuth orientation of the marker. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20140293057 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH ASYMMETRIC ANAMORPHIC LENS - A vision system for a vehicle includes a rear camera disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle and having an exterior field of view rearward of the vehicle. The rear camera includes an imaging array and a lens system for imaging external sources of light at the imaging array. The lens system includes at least one asymmetric anamorphic lens optic. The asymmetric anamorphic lens optic may include a longitudinally truncated conical-shaped lens optic. The longitudinal axis of the longitudinally truncated conical-shaped lens optic may be generally vertical when the rear camera is disposed at the rear portion of the vehicle, with a smaller diameter portion at an upper region of the optic and a larger diameter portion at a lower region of the optic. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293055 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In order to extract, given information from a stereo camera, only the headlights of an oncoming vehicle or the taillights of a preceding vehicle from various light spot at night for the purpose of offering the driver a safer field of view, there are provided: first distance information calculation means which calculates information on a first distance to a detection object candidate from two images obtained by a first imaging element and a second imaging element; second distance information calculation means which calculates information on a second distance to the detection object candidate from the image obtained by the first imaging element; and object detection means which compares the first distance information with the second distance information to detect the object from the detection object candidate on the basis of the result of the comparison. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293051 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING REARWARD FIELD OF VIEW OF HYDRAULIC SHOVEL - The present invention obtains a device for displaying the rearward field of view of a hydraulic shovel, the device enabling safe and efficient work by a front working machine. A device for displaying the rearward field of view of a hydraulic shovel is provided with a lower traveling structure, an upper revolving structure provided on the lower traveling structure so as to be rotatable, a front working machine provided in the front part of the upper revolving structure, a camera provided in the rear part of the upper revolving structure in order to obtain the rearward field of view of the revolving structure, and a monitor ( | 10-02-2014 |
| 20110279676 | DRIVING ATTENTION AMOUNT DETERMINATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A driving attention amount determination apparatus includes: an electroencephalogram measurement section for measuring an electroencephalogram signal of a driver; a central stimulation presentation section for presenting a visual stimulation in a central visual field of the driver; a peripheral stimulation presentation section for presenting a visual stimulation in a peripheral visual field of the driver; a threshold setting section for setting a determination threshold for attention amount determination from a distribution of amplitude of an event-related potential in the electroencephalogram signal based on a point of presenting the stimulation in the central visual field as a starting point; and an attention amount determination section for determining an attention amount through a comparison between the determination threshold and an amplitude of an event-related potential in the electroencephalogram signal based on a point of presenting the stimulation in the peripheral visual field as a starting point. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20140063250 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE OF VEHICLE AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE OF VEHICLE USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of processing an image of a vehicle capable of reducing a load of transmitting an image by setting a region of interest and transmitting only a part corresponding to the region of interest, and a system for processing an image of a vehicle using the same. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063249 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING FACIAL RECOGNITION - A method, apparatus, and system for performing facial recognition utilizing large databases is provided herein. During operation a large database is quickly narrowed by determining an automobile attribute (e.g., a license plate number) and determining a registered owner and possibly an address based on the automobile attribute. The image database is narrowed based on the registered owner of the vehicle, and possibly the address of the registered owner. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20120038771 | VEHICULAR INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing, an electro-optic reflective element and an information display. The information display is disposed in the mirror housing rearward of the transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element and is operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the vehicle, with the information including video images captured by a camera of the vehicle. Information displayed by the information display is viewable by the driver of the vehicle viewing through the transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element when the information display is displaying information, and, when the information display is not displaying information, the presence of the information display behind the transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element is substantially not discerned by the driver of the vehicle normally viewing the reflective element in the vehicle. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130250114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A MULTI-CAMERA IMAGE USING PIXEL REMAPPING - A camera or vision system for establishing a composite image for displaying in a vehicle includes a first camera and a second camera and a controller. Each camera has a respective field of view that overlaps partially with the respective field of view of the other camera. Each camera has a respective imager for generating a respective preliminary digital image. The cameras together have a combined field of view. The controller is programmed to generate a final composite digital image that corresponds to a selected digital representation of the combined field of view of the cameras by using a remapping table to remap selected pixels from each of the preliminary digital images into selected positions of the final composite digital image. A plurality of methods for establishing a composite image are also provided. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250110 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - Embodiments of the invention relate to a black box system for vehicles, and more particularly to an image recording apparatus and method for detecting image input sources (cameras) to optimally record an image according to the number of image input sources. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130335568 | MULTI-CAMERA VEHICULAR IMAGE RECORDER - A multi-camera vehicular image recorder has a hollow body and a first image capturing module and a second image capturing module mounted in the body. The body has a first lens opening and a second lens opening formed through a front cover thereof. A lens of the first image capturing module is pivotally oscillated up and down within the first lens opening The second image capturing module is fixed to be adjacent to the second lens opening. The body further has a third lens opening formed through a rear cover thereof. A third image capturing module is pivotally oscillated up and down within the first lens opening. As the first image capturing module is pivotable upwards and downwards, a view angle images taken by the first image capturing module is broader in collaboration with the second image capturing module and more complete driving conditions can be captured and provided. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140285666 | VISION SYSTEM WITH DOOR MOUNTED EXTERIOR MIRROR AND DISPLAY - A vision system for a vehicle includes an exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at an exterior portion of a door of a vehicle, an imaging sensor having a field of view exterior the vehicle and a video display screen operable to display video images captured by the imaging sensor. The video display screen is disposed at an interior portion of the vehicle door at which the exterior rearview mirror assembly is mounted. The exterior rearview mirror assembly and the video display screen may be part of a mirror and display module that is mountable at the vehicle door as a unit. The camera may be disposed at the exterior rearview mirror assembly. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20130342696 | MONITORING THROUGH A TRANSPARENT DISPLAY OF A PORTABLE DEVICE - Traffic obstacles or other objectives in front of a person is monitored by using a monitoring system including a portable device, a camera unit, and a control unit. The portable device can be a helmet or glasses, which includes a display unit with a transparent display allowing a user to view a scene through the transparent display. The camera unit produces scene images of the scene. The control unit determines objective(s) according to the scene images, and transmits objective data corresponding to the objective(s) to the display unit. The transparent display of the display unit displays objective information indicating virtual image(s) of the objective(s) seen through the transparent display according to the objective data. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342698 | Method of Processing Images and Apparatus - A method of processing an image includes a region of a highway in front of the vehicle captured using an imager having a two dimensional array of image capturing pixels. The array includes a first set of pixels substantially independent of hue and a second set of pixels dependent of a limited range of hues. The method further includes the steps of producing a first image where each pixel is assigned a value derived from the first set of pixels and producing a second image where each pixel is assigned a value derived from the first set of pixels and the second set of pixels. The method includes identifying-for at least one pixel in the first image a first intensity change value indicative of the difference between that pixel and at least one adjacent pixel identifying for a corresponding pixel in the second image a second intensity change value indicative of the difference between that pixel and at least one adjacent pixel. A combined image is formed using a defined set of combination rules to assign a value to the corresponding pixel in the combined image which depends on the first and second identified intensity change values for that corresponding pixel. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342697 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING - A vehicle-mounted system for recording video and audio. The system uses distributed processing, including encoding the video and audio at their source(s), and a high-speed, e.g., Ethernet, bus connecting the various system components and external devices. The system may include a display monitor which is integrated into the same housing as a rear view mirror of the vehicle, with the display monitor being located behind the mirror and video displayed on the monitor being visible through the mirror. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20150116491 | PRIVATE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF PHOTOGRAPH VIA OCCUPANT'S CELL PHONE FOLLOWING IMPACT EVENT - An imaging and reporting system includes a wireless communication device having a user-installed program for forwarding a received image to a remote monitor and a vehicle-based network that includes an impact event sensing system, an imaging module including a camera for capturing an image of the vehicle's interior, and a transceiver for sending the captured image to the communication device. Operating software controls the imaging and reporting system. Thereafter the wireless communication device automatically forwards an image to the remote monitor that may be part of a community's 911 system. The operator reviews the one or more images received by the remote monitor and takes necessary action in response. The imaging and forwarding steps are accomplished without the need for human intervention. The software associated with the imaging and reporting system and the software associated with the wireless communication device disallows the retention of any captured image. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20100033570 | DRIVER OBSERVATION AND SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A driver observation system has a plurality of camera modules mounted to an exterior area of a vehicle for providing real time video images on an exterior area of the vehicle. A control mechanism is coupled to the plurality of camera modules to control operation of each of the plurality of camera modules and to switch between different camera modules for viewing. A display system coupled to the control mechanism to show the real time video images. A recording device is coupled to the control mechanism for storing the real time video images. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100165106 | VIDEO DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS BY USING METALLIC BODY - The present invention provides simple installation and high performance of stable transmission rate because it is not connecting with wires separately but directly connecting to metallic body for receiving sound and video signal as transmitting through metallic body for transmission of sound and video signal of from mike and camera, and to provide of high definition screen for camera shooting as transmitting wideband signal to apply phase modulation process to be modulated phase by stabilized PLL process as not to be emitted necessary spurious radiation power to outside. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100053328 | Surveillance system - A method for monitoring motor vehicle traffic wherein the motor vehicles being monitored have an onboard computer and an interlock system whereby the motor vehicle can be operated, fully, limited or not, after a driver identification has been entered into the computer, the method comprising the steps of providing GPS input into the computer, providing one emitter and a monitored zone wherein the emitter provides at least one traffic parameter to the computer such that the computer records any infraction of the parameter, and sending information about the infraction to a governmental authority and stores it on the driver's identification card. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20130271607 | POSITIONING APPARATUS AND POSITIONING METHOD - The present invention provides a positioning apparatus which enables output of accurate position information related to a mobile object. The positioning apparatus, which is mounted in a mobile object, stores therein, in a mutually correlated manner, a first image feature at a first spot where a mobile object exists, approximate position information related to the mobile object at the first spot, position information related to a second spot on which the mobile object is predicted to move, and a second feature at the second spot; selects a plurality of the second features on the basis of the approximate position information; calculates a plurality of relative position information between the first spot and the respective second spots corresponding to the plurality of second features; determines consistency among the plurality of relative position information; and outputs determinate position information related to the mobile object. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271608 | IMAGE PROVIDING DEVICE - An image providing device is installed in a vehicle and provides images of vehicle surroundings to a driver. The device includes a right side camera and a left side camera that respectively pick up an image of a first image pickup range and an image of a second image pickup range that does not overlap the first image pickup range in the vehicle surroundings, a first display that provides to the driver a right rear image picked up by the right side camera, a second display that is provided separately from the first display and provides to the driver a left rear image that is picked up by the left side camera, and an image display parameter correction unit that corrects an image display parameter of the left rear image according to an image display parameter of the right rear image. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271606 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING AN ASSISTANT SCREEN FOR IMPROVING DRIVING SAFETY OF A VEHICLE - A display method includes: detecting objects by sensor array; utilizing an environment reconstruction unit for receiving sensing information from the sensor array and perform a reconstruction process based on the sensing information and transforming the latter into object coordinate based on user-chosen mode; and utilizing a display device to display an iconized environment video or scene resulted by integrating an indicative icon of the object with the object coordinate. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20150326829 | SURROUNDINGS MONITORING SYSTEM, WORK VEHICLE, AND SURROUNDINGS MONITORING METHOD - A surroundings monitoring system includes: a detection device that is disposed in a work vehicle and configured to be able to detect an object around the work vehicle; an acquisition unit that acquires a command signal indicating an operation checking mode for inspecting the detection device; a determining unit that determines a quality of an operating state of the detection device based on a detection result of the detection device after the command signal is acquired; and a display device that displays identification information of the detection device of which the operating state is determined to be not good by the determining unit. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20100013928 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM - An image recording system having a CCD camera or CMOS camera for picking up the surroundings of a vehicle. The image recording system additionally includes a radiation sensor for sensing a pulsed light source, as well as a control device, controlled by the radiation sensor, which determines the discrepancy between the exposure phase of the camera and the ON phase of the pulsed light source and minimizes it by synchronizing the exposure phase with the ON duration | 01-21-2010 |
| 20150326760 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF MOUNTING AN IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system for a motor vehicle includes a camera housing part and at least one camera module to be mounted to said camera housing part. The camera module has first rotation locking means, the camera housing part has second rotation locking means adapted to cooperate with the first rotation locking means, wherein the first and second rotation locking means cooperate to lock the camera module against rotation relative to the camera housing part. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20140098230 | BLIND ZONE DETECTION AND ALERT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An alert system for a vehicle includes a sensor and a control. The sensor is disposed at a side portion of a vehicle and has at least a generally sidewardly and rearwardly sensing direction. The control is operable to process an output of the sensor to determine if an object of interest is present in the sensing region at or near the side of the vehicle. Responsive to at least one of (i) the vehicle being stopped, (ii) the vehicle transmission being shifted into park and (iii) the vehicle ignition being turned off, the control is operable to process the sensor output to detect an object at or near the side of the vehicle or approaching the vehicle along the side of the vehicle, and, responsive to detection of such an object, the alert system generates an alert to an occupant of the vehicle. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20130229525 | A DEVICE FOR MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A device for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle mounted in a vehicle, captures an image of surroundings of the vehicle, extracts from the captured image an image area for a predetermined part of a desired type of object, and sets a predetermined area below the extracted image area. The device extracts candidates for the desired type of object present outside the vehicle based on the predetermined area and determines, for each of the extracted object candidates, whether the object candidate is the desired type of object. When no pattern different from the background is captured in the predetermined area, or when a pattern different from the background is captured only in one of a first and a second areas, then the object in the image area is excluded from the candidates for the desired type of object. Thus, a pedestrian, for example, can be distinguished from an artificial structure. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229524 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE AND IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device and method for producing an image of a vehicle surroundings of a vehicle with at least one camera includes recording a first partial image in a first position or alignment of the camera and recording at least a second partial image in at least a second position or alignment of the camera, each partial image corresponding to the entire coverage area of the camera. The first partial image and the second partial image are assembled to form the image of the vehicle surroundings such that the image shows a larger area than each partial image. The imaging device includes the camera and an image synthesis device with which the first partial image and the second partial image can be assembled to form the image. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229519 | AUTOMATIC REAR VIEW DISPLAY IN VEHICLES WITH ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS - An automatic rear view display includes a single camera configuration and a dual camera configuration. In the single camera configuration, as soon as an entertainment screen in a ceiling mounted entertainment system is opened or when the driver puts the vehicle in reverse, the view from a first camera proximate to the rear license plate is displayed on the rearview mirror. In the dual camera version, when the entertainment screen is opened, the view from a second camera near the roof of the vehicle is displayed in the rearview mirror. In the dual camera version if the driver puts the vehicle in reverse, with the entertainment screen open or closed, the view from a first camera would be displayed instead. In both versions as soon as the entertainment screen is closed (and the vehicle is not in reverse) the rearview mirror goes back to being a regular mirror. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140267724 | RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A recording system may include a camera configured to record images including a first image and a storage device configured to store the images. The recording system may include a controller configured to identify at least one vertical line contained in the first image and determine whether the first image is indicative of a probable event area based on the identification of the at least one vertical line. The controller may be configured to command the camera to record the images at a first quality if the first image is indicative of a probable event area. The controller may also be configured to command the camera to record images at a second quality if the first image is not indicative of a probable event area. The images recorded at the second quality occupy less memory in the storage device than the images recorded at the first quality. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140267732 | REAR VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A camera vision system for a vehicle includes a rear backup video camera operable to capture video images rearward of the vehicle during a rear backup maneuver of the vehicle. The rearward field of view of the rear backup video camera encompasses a vehicle hitch of the vehicle, which is configured to connect to a trailer tongue of a trailer to connect the trailer to the vehicle. A display device includes a video screen operable to display video images captured by the rear backup video camera for viewing by a driver of the vehicle, such as when a transmission of the equipped vehicle is shifted into reverse gear by the driver. The control continues to display video images captured by the rear backup video camera during a short term forward movement of the vehicle after the shifting of the transmission of the equipped vehicle into reverse gear. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140368654 | CHROMATIC ABERRATION COMPENSATION FOR VEHICLE CAMERAS - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes a lens and a pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. The camera is operable to sense color via color filters at respective photosensing elements. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. The vision system is operable to determine an aberration of colors in the captured image data and to correct the aberration of colors. The vision system determines the aberration based on parameters of the lens, and the vision system may corrects the aberration of colors by scaling the color channels according to a location of the respective pixels and the respective parameters of the lens for that location. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20100013930 | VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD - A video display apparatus for displaying on a monitor videos captured using capturing sections is provided. The capturing sections ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20130242101 | Method and Device for Representing Obstacles in a Parking Assistance System of Motor Vehicles - A method for representing obstacles in a parking system of motor vehicles is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: a) determining an image of the surroundings and detecting obstacles located therein, b) determining at least one distance value and/or one angular position of the detected obstacles, c) applying an edge reinforcing method to regions of the image of the surroundings depending on the determined distance values and/or angular positions, and d) displaying the edge reinforcement with the determined image of the surroundings in a display of the parking assistance system. A device for carrying out the method is also disclosed. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242103 | VEHICLE - MOUNTED TRANSDUCER - A communication system, including an apparatus, method and program, is provided for communicating a message from a vehicle to a location. The communication system detects a distance to an object that is located at the location and a speed of the vehicle. A target distance is then calculated on the basis of the detected distance to the object and the detected speed of the vehicle. A determination is made as to whether the object is configured for communication with the vehicle. According to the determination, a message is communicated to the object from the vehicle. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242102 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING VEHICLE ADJACENT THERETO - A driving assistance device includes a camera, a moving object detector, a candidate reflection region detector, a predetermined position brightness detector and a cause determiner. The moving object detector and the candidate reflection region detector sets a detection region for detecting, from image data captured by the camera, existence of an adjacent vehicle in an adjacent lane. The predetermined position brightness detector detects a candidate light projecting object which projects light with brightness equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value. The cause determiner determines whether or not there exists a candidate light projecting object which indicates existence of the adjacent vehicle in the detection region. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242099 | VEHICLE CAMERA WITH TOLERANCE COMPENSATING CONNECTOR - A camera assembly or module for a vehicle vision system includes a housing having a connector portion for connecting to a vehicle wiring. A circuit element is disposed within the housing and a plurality of electrical connector elements is disposed at the connector portion of the housing. Each of the electrical connector elements has a first end configured for electrically connecting to circuitry of the circuit element and a second end configured for electrically connecting to the vehicle wiring. The electrical connector elements self-adjust so that the first ends engage the circuitry and make electrical connection therewith during assembly of the camera assembly. Adjustment of the electrical connectors may include at least one of (i) extending toward an extended state, (ii) retracting toward a retracted state, and (iii) flexing toward a flexed state. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242097 | VIDEO-BASED DETERMINATION OF VEHICLE COMPONENT RISK FOR FAILURE DUE TO OVERHEATING - What is disclosed is a system for non-contact, video-based determination of vehicle component failure due to overheating. In a manner more fully disclosed herein, at least one infrared camera is used to capture an infrared image of a component of a vehicle to be inspected for overheating. The images are processed to isolate that component. A temperature is estimated for the isolated component in the image using a camera calibration curve which relates pixel intensities to temperature. A temperature threshold for the isolated component is retrieved from a database based upon a classification of the vehicle. The estimated temperature is then compared to that component's temperature threshold. If the estimated temperature is above the retrieved threshold, a signal is initiated. The teachings hereof find their uses in a variety of remote and non-cooperative vehicle inspection modes in the field of transportation safety. Various embodiments are disclosed. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140307093 | VISUAL POSITIONING WITH DIRECTION ORIENTATION NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A visualization system is provided for permitting a driver of a vehicle to observe a 180 degree rearward view of his or her vehicle and surroundings. The visualization system can include a display device which provides a 180 degree substantially rearward view. The 180 degree substantially rearward view can be seamless and/or undistorted. The display device can be positioned within the vehicle in front of the driver. The display device can be mounted on the inside surface of a windshield of the vehicle. At least a portion of the display device can be positioned above the eyes of the driver of the vehicle when the driver is seated in the driver's seat of the vehicle. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307091 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display method and an image display system are provided. The image display system is deployed in a vehicle. An external image outside the vehicle is captured through a first image capturing unit, and a specific range image is selected in the external image according to an adjusting signal. The specific range image is displayed in a display unit disposed on a pillar inside the vehicle. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150042804 | IN-VEHICLE CAMERA - A vehicle-mounted camera has a lens disposed on a protruding part, which protrudes from the upper surface of a vehicle-mounted camera body; thus, compared to the situation in which the entire vehicle-mounted camera body is positioned below a bracket, the lens can be positioned at the shortest distance from a windshield, thereby enabling the length of a hood to be reduced. Furthermore, the in-vehicle camera is able to take up a large area of the portion of the bracket affixed to the windshield. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20110109746 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY - An information display system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed in an interior cabin of the equipped vehicle. The interior rearview mirror assembly has a mirror reflective element with a mirror reflector disposed at a surface thereof. A display screen is disposed at the interior rearview mirror assembly, and, when operated, the display screen displays through the mirror reflective element so as to be viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle. The display screen is operable to display video images captured by a rearward facing camera of the equipped vehicle for assisting the driver during a reversing maneuver, and the video images are captured by the rearward facing camera when the equipped vehicle is in reverse gear. When the equipped vehicle is not in reverse gear, the display screen is operable to display information pertaining to an accessory of the equipped vehicle. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109744 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING BRIGHTNESS VALUES IN SENSOR IMAGES OF IMAGE-EVALUATING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method and a system for evaluating sensor images of an image-evaluating adaptive cruise control system on a moving support, especially a vehicle ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20100328463 | REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH INTEGRATED VIDEO SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted system ( | 12-30-2010 |
| 20130250108 | Access Control System by Face Recognition in An Automobile - An access control system in an automobile is provided. The access control system includes a grayscale camera, an infrared camera and a processing device. The grayscale camera is configured to capture a grayscale image of the face of a driver. The infrared camera is configured to capture an infrared image of the face of the driver simultaneously with the grayscale camera. The processing device includes a processor and a controller. The processor is configured to receive the grayscale image and the infrared image, convert the grayscale image and the infrared image to a grayscale matrix and an infrared matrix respectively, extract a feature matrix from the grayscale matrix and the infrared matrix, and compute a similarity value by comparing the feature matrix with multiple feature matrices. The controller is configured to receive a result of face recognition and control a startup device and a warning device of the automobile. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250106 | LICENSE PLATE IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a license plate image-pickup device and an image exposure adjustment method thereof. The license plate image-pickup device comprises an image-sensing module, a recognition module and a processing module. The license plate image-pickup device takes a scene. The image-sensing module senses the scene to produce an image. The recognition module detects a vehicle object. The processing module adjusts the exposure of the vehicle object to produce an exposure adjusted vehicle object, and then the recognition module detects a license plate object from the exposure adjusted vehicle object, and the processing module adjusts the exposure of the license plate object. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130222596 | CAMERA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A camera and a method for manufacturing the camera are disclosed, the camera including parts including a lens unit formed with at least one lens for concentrating an image of an outside object, and an image sensor for converting the image of the outside object concentrated in the lens to an electric signal; and a molding unit for exposing the lens of the lens unit and for integrating the parts without any coupling seams. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20120140077 | IMAGE SERVER, IMAGE DELIVER BASED ON IMAGE INFORMATION AND CONDITION, AND IMAGE DISPLAY TERMINAL - Images are efficiently collected or delivered so that uncomfortable feeling given to users who view picked images picked up at vehicles and delivered by an image server is lessened. An image server is so constructed that the following operation is performed: the picked image of the surroundings of a vehicle, picked up with a camera mounted on the vehicle, and the image pickup information of the picked image, including information about the image pickup point, are stored on a storing medium; and picked images stored on the storing medium are delivered to users who view received picked images. One is selected from among picked images inputted from a vehicle with respect to each of areas to which the image pickup points of those picked images belong based on the image pickup information and a predetermined selection condition. The selected picked image is stored on the storing medium. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130088598 | OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND OBSTACLE DETECTION APPARATUS - An obstacle detection system ( | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130229522 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory mounting system for a vehicle includes a mirror mounting button attached at an in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield and a mounting element attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield separate from the mounting button. An interior rearview mirror assembly has a mirror head and a mirror support, which includes a mirror mount configured to mount the mirror assembly to the mirror mounting button. A module is configured to be received at and supported by the mounting element attached at the windshield. The module accommodates a forward facing camera that views through the windshield. The forward facing camera may be part of a driver assistance system of the vehicle. With the module received by and supported by the mounting element, the mirror mount can be mounted to the mirror mounting button and can be demounted from the mirror mounting button without demounting the module from the mounting element. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140300739 | VEHICLE SECURITY WITH ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION AND EMBEDDED DRIVER ANALYTICS - The present invention relates to a vehicle telematics device with one or more cameras embedded in the same package for evidentiary surround audio-video recording, automatic accident detection and emergency help request notification, facial processing for drowsiness and distraction accident avoidance, and embedded multiple profiles of driver analytics, and mobile internet connectivity for contacting emergency services directly and without the delay of a call center and for mobile hot spot for in-vehicle infotainment. Each profile of driver analytics has many selectable advanced driver analysis parameters and multiple profiles can be active for a given driver. In case of emergency help request accident panoramic accident video is uploaded to a cloud drop box and link to video of accident is available along with severity index, location, nearest address, number of passengers, etc. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150341628 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION IN SURROUNDING VIEW SYSTEMS - An embodiment contemplates a method of calibrating multiple image capture devices of a vehicle. A plurality of image capture devices having different poses are provided. At least one of the plurality of image capture devices is identified as a reference device. An image of a patterned display exterior of the vehicle is captured by the plurality of image capture devices. The vehicle traverses across the patterned display to capture images at various instances of time. A processor identifies common landmarks of the patterned display between each of the images captured by the plurality of image capture devices and the reference device. Images of the patterned display captured by each of the plurality of image devices are stitched using the identified common landmarks. Extrinsic parameters of each image capture device are adjusted relative to the reference device based on the stitched images for calibrating the plurality of image capture devices. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150049193 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY CALIBRATING VEHICULAR CAMERAS - A method of dynamically calibrating a given camera relative to a reference camera of a vehicle includes identifying an overlapping region in an image frame provided by the given camera and an image frame provided by the reference camera and selecting at least a portion of an object in the overlapped region of the reference image frame. Expected pixel positions of the selected object portion in the given image frame is determined based on the location of the selected object portion in the reference image frame, and pixel positions of the selected object portion are located as detected in the given image frame. An alignment of the given camera is determined based on a comparison of the pixel positions of the selected object portion in the given image frame to the expected pixel positions of the selected object portion in the given image frame. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20140354812 | Headrest-Supported Vehicle Monitoring System - A means for a driver to monitor the back seat of an automobile without having to physically turnaround is provided. The present invention comprises a camera, a camera holder that is removably mountable to an automobile car seat headrest, a video monitor, a monitor holder that is removably mountable to an automobile air vent, and a means of wirelessly transmitting video captured by the camera to the monitor for viewing thereon. The present invention is adapted to provide individuals who are driving with the ability to watch their children who are secured in rearward-facing car seats without having to physically turn around and take their eyes off of the road. The present invention thereby provides drivers with peace of mind and increases road safety. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150341597 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING A VEHICLE'S ENVIRONMENT ON A DISPLAY APPARATUS; A DISPLAY APPARATUS; A SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE CAPTURING UNITS AND A DISPLAY APPARATUS; A COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method for presenting a vehicle's environment on a display apparatus includes capturing a plurality of image sections by recording via an image capturing unit a plurality of pixels for forming an image section. The method proceeds by merging the plurality of image sections to form an environment image representing the vehicle's environment. The method continues by presenting the environment image on the display apparatus and determining a pixel distance between at least one of the pixels and the image capturing unit. The method then automatically displays on the display apparatus the image section associated with the at least one pixel in dependence on the pixel distance and/or images the at least one pixel onto an imaged pixel in the environment image in dependence on the pixel distance. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20130057686 | CROWD SOURCING PARKING MANAGEMENT USING VEHICLES AS MOBILE SENSORS - Systems and methods for monitoring parking spots are disclosed. A system includes at least one vehicle and a remote computer that are in communication with each other. A vehicle includes a camera that generates image data, a location device that generates geographic coordinates of the vehicle, a computing device that receives the image data from the camera and the geographic coordinates of the vehicle and optionally data from a laser scanner that is calibrated with the camera and is connected to a smartphone that transmits data to the remote computer. Image data generated by the camera is processed with a reference image and data from the laser scanner to determine an occupation status of the parking spot. The occupation status is transmitted by the remote computer to a second vehicle. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130235204 | CAMERA UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Camera unit ( | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235203 | INDICIA IDENTIFYING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an indicium identifying system. The system comprises at least one image sensor ( | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130235202 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING TYPE OF OBJECT FOR USE IN VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - If a pedestrian head candidate extractor extracts a light as a pedestrian head candidate, then when an other vehicle candidate detector detects a horizontal high-luminance area which is greater in area than the light extracted as the pedestrian head candidate, within a prescribed range beneath the horizontal position of the light, an other vehicle determiner determines the light extracted as the pedestrian head candidate as part of another car. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20150049198 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH EGO MOTION DETECTION - An imaging system and method for a vehicle is provided, and includes an imager configured to image a scene external and forward of the vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images. A controller is configured to receive the image data and analyze an optical flow between successive image frames to compute a relative motion between the imager and the imaged scene, wherein the optical flow includes a pattern of apparent motion of objects of interest in the successive image frames. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20130335567 | VEHICLE EVENT DATA RECORDER SET CAPABLE OF RETAINING A HANDSET - A vehicle event data recorder set capable of retaining a handset; comprises a main body of a vehicle event data recorder; the main body including a processor; the main body being installed with: a display screen at a front side of the main body; a handset retaining seat extending from the main body for locating a handset. The main body includes: a camera for capturing images out of a windscreen of a car; the images captured by the camera being transferred to the processor; a fixing unit for fixing the main body to a specific object having a connecting rod and a disk connected to the connecting rod; the disk being sucked to a windscreen of a car; a G-sensor connected to the processor and for detecting the accelerations in different three dimensions; and a WiFi system for inducing communication between a handset and the main body. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140204212 | VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vision system for a vehicle includes a single forward facing camera and a control having a processor, with the camera and processor disposed in a unitary module installed in the vehicle. The processor, responsive to processing of captured image data, detects headlights of oncoming vehicles and the control, responsive to the detection, provides an output for a headlamp control system of the vehicle. The processor, responsive to processing of captured image data, detects lane marks on a road being traveled by the vehicle and, responsive to the detection, provides an output for a lane departure warning system of the vehicle. The processor may estimate distance from the vehicle to an object or vehicle present exteriorly of the vehicle. The module is supplied by an automotive supplier to the vehicle manufacturer with software operable by the processor for a plurality of driver assistance systems of the vehicle. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204211 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VEHICLE ACCESS CONTROL - A method and apparatus for controlling access to a motor vehicle using heartbeat rhythm patterns. An electronic camera installed in or on the vehicle images a skin surface of a person seeking access to the vehicle. A chronological change in coloration or swelling of the imaged skin surface indicates the person's heartbeat rhythm, and this rhythm is compared to stored reference data of authorized persons. The person is allowed access if the detected rhythm corresponds to the reference data. The allowed access to the vehicle may be the unlocking and/or opening of a door and or the starting of an engine. The method is initiated if the door latch is actuated, if a person is recognized in the vicinity of the vehicle, or if a near field communication occurs, for example, by means of capacitive sensors. The electronic camera is preferably a LIDAR camera. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20100328462 | Detecting Common Geographic Features in Images Based on Invariant Components - Systems, devices, features, and methods for detecting common geographic features in images, such as, for example, to develop a navigation database are disclosed. For example, a method of detecting a common text pattern, such as for a road or path sign, from collected images includes collecting a plurality of images of geographic areas along a road or path. An image of the plurality of images is selected. Components that correspond to an object about the road or path in the selected image are determined. In one embodiment, the determined components are independent or invariant to scale of the object. The determined components are compared to reference components in a data library. If the determined components substantially match the reference components, the object in the selected image is identified to be a common pattern, such as for a standard road or path sign, corresponding to the reference components in the data library. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20140285661 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLORIZING AN ENHANCED IMAGE DURING ALERT - Methods and systems for improving presentation of terrain/obstacle alerting information in a composite (synthetic and sensor) image. An exemplary system includes an imaging device that obtains image data for a region exterior to the vehicle, a processing system, and a display device. The processing system is in data communication with the display device and the imaging device. The processing system receives information from an alerting (e.g., a terrain awareness and warning) system and the obtained image data, colors, or makes transparent at least a portion of the obtained image data, if the received information indicates that an alert condition exists for the portion of the obtained image data, and generates a composite image comprising a previously generated synthetic image and the obtained image data with the enhanced portion. The display device displays the composite image. The obtained image data overlie the synthetic image. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20110221903 | Production and Internet-Viewing of High-Resolution Images of the Commonly Viewed Exterior Surfaces of Vehicles, Each with the Same Background View - Disclosed is an apparatus and a process for producing and viewing through the internet high-resolution images of the commonly viewed exterior surfaces of a vehicle, while maintaining the same background view for multiple images of the vehicle. The view can be selected by the operator to reduce the bandwidth required for internet viewing. The background and the imaging device are revolved around a vehicle which is maintained in fixed position between the background and the imaging device. The vehicle does not need to be rotated or moved during the imaging. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221902 | Video production with selectable camera angles - A system for on-line viewing of an event at an event site includes a central site connected to a network, cameras disposed about an event site, means enabling a user to access the central site and to selectively view the event site by means of at least two of the plurality of cameras, and a processor. The cameras provide views of the event site from at least two different camera angles and provide video feeds to the central site via the network. The processor generates a smooth transitional view between at least two of the cameras, whereby a continuous change of camera angle is provided. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20120069185 | BARRIER AND GUARDRAIL DETECTION USING A SINGLE CAMERA - Driver assistance systems for detecting a structural barrier extending along a road. The driver assistance system may be mountable in a host vehicle. The camera may capture multiple image frames in the forward field of view of the camera. A processor may process motion of images of the barrier in the image frames. The camera may be a single camera. The motion of the images may be responsive to forward motion of the host vehicle and/or the motion of the images may be responsive to lateral motion of the host vehicle. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20090322881 | Video analysis, archiving and alerting methods and apparatus for a distributed, modular and extensible video surveillance system - Systems and methods are disclosed for analyzing, managing and cataloguing video tracks generated by a video surveillance system. Systems and methods operating in accordance with the present invention receive video tracks from a video surveillance system; analyze them for particular categories of, for example, objects or events, assign unique identifying tags to the video tracks; and save them in highly-cross-referenced databases so that video tracks containing, for example, particular objects or events can be easily searched for and recalled. In addition, the present invention provides browsing facilities for viewing events that have just elapsed, events that are occurring in near real-time. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322880 | CAR WITH MOVEABLE CAMERA UNIT - A car includes a car body, a camera unit, a driving unit, a display unit, a processing unit and a power source unit. The car body includes a rear portion. The camera unit is moveably coupled to the rear portion and is configured to capture images. The driving unit is to drive the camera unit to move along the rear portion. The display unit is configured to display the captured images. The processing unit is configured to receive the captured images, send the captured images to the display unit to display and control the driving unit to drive the camera unit. The power source unit is configured to supply electrical power to the camera unit, the driving unit, the processing unit and the display unit. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20140293056 | WADING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A motor vehicle includes imaging apparatus comprising at least one camera. The apparatus is operable to provide a wade image to an occupant of the vehicle being an image of at least a portion of an exterior surface of the vehicle that is exposed to liquid when wading. The wade image is arranged to allow the occupant to determine whether the level of the liquid is below a prescribed level. Embodiments of the invention are advantageous over known wade aid devices such as ultrasonic sensor arrangements in that a driver is able to view directly a level of liquid such as water in which the vehicle is wading. Furthermore embodiments of the invention have a reduced settling time when switched on compared with ultrasonic sensor arrangements. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20120229639 | Truck Bed Monitoring System - A truck bed monitoring system comprising a monitor mounted within view of a user inside a cabin of a truck, and a camera built within a cargo light housing. The monitor includes a base to secure the monitor in place and a screen to observe an image. The camera includes a lens to view a truck bed wherein the camera sends the image recorded from the lens to the monitor to display the image on the screen; and wherein the camera enables the user to monitor how a hitch attached to the truck bed aligns with a trailer to ensure that the trailer and the hitch connect. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20110102594 | IMAGE PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is an image processing device capable of an image processing with using a general-purpose image processing hardware in accordance with video input without mediation of a CPU. The image processing device includes: a storage medium for storing an image data acquired by video inputting unit for acquiring video images; a CPU for a general processing; image processing unit for processing the image data stored in the storage medium; setting unit for determining a processing content of the image processing unit; a command list indicating an order of setting and activating the image processing unit; and command writing unit for setting and activating the image processing unit based on the command list in synchronization with input of the image data from the video inputting unit without mediation of the CPU. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20100103264 | VEHICLE-SURROUNDINGS DISPLAYING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A vehicle-surroundings displaying method includes obtaining a distorted original image of surroundings of a vehicle. The distorted original image is divided into distorted central, left and right original images. The distorted central original image is corrected to become closer to a central virtual image provided by a virtual image capturing device having a central virtual optical axis to generate a central corrected image. The distorted left original image is corrected to become closer to a left virtual image provided by the virtual image capturing device having a left virtual optical axis to generate a left corrected image. The distorted right original image is corrected to become closer to a right virtual image provided by the virtual image capturing device having a right virtual optical axis to generate a right corrected image. The left and right corrected images are connected to the central corrected image for a display. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103263 | MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A DISTANCE SENSOR AND AN IMAGING SYSTEM - A motor vehicle encompasses a distance sensor, an imaging system as well as a driving assistance system and/or a display device. To improve the quality of information acquired by the imaging system, the imaging system can be targeted abased on the signals from the radar distance sensor. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103262 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE, VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING PROGRAM AND VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle periphery monitoring device includes an image processing target area setting portion ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20140192196 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR LARGE VEHICLES - A vehicle-borne camera-based observation system for monitoring areas adjacent a vehicle or passenger vehicle, such as a bus or schoolbus, is disclosed, to provide safer operation for passersby, including for children, and driver convenience. The system includes several cameras, and several monitors in a driver's area displaying all of the fields of view from the cameras, such that each monitor may be controllable to show either the field of view of a first camera or a the field of view of a second camera, according to a driver selection or according to an automatic selection. Night vision, automatic tracking, and illumination systems are also provided. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140176712 | THERMAL IMAGER FOR A MINE VEHICLE - An imaging system for enhancing situational awareness during movement of an underground mine vehicle includes a forward viewing camera sensor, such as a thermal camera sensor, that is mounted on the front end of the vehicle. The camera sensor provides a Field of View (FOV) covering a predetermined area in front of the vehicle as the vehicle moves in a forward direction. A second camera sensor can be included to provide a second FOV covering a predetermined area in back of the vehicle as the vehicle moves in a reverse direction. A display monitor is mounted on the vehicle at a vehicle driving station. Transmission lines are provided that extend from each camera sensor to the display monitor. Each camera sensor can include one or more wide angle lenses to establish a relatively wide angle FOV. Typically, the FOV for each camera sensor is about ninety degrees (90°). | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140218521 | VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH MEANS FOR ILLUMINATING/WATCHING A SIDE AREA THEREOF - In order to provide a vehicle in which a side road area of the vehicle to be watched by a side area watching camera is illuminated by a side area illumination lamp for illuminating a foot area of a man climbing into the vehicle when the vehicle is parked or driven carefully on an alley or a mountain road in the darkness, the vehicle is equipped with the side area illumination lamp for illuminating a side road area, a side area watching camera for watching the side road area, a navigation display and an electronic control unit, whereby the side area illumination lamp is put on when a man approaches the vehicle as well as when the vehicle is being driven at a vehicle speed less than a certain low threshold speed with the side area watching camera being made on. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218529 | VEHICLE DATA RECORDING SYSTEM - A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one camera having a field of view exterior the vehicle. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. When the vehicle is parked, a control controls the camera to capture frames of image data at a first capture rate. The control compares a frame of captured imaged data to at least one previous frame of captured image data. Responsive to the comparison determining a change in the frames of captured image data beyond a threshold degree of change, (i) the control increases the capture rate to a second capture rate, (ii) the at least one camera captures frames of image data at the second capture rate and (iii) the control activates a recording device to record images captured by the camera at the second capture rate. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218528 | Three-Dimensional Sound Human Machine Interface, Navigation, And Warning Systems In A Vehicle - Systems and methods for providing a vehicle occupant with a three-dimensional sound human machine interface, three-dimensional sound navigation, and three-dimensional sound warnings. One method includes retrieving a menu option, determining a virtual location of the menu option relative to the vehicle occupant, and emitting audio related to the menu option through a three-dimensional sound system to cause the vehicle occupant to hear the audio at the virtual location. The method also includes receiving feedback from the vehicle occupant related to the menu option and interpreting the feedback to adjust the virtual location of the menu option. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218525 | Method for determining a pitch of a camera installed in a vehicle and method for controling a light emission of at least one headlight of a vehicle. - A method for determining a pitch of a camera installed in a vehicle includes: production of first image gradient data from a first camera image, the first image gradient data representing a brightness change of adjacent pixels of the first camera image along a vertical axis of the first camera image; production of second image gradient data from a second camera image recorded subsequent to the first camera image, the second image gradient data representing a brightness change of adjacent pixels of the second camera image along a vertical axis of the second camera image; generation of an image displacement value, which represents a displacement of a pixel of the second camera image in relation to a corresponding pixel of the first camera image; and ascertainment of a pitch based on the image displacement value. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218524 | REMOTE CONTROL TOY CAR WITH WIRELESS REAL-TIME TRANSMISSION OF AUDIO AND VIDEO SIGNALS - This invention discloses a remote control toy car wirelessly communicable with a client terminal and configured to support wireless real-time transmission of video and audio signals. The toy car comprises a microprocessor, a clock generation circuit, a program memory, a random access memory, a power conversion circuit, a power supply module, a video capturing circuit, an audio circuit and a radio transceiving circuit. The toy car is compact, convenient to carry, ready to use and simple to operate. Furthermore, it has a rechargeable battery. When the toy car is wirelessly linked to a smart mobile terminal with Wi-Fi functions, wireless video playing can be achieved, and no settings are required for the smart mobile terminal. Picture taking and audio/video recording can be achieved by the smart mobile terminal. The toy car can also produce an audio output upon receiving audio data packets sent from the client terminal. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20110109745 | VEHICLE TRAVELING ENVIRONMENT DETECTION DEVICE - An image processing device | 05-12-2011 |
| 20100289898 | Device having a video camera which is built into in a rear-view mirror assembly in a vehicle - In a device having a video camera oriented in the direction of travel and built into a rear-view mirror assembly of a vehicle, provision is made that a rearward-directed light sensor is additionally provided in the rear-view mirror assembly; and that a device for reducing the reflectivity of the rear-view mirror is controllable by the signals of the video camera and of the light sensor. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289897 | Number recognition device, and recognition method therefor - A number recognition device | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120249794 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display system including a synthesized image generation section that generates a synthesized image representing a vehicle and circumstances around the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on captured images obtained by cameras disposed on the vehicle, a navigation device that displays the synthesized image and the captured images on a display screen, an obstacle detection section that detects an obstacle, and an indication addition section that, when the obstacle is detected, adds an alarm indication to call attention to at least one of an area of the display screen except the synthesized image, and a surrounding area of the synthesized image is provided. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20140192195 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM, LANE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a lane departure warning system including an image sensing device, an identification module and a determination module. The image sensing device generates a video. The identification module identifies a plurality of lane lines of at least one lane on which a vehicle is currently driven from the video, to generate an identification result, wherein the identification result is generated based on specific borderlines of the lane lines. The determination module determines a determination strategy according to vehicle speed information, and generates a determination result according to the determination strategy and the identification result. The lane departure warning system determines whether to issue a warning according to the determination result. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140354813 | Surroundings Monitoring Device for Work Machine - [Problem] The present invention has an object to improve the safety and the efficiency of the work by making surveillance of the situation around a work machine more precisely with excellent visibility. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354811 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED LOW LIGHT CAPABILITIES - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera, a control and a display device. The camera is disposed at a vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes a two dimensional array of a plurality of photosensing elements. The control has an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The display device is viewable by a driver of the vehicle and includes a video display screen. Responsive to a determination of a reduction in light level at the imaged scene, the control is operable to adjust at least one of (i) an exposure time for image capture by the camera and (ii) a frame rate of image capture by the camera. The control is operable to adjust the camera to control the display intensity of video images displayed by the video display screen. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140354816 | Peripheral Monitoring Device for Transportation Vehicle - This invention comprises, for the sake of improving the safety at the time of traveling a transportation vehicle by displaying an image corresponding to the traveling direction of the dump truck | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140313334 | TECHNIQUE FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT - A technique for image acquisition and management, by utilizing a mobile device equipped with a camera and a mobile software application. The software application enables a) providing guidance to an operator for making, by the camera, a set of one or more images of an object, so as to obtain them at one or more angles suggested by the software application for properly registering currently existing visible features of the object, b) obtaining the set of images, c) storing the set of obtained images as a current set, along with its related data, in at least one storage/processing location for further analysis. The technique, using the mobile software application, may also perform d) analysis of thus obtained current set of images by comparing it with another reference set of images of the same or similar object. The technique may be used, for example, for detecting defects on a vehicle body. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140313333 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for imaging a driver of a vehicle is provided. The system includes an imager mounted to a steering wheel hub that images a scene containing a bodily feature of the driver and generates image data therefrom. An image processor receives and analyzes the image data and generates biometric information related to the driver. The biometric information is useable as input for a variety of vehicle operations. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150049196 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITION IMAGE FOR AVM SYSTEM - An image composing apparatus includes an image input unit which captures original images using front, rear, left, and right cameras of a vehicle; an external memory which stores the original images, a look up table, and a composite image; an original image window generating unit which sets an M×N basic pixel group to analyze a coordinate value based on the look up table and calculates a starting coordinate and a window size of the window in accordance with the coordinate value; an internal memory control unit which reads the original images in accordance with the starting coordinate and the window size to store the original image; an image composing unit which composes the original images read out based on the coordinate value to generate the composite image; and an image output unit which reads the composite image to output the composite image to a display device. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20130063601 | DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE - A drive assist device allows a driver to favorably check space for opening a back door along with an image of a periphery of a vehicle. The drive assist device is configured: to perform a viewpoint conversion that converts an image captured by a vehicle-mounted camera, which image is of a scene in the periphery of the vehicle including at least an area rearward of the vehicle, into an overhead image showing the vehicle from above; to superimpose on the overhead image a graphic image showing a flip-up back door in an open state from the same viewpoint as that of the overhead image; and to allow the superimposed image to be displayed on a monitor device in a vehicle compartment. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063598 | REARVIEW MIRROR - A rearview mirror is provided with dashboard camera functions and includes a mirror surface of the rearview mirror, an image processing unit coupled with an underneath of the rearview minor and linking the image capture unit, a display unit installed on the mirror surface to display images retrieved by the image capture unit, an input unit mounted on the rearview mirror body for operating commands entered by one user, and a control processing module which is installed inside the rearview mirror body, links the image capture unit and the display unit, and receives instructions from the input unit to control operations of both the image capture unit and the display unit. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063597 | METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING OF IMAGE DATA RECORDED WITH AN OPTICAL SENSOR IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND A MOTOR VEHICLE - In a method for image processing of image data recorded in a motor vehicle with an optical sensor, in particular with a camera, wherein the image data include images sequentially recorded with a defined image recording rate, an optical flux is determined from the image data and useful information is determined from the optical flux by at least one vehicle system, in particular a driver assist system. The optical flux is determined during compression of the image data and/or from flux information determined during the compression of the image data. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063594 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SURROUNDING INFORMATION OF VEHICLE - Technology for system and method of providing surrounding information of a vehicle which accurately calculates positions of obstacles around the vehicle is provided. The system includes a plurality of image acquisition units installed in the vehicle at a preset interval, an image acquisition unit selector which selects at least two image acquisition units of the plurality of image acquisition units and receives image data from the selected acquisition unit selector, and a control unit which recognizes an obstacle from the image data received from the image acquisition units, calculates a position of the obstacle, and controls the image acquisition unit selector to select the at least two image acquisition units of the plurality of image acquisition units according to information for vehicle speed of the vehicle. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20140198212 | VEHICULAR VIDEO-RECORDING MODULE - A flat vehicular video-recording module has a housing being transversely elongated and having a circuit board therein. The housing further has a photo-sensing element thereon to align with the circuit board, a connector extending outwards from the housing and sticking plasters thereon. Given the foregoing structural design, the video-recording module can be effectively reduced in thickness and can be applied to a vehicle with narrow space available inside the vehicle, thereby rendering higher flexibility in mounting and design. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140300741 | Arrangement and Method for Recognizing Road Signs - Various embodiment include a system and a method for recognizing road signs. An image of a road sign may be captured by least one image sensor. A vehicle computer may receive the image data representing one or more road signs along a route and display one or more images of the road sign based on the image data. The display may be capable of presenting one or more status of the road sign based on one or more travel states for the vehicle. These travel states may include at least one of an amount of elapsed travel time, distance travelled, or speed. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20100149335 | APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SERVILLANCE SERVICE IN MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTS - A set of cameras can operate in coordination for surveillance purposes to provide situation awareness at a system level. Any infrastructure of cameras, public or private, can incidentally view and record an individual's mobile property when in view of any of these cameras. A locating unit can determine the approximate location of a mobile property. A monitoring device that correlates to the mobile property's location can be selected. The transmission of surveillance information from the selected monitoring device can be provided to a user, such as via a transmission to the user's mobile device. Thus, the individual can have access to the monitoring device's viewing or recorded data to increase surveillance of mobile property. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20140063255 | Techniques for Improving Safe Operation of a Vehicle - Vehicle control system and method in which restrictions on travel of the vehicle are determined based on an indication of the visibility of a driver and information about objects moving in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle are considered. The travel restrictions include preventing a passing maneuver on a two-lane road when an oncoming vehicle precludes safely initiating or completing an already-initiated passing maneuver. A warning system is provided to warn a driver about the travel restrictions so that the driver will, hopefully, not attempt an unsafe maneuver. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063252 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE - In a method for calibrating an image capture device that is mounted on a motor vehicle and able to successively capture images of a road area located in front of the vehicle, at least two image objects which correspond to line segments which are straight and substantially parallel to each other in world coordinates are detected in a captured image. With the aid of the image objects, the position of a vanishing point in the captured image is estimated and tracked by a tracking method. In the process, an error is calculated for the position of the vanishing point. As soon as the calculated error decreases to less than a predetermined threshold value, the image capture device is calibrated with reference to the position of the vanishing point associated with the error. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20090315993 | IMAGE PICKUP AND METHOD OF DETECTING ROAD STATUS - An image pickup including a lens array having a substrate on which multiple lenses are provided; a filter including at least two polarizer areas with respective perpendicular axes which are separated according to beams of light which have passed through the respective lenses of the lens array; an image pickup unit including multiple image pickup areas that shoots images of an object by receiving the beams of light which have passed through the respective corresponding polarizer areas of the filter; a signal processing unit that processes image signals of the images of the object shot in the multiple image pickup areas of the image pickup unit, wherein a vertical polarization image is shot at one of the image pickup areas and a horizontal polarization image is shot at another image pickup area, and wherein the signal processing unit produces an image according to the polarization ratio of the vertical polarization image to the horizontal polarization image shot in the image pickup unit. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20120218410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSISTING VISIBILITY OF DRIVER - Provided is a system for assisting visibility of a driver, for displaying a nighttime image in color image quality required to recognize a pedestrian and displaying an image of a lane required to alarm a lane departure using a single camera module, which includes a camera module; a signal extraction unit; a lane pattern image data generating unit; a pedestrian image data generating unit; and a display drive unit. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20140232868 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR USE IN A VEHICLE AS WELL AS A VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system for use in a vehicle for simultaneously recognizing rain on its windshield and for monitoring the surroundings, includes: a camera having a camera lens and an image sensor, a mirror system having at least one first mirror and at least one second mirror which are situated in such a way that they define a beam path from a monitored area of the windshield to the first mirror, from there to the second mirror, and from there through the camera lens to a first subarea of the image sensor, the distance along the beam path between the at least one second mirror and the camera lens being smaller than the distance along the beam path between the at least one second mirror and the monitored area. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20130162829 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A parking assistance device with a simple configuration that flexibly guides a vehicle to a reverse start position in assisting reverse parking computes a guide route for allowing the vehicle to move forward to a reverse start position and then reverse to the parking target and the reverse start position based on the parking target with a predetermined tolerance included, generates forward guide markers constituted by a marker group including a far marker corresponding to the reverse start position and a near marker that represents an area via which the vehicle can reach the reverse start position and is located closer to the vehicle than the far marker, the forward guide markers indicating a forward route to the reverse start position by an arrangement of the marker group the width of which is increased toward the near marker from the far marker, and superimpose the markers on the surrounding image. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162825 | AVM TOP VIEW BASED PARKING SUPPORT SYSTEM - An AVM (Around View Monitoring) top view based parking support system using AVM, may include a camera unit including the AVM and photographing and acquiring images around a vehicle by using the AVM, and converting and synthesizing the acquired images into top view images, a parking space recognizing unit recognizing a parking space by periodically receiving the top view images generated from the camera unit and comparing top view images that may be sequentially continuous by using an image recognition technology, a control unit receiving vehicle traveling information from each sensor of the vehicle and determining and generating a parking path based on the vehicle traveling information with respect to the parking space recognized from the parking space recognizing unit, and a parking support unit receiving steering information of the vehicle and converting a display of the parking path generated in the control unit to correspond to the steering information. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162823 | SURVEILLANCE TRAILER WITH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SOLAR POWER PANELS - A surveillance trailer includes a wheeled chassis and an electronics enclosure mounted atop the wheeled chassis. A first solar power panel is provided for charging a portable power supply and is positioned and oriented so that the first solar power panel extends generally transversely over the ground. A second solar power panel is provided for charging the portable power supply and is positioned and oriented so that the second solar power panel is generally perpendicular to the ground. The surveillance trailer can include an altitude adjustment for tilting the first solar panel to adjust the vertical orientation of the first solar panel to correspond with the local latitude. Also optionally, the surveillance trailer can include a pivoting azimuth mount so that the first solar panel can be pointed toward the sun to better capture the solar energy. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20160100102 | Imaging Device and Water Droplet Adhesion Determining Method - An image signal evaluator calculates a first image signal evaluation value based on an image signal captured in a state where a focusing position is adjusted to an imaging target. A water droplet adhesion determiner determines whether there is a possibility that a water droplet may be adhered onto an imaging window by comparing a first image signal evaluation value and a threshold value. In a case where it is determined that there is the possibility, an image signal evaluator calculates a second image signal evaluation value based on an image signal captured in a state where the focusing position is adjusted to a position of a close distance. The water droplet adhesion determiner determines whether a water droplet is adhered onto the imaging window by comparing the first image signal evaluation value and the second image signal evaluation value. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20120169878 | RAIN DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A rain detection apparatus includes a camera that views a surface and a processor that captures an image from the camera. The processor generates a signal indicative of rain on the surface from information contained in the captured image and optionally drives a surface cleaning apparatus in response thereto. The apparatus captures images focused at a plurality of distances. The processor includes an edge detector that detects edges visible in the captured image and a difference structure that calculates the difference between the number of edges visible between differing images. The edge detector disregards edges close to areas of light larger than the largest raindrop that is desired or expected to be detected. The apparatus optionally includes a backlight, and the difference in numbers of edges between frames with and without the backlight illuminated are used to distinguish between background features and rain on the surface. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20100141764 | Monitoring System and Vehicle Surrounding Monitoring System - A parameter selection section selects one from a plurality of image synthesis parameters stored in a parameter storage section according to an output of a vehicle state detection section. An image synthesis section reads out camera images from frame memories according to the selected image synthesis parameter and generates a synthesized image showing a state of vehicle surroundings. A moving object detection section detects, in the thus generated synthetic image, a moving object region estimated as a region where a moving object is present. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20140320658 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICULAR SURROUND VISION SYSTEM - A camera calibration system for calibrating cameras of a vehicle includes at least one reconfigurable calibration target established or disposed at a ground area at which a vehicle is positioned for a camera calibrating procedure. The camera calibration system is operable, responsive to an input indicative of a type or size of the vehicle positioned at the ground area, to reconfigure the at least one reconfigurable calibration target to adapt the calibration target for the particular type or size of the vehicle positioned thereat. The camera calibration system may reconfigure at least one of a size of the target and a location of the target. The camera calibration system may reconfigure the target via a covering element that selectively exposes a portion of the reconfigurable calibration target and covers another portion of the reconfigurable calibration target. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320656 | MULTI-FOCUS OPTICAL SYSTEM - An imager system and a display system for a vehicle are provided. The imager system includes at least one imager configured to capture a multi-focus image having depth data. The display system includes at least one display assembly configured to display a multi-focus image having depth data. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320653 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED BOTTOM FEATURE NAVIGATOR - System and method for generating vehicle position fixes for an underwater vehicle based on images of a target object on the seafloor. The position of the target object is estimated based on a selected pixel on the target. For each image of the target, there is a different selected pixel, and a different uncertainty associated with the target location based on the selected pixel. Vehicle position fixes for the underwater vehicle are computed based on an analysis of the selected pixels for each target, the uncertainties of the selected pixel positions, the location and uncertainty of location of the vehicle collecting the pixel positions, and other information collected about the target. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150062341 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, VEHICLE DRIVE ASSISTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an image color determination unit configured to determine color of overlay image data to be superimposed on captured image data of successive frames generated by capturing surroundings of a vehicle such that a first color of overlay image data of a first frame differs from a second color of the overlay image data of a second frame following the first frame; and an image synthesizing unit configured to superimpose the overlay image data in the first color and the overlay image data in the second color respectively on predetermined positions in the captured image data of the first frame and the second frame, and output images corresponding to the captured image data of the successive frames one after another to a display. Thereby, an overlay image that is easily visible regardless of background color and driver's color vision is superimposed on a captured image. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20140063251 | LANE CORRECTION SYSTEM, LANE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CORRECTING LANE - The embodiment provides a method of correcting a lane. The method includes receiving first lane information detected by a lane departure warning system; comparing the received first lane information with previously stored second lane information to identify a degree of variation of a lane as a function for time; sensing whether a fault detection of the received first lane information exists according to the identified degree of variation of the lane; correcting the received first lane information when the fault detection of the first lane information is sensed; and transmitting the corrected lane information to the lane departure warning system. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063248 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle periphery monitoring device | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140063244 | CONSTRAINED PARAMETRIC CURVE DETECTION USING CLUSTERING ON HOUGH CURVES OVER A SEQUENCE OF IMAGES - A method for automatically detecting a constrained curve over a set of images includes: obtaining a set of one or more binary images of a scene wherein pixels thereof are designated as an edge pixel or not; and, processing at least one of the images. The processing includes: applying a Hough transform to the image to generate an accumulator array; determining Hough peaks from the accumulator array; selecting Hough peaks subject to a set of constraints; determining Hough curve segments for the selected Hough peaks; grouping the Hough curve segments into clusters; selecting from the clusters a cluster having a greatest number of Hough curve segments; and fitting a curve to the Hough curve segments grouped in the selected cluster. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20120257056 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes image acquisition units which are mounted in a vehicle, and each of which is configured to acquire an image, a vehicle information acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle information indicating a movement state of the vehicle, and an image correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate an amount of image correction based on positional relationship between a first image acquired by one of the image acquisition units and a second image acquired by the other image acquisition units, wherein the positional relationship is estimated based on the vehicle information. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120257059 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM - A vehicular vision system includes a CMOS photosensor array including a plurality of photosensor elements. The photosensor array is disposed at an interior portion of a vehicle and has a forward field of view to the exterior of the vehicle through the windshield of the vehicle at a windshield area that is swept by the windshield wipers. The photosensor array has a field of view forward of the vehicle that is generally in line with the vehicle's primary direction of forward travel. A control includes an image processor that processes image data captured by the photosensor array. The control may analyze image data captured by photosensor elements where an object exterior of the equipped vehicle is determined to be present more than the control analyzes image data captured by other photosensor elements where the determined object is not present. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120236151 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE - A vehicle has a display device which widens the field of view (visible area) reflected by a side mirror or a back mirror mounted on the vehicle. To enable a driver driving the vehicle to confirm safety even when it is difficult for the driver to visually recognize some of objects surrounding the vehicle, a liquid crystal display device or an EL display device is provided in the side mirror (door mirror), the back mirror (room mirror) or in an interior portion of the vehicle. A camera is mounted on the vehicle and an image from the camera is displayed on the display device. Further, information read from a sensor (distance measuring sensor) having the function of measuring the distance to another vehicle, and a sensor (impact sensor) having the function of sensing an externally applied impact force larger than a predetermined value is displayed on the display device. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20100188508 | VEHICULAR VIDEO SYSTEM - A vehicle-based video processor module for a video system of a vehicle includes a video processor circuit, a plurality of electronic sensor interfaces that are operable to receive image output data from a plurality of imaging devices and at least one electronic vehicle interface that is operable to communicate with a vehicle communication bus. The video processor circuit is operable to process the image output data from the plurality of imaging devices in a single database in a standard format and enhances the image output data. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20140085474 | PARKING CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a parking camera system and a method of driving the same, the system including a plurality of cameras equipped with a vehicle, an image synthesizer for synthesizing images photographed by the plurality of cameras, and an estimated travel trajectory generating and overlaying processor for generating an estimated travel trajectory of the vehicle by receiving steering angle information of the vehicle, and synthesizing the estimated travel trajectory of the vehicle with the images synthesized by the image synthesizer. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20130002877 | IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS - In order to provide an image control apparatus that allows a driver to easily check the situation of a passenger's getting on/off a vehicle through an opening operation of a door of the vehicle, the apparatus includes a camera which captures an image of the vicinity of the vehicle door, a monitor capable of displaying the image captured by the camera and a door opening detection sensor which detects an open state of the vehicle door. The monitor displays the image captured by the camera when the door opening detection sensor detects an open state of the door. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20150070498 | Image Display System - An image display system includes a visual image system for generating image data from a plurality of points of view, an object detection system for detecting objects, and a machine sensor for sensing a state of the machine. A controller receives the image data, generates a unified image by combining the image data, and detects any objects in proximity to the machine. The controller further senses a state of the machine, determines an image to be rendered based upon the state of the machine and any detected objects, and renders the image on a display device. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20100045797 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having a field of view forward of a vehicle equipped with the driver assistance system and in a direction of travel of the equipped vehicle. The imaging device is operable to capture image data and an image processor is operable to process image data captured by the imaging device. The equipped vehicle includes an adaptive speed control system for controlling the speed of the equipped vehicle, and the speed of the equipped vehicle is controlled by the adaptive speed control system at least in part responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the imaging device. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20140285663 | VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vision system for a vehicle includes a mirror mounting button attached at a first location at an in-cabin surface of a windshield and an attachment member attached at a second location at the in-cabin surface of the windshield. A light absorbing layer is disposed at the windshield and at least partially masks the presence of the attachment member from view by a viewer who is viewing through the windshield from outside the vehicle. An accessory module is releasably attached to the attachment member and accommodates a forward facing camera. With the accessory module releasably attached to the attachment member at the windshield, the forward facing camera views through the windshield. The forward facing camera includes a component of a camera-based driver assistance system of the vehicle. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285664 | Object Recognition in Low-Lux and High-Lux Conditions - A system for capturing image data for gestures from a passenger or a driver in a vehicle with a dynamic illumination level comprises a low-lux sensor equipped to capture image data in an environment with an illumination level below an illumination threshold, a high-lux sensor equipped to capture image data in the environment with the illumination level above the illumination threshold, and an object recognition module for activating the sensors. The object recognition module determines the illumination level of the environment and activates the low-lux sensor if the illumination level is below the illumination threshold. If the illumination level is above the threshold, the object recognition module activates the high-lux sensor. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20100066832 | HEAD UP DISPLAY - According to one embodiment of a head up display according to the present invention can improve visibility by changing a position of information projected onto a combiner based on information captured by a front camera and a driver camera. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100134622 | IMAGING SYSTEM - The object of the present invention is to provide an imaging system which can appropriately detect an object to be detected by carrying out a detection process for the object according to a running state of a vehicle. The imaging system, which takes an image of surroundings of the vehicle with a camera and detects the object to be detected by pattern matching within the taken image, carries out pattern matching from a farther side within the image when the vehicle speed exceeds a predetermined value than when not. This can rapidly detect far objects to be detected when the vehicle speed is increased, thereby appropriately detecting objects which are of higher necessity in the driving of the vehicle according to the vehicle speed. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100201815 | Systems and methods for video monitoring - Embodiments of systems and methods for video monitoring are provided. A method for providing video monitoring includes three steps. A target is identified by a computing device and is displayed from a video through a display of the computing device. A selection of a trigger is received via a user input to the computing device. A response of the computing device is provided, based on recognition of the identified target and the selected trigger from the video. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201817 | Vehicle periphery displaying apparatus - A vehicle periphery displaying apparatus including an imaging device, a display device and a display controller is disclosed. The imaging device is configured to capture a vehicle periphery image with a wide horizontal filed of view. The display device includes a display screen, a dimension of the display screen in a vertical direction being larger than that in a horizontal direction. The display controller is configured to produce a predetermined-part image so that a part of the vehicle periphery image corresponds to the predetermined-part image. The display controller is further configured to cause the display device to display the vehicle periphery image and the predetermined-part image on the display screen such that the vehicle periphery image and the predetermined-part image are arranged one above the other in the vertical direction. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20140300743 | VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING METHOD - A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes a processing device. The processing device outputs a surrounding image as viewed from an eyepoint behind a host vehicle, including a current location of the host vehicle, to a display device mounted on the host vehicle on the basis of an image captured by a camera located a predetermined distance behind the current location of the host vehicle while the host vehicle is travelling forward or the host vehicle is stopped. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300744 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, provided is an image processing system that includes: a light source that emits light; an imaging unit including an imaging element that captures light emitted and reflected from a foreign matter attached to the other surface of the transparent member and that captures light transmitted through the transparent member from the other surface side; and an image analyzing unit that analyzes captured image data. The captured image data is formed of a first image area frame used for detecting a foreign matter, and is formed of a second image area frame that corresponds to an effective imaging area excluding a predetermined area. Different rules are applied to read pixel data of between the first image area frame and the second image area frame. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300738 | Camera System for a Vehicle - A camera system for a vehicle, which is to be arranged inside the vehicle behind a windshield of the vehicle, includes a housing, a first camera module that detects or images an area ahead of the vehicle and a second camera module that detects or images at least an area of the windshield. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20100194887 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VEHICLE DRIVING CONDITIONS - An object of the invention is to provide a method for displaying vehicle driving conditions wherein provisions are made to identify, when playing back video information acquired by a drive recorder showing the actual field of vision of a driver, thereby making it possible to investigate, for example, how an accident or the like has occurred. More particularly, the invention provides a method for displaying vehicle driving conditions, including the steps of acquiring vehicle speed information and video information captured by a vehicle-mounted image capturing device, obtaining a field of vision angle based on the speed information, and displaying the video information along with a field of vision corresponding to the field of vision angle. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194889 | WIDE ANGLE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN IMAGE OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An imaging system includes a digital camera having a sensor (such as a charge coupled device), a first lens directing a first image onto a first region of the sensor, a second lens directing a second image onto a second region of the sensor, and a third lens directing a third image onto a third region of the sensor. A display screen displays to a driver of the vehicle the first image, and a processing unit performs stereoscopic image analysis on data originating from the second and third regions. A fourth lens may be used to direct a fourth image onto a fourth region of the sensor, and the processing unit performs calculations on data from the fourth region for the detection of movement of the vehicle. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194886 | Camera Calibration Device And Method, And Vehicle - A camera calibration device performs camera calibration for projecting a plurality of camera images from a plurality of cameras onto a predetermined surface to combine them on the basis of the results after calibration patterns to be arranged in a common photographing area of the cameras are photographed by each of the cameras. The camera calibration device judges where or not the calibration patterns are observed by the cameras on the basis of the photographed results. If judging that the calibration patterns are not observed, the camera calibration device creates the content of an instruction to contain the calibration patterns in the common photographing area to allow the cameras to observe the contained calibration patterns on the basis of the photographed results and notifies the instruction content to an operator who is in charge of the arrangement operation of the calibration patterns. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194884 | DRIVER OBSERVATION AND SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A driver observation and security system has at least one sensor located on a vehicle. The sensor is used to indicate unauthorized entry into the vehicle. At least one interior camera module is mounted in an interior of the vehicle. The interior camera module provides real time images of the interior of the vehicle when the at least one sensor indicates unauthorized entry into the vehicle. A transmitter is used for transmitting the real time video images for viewing at a remote location. A location unit is located on the vehicle for sending a signal indicating a present location of the vehicle. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20140204209 | TRAFFIC LIGHT DETECTION - A traffic light detection system is provided that includes, but is not limited to an optical sensor for recording image data of an environment ahead of the vehicle, and an evaluation device for detecting a traffic light mapped in the image data, and an evaluation device for detecting a traffic light mapped in the image data, as well as a method for traffic light detection. The evaluation device is configured to detect a stop line in the image data, which is arranged on a carriageway ahead of the motor vehicle, in a predefined area ahead of a traffic light associated with the carriageway, transversely to the carriage longitudinal direction. The evaluation device includes, but is not limited to a verification device, which does not verify a traffic light associated with the carriageway and detected in the image data, until such a stop line has been detected in the image data. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20100039515 | Method and Apparatus for Alignment of a Trailer Hitch - A system for facilitating the backing of a vehicle to couple a hitch and trailer, the system including one or more cameras providing visual images to the vehicle driver to assist in backing the vehicle and making the coupling. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20110157362 | METHOD FOR EXPOSURE CONTROL FOR A CAMERA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for exposure control for a camera system in a motor vehicle is provided. The camera system records a sequence of images of the surroundings of the vehicle using an optimal exposure time. The optimal exposure time is predetermined depending on the brightness of the surroundings or on the brightness of individual objects in the image. If the optimal exposure time is longer than a predetermined threshold value, at least one intermediate image is recorded using a short predetermined exposure time, i.e. an exposure time shorter than the optimal exposure time. At least two driver assistance functions are executed on the basis of the image data of the camera system. The image data recorded using the optimal exposure time is used for a first driver assistance system and the image data recorded using the short exposure time is used for a second driver assistance system. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157361 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SURROUNDING SEAMLESS BIRD-VIEW IMAGE WITH DISTANCE INTERFACE - The present invention provides a method and system for generating a surrounding seamless bird-view image with distance assistance interface, which process a plurality of surrounding images associated with a carrier captured by different image sensing devices. After that, an assistant marking is determined according to the relationship between acquired image space and the real space and thereby is formed on the surrounding seamless bird-view image so as to assist the driver in the carrier for avoiding collision or events affecting the safety being occurred. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20120229640 | Mobile Advertising System - A mobile advertising system is provided that is removably affixable or permanently affixed to the roof of a passenger vehicle. Multiple displays are affixed to a frame so that they can be viewed from positions outside the vehicle. Dynamic video content is inputted to a controller assembly that independently sends a video feed to the displays. Video content is refreshed from internet feeds of from removable memory media. A wide area network connection interfaces the devices with the internet. A local area network connection ‘hot spot’ delivers internet services to passengers of the vehicle. GPS capabilities allow vehicle monitoring and geographically relevant content to be displayed. Other features are present as disclosed in the drawings and written description. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130188051 | IMAGING APPARATUS, VEHICLE SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - A dynamic expansion operation of an index value image is performed by specifying an index value range before correction (Gmin to Gmax) for one index value image, calculating magnification K for which to be expanded to an ideal index value range (0 to 1023), and correcting an index value before correction G by the magnification K. An effective magnification Kthre to expand a maximum effective index value range (215 to 747) that can be taken by the index value before correction G calculated from transmittance of a filter to the ideal index value range (0 to 1023) is stored, and in a case where the calculated magnification K is smaller than the effective magnification Kthre, the expansion operation is performed by use of the effective magnification Kthre. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130162827 | Camera Arrangement for a Motor Vehicle - A camera arrangement includes a camera and a prism. The camera includes a camera sensor having an array of pixels. The prism is arranged between a window pane such as a vehicle windshield and the camera sensor. Optical properties of the camera sensor and the prism are matched to one another such that a maximum broadening of a light beam due to dispersion of the prism lies within one pixel of the camera sensor. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162828 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vehicular imaging system includes an imaging device that captures image data and a control for processing captured image data. The control may utilize edge detection in processing captured image data. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data by the control, the control determines objects of interest present in the field of view of the imaging device. The objects of interest determined to be present in the field of view of the imaging device include at least one of (i) vehicles present exterior of the vehicle, (ii) headlights of vehicles present exterior of the vehicle, (iii) a bicycle that is present exterior of the vehicle and (iv) a bicycle rider that is present exterior of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data by the control, a driver of the vehicle is alerted to a hazardous condition. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20100026805 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM FOR APPLICATIONS IN VEHICLES - In an image capture system for use in vehicles as well as an optical system for use in the automotive sector, the image capture system has at least one image sensor element having a plurality of image sensors situated in an image plane and at least one micro-lens system having a plurality of micro-lenses. Optionally, at least one aperture mask having a plurality of openings is situated between the micro-lens system and the at least one image sensor element. One image sensor, one micro-lens and one opening respectively define a pick-up direction of the image sensor. The totality of the pick-up directions defines a main viewing direction, which together with the image plane encloses an angle α of less than 80°. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20160098610 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR GEO-LOCATING OBJECTS - A method, system, and device for analyzing images captured by a vehicle-based camera includes establishing a communication connection between a mobile communication device and an in-vehicle computing system. Scanning data may be retrieved from a scanning data server by the mobile communication device and, in some embodiments, forwarded to the in-vehicle computing system. A vehicle-base camera may be used to capture one or more images. An image analysis module of the in-vehicle computing system or mobile communication device may be used to analyze the captured image(s) for a match between the image(s) and the scanning data. In response to identifying a match, the mobile communication device may notify the scanning data server of the identified match. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20150054950 | TAILGATE POSITION DETECTION - A system includes a camera module disposed on a vehicle. The camera module records an image and generates an image signal representing the image. The system further includes a processing device that receives the image signal generated by the camera module and determines whether a vehicle tailgate is open based on the image. A method includes receiving an image signal representing an image captured from a vehicle, processing the image signal, and determining whether a vehicle tailgate is open based on the image. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20130194425 | VEHICLE ACCESSORY SYSTEM - An accessory system for a vehicle includes a mounting element attached at a vehicle windshield, a module mounted at a side of the mounting element that opposes the side that attaches at the windshield, and a camera disposed in the module. The module includes attaching structure that cooperates with attaching structure of the mounting element in order to detachably mount the module at the mounting element. The camera, with the module mounted at the mounting element attached at the vehicle windshield, may view forwardly through the vehicle windshield via a generally wedge-shaped structure. The camera captures image data for a driver assistance system of the vehicle. Electrical circuitry is disposed in the module and, with the module mounted at the mounting element attached at the vehicle windshield, the electrical circuitry communicates over a vehicle communication bus with at least one system of the vehicle. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20120320212 | SURROUNDING AREA MONITORING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A surrounding area of a vehicle is imaged, and target objects in the area are detected based on captured images. A driver is warned of the presence of the detected target objects by displaying a warning indication on the displayed image. If a total number of simultaneously detected target objects is equal to or less than a specified number, the warning indication of a first display mode is applied in which each target object is emphasized individually. If the total number is more than the specified number, the warning indication of a second warning display mode is applied in which one emphasized indication predefined is displayed for the whole displayed image without displaying the warning indication of the first display mode. The warning image becomes easier to understand for a driver, compared to an image where all detected objects are always emphasized individually regardless of the total number of them. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320213 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an image display device that allows intuitive guidance of a vehicle body based on an assisting image displaced in a screen. The image display device includes an image processing section for displaying a captured image of a rear camera on a monitor. This image processing section includes a synthesis processing unit for displaying a perspective image providing a perspective in superposition over the captured image being displayed on the monitor and a display mode setting unit that realizes selection between a viewing field-fixed mode for displaying the perspective image in superposition with the perspective image being fixed within a viewing field of the monitor and a road surface-fixed mode for displaying the perspective image in superposition with allowing scrolling thereof in unison with a road surface. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320209 | VEHICULAR CAMERA AND METHOD FOR PERIODIC CALIBRATION OF VEHICULAR CAMERA - In a first aspect, the invention is directed to a vehicular camera and a method for calibrating the camera after it has been installed in a vehicle. In particular, the invention is directed to calibrating a vehicular camera after the camera has been installed in a vehicle, wherein the camera is of a type that applies an overlay to an image and outputs the image with the overlay to an in-vehicle display. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A LEAD OBJECT - An imaging system for tracking the location and direction of movement of a first object comprises a plurality of marker devices adapted to be disposed in a pattern on the first object, a sensing device, and a processor. The sensing device is adapted to be disposed on a second object so as to view the marker devices, the sensing device being operative to detect the relative positions of the plurality of marker devices on the first object, and the processor is coupled to the sensing device to form an image of the relative positions of the plurality of marker devices and to determine the direction of movement of the first object. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120320207 | VEHICLE NIGHT VISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A vehicle night vision support system includes an infrared camera that captures an image ahead of a vehicle; a main display that displays the image captured by the infrared camera; a sub-display; and a control unit that controls the sub-display so as to display warning information when it is determined that there is an object in the image displayed on the main display, and controls the sub-display so as to display the warning information when it is estimated or detected that an object that has disappeared from the displayed image is present in the field of view of a driver. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20140362220 | PERIPHERY-MONITORING DEVICE FOR WORKING MACHINES - A periphery-monitoring device for working machines creates an output distance image based on an input distance image taken by a distance image sensor attached to a working machine. The periphery-monitoring device for working machines includes a computer programmed to execute a process including obtaining coordinates on an input distance image plane on which the input distance image is positioned, obtaining coordinates on an output distance image plane on which the output distance image is positioned and associating the input distance image and the output distance image with each other. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140362219 | CAMERA FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE CAMERA - A camera for a vehicle, the camera including: an image sensor; and a camera lens system for imaging a coverage region on the image sensor; the camera lens system having at least one lens; and the camera lens system and the image sensor determining an optical axis of the camera. In this connection, The camera lens system further includes a nonplanar reflector element which deflects the optical axis of the camera. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20130222592 | VEHICLE TOP CLEARANCE ALERT SYSTEM - A vehicle clearance alert system includes at least one sensor or camera disposed at a vehicle and having an exterior field of view in a direction of travel of the vehicle. A control is responsive to the camera and is operable to determine a height dimension of a structure in the path of travel of the vehicle. The control is operable, responsive to (i) the determined height dimension of a structure in the path of travel of the vehicle and (ii) a height dimension of the vehicle, to determine if there is sufficient clearance between the structure and the vehicle for the vehicle to pass under the structure. Responsive to a determination that there is not sufficient clearance between the structure and the vehicle for the vehicle to pass under the structure, the alert system is operable to generate an alert to the driver of the vehicle. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20160121793 | VEHICLE ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting a vehicle, including: a gear mounted in a vehicle and configured to switch an operation mode into any one of a travelling mode, a parking mode, a neutral mode, and a reverse mode of the vehicle; one or more lighting devices provided in the vehicle; a camera mounted in the vehicle, and configured to obtain an image around the vehicle; a processor configured to decrease a gain of a first color in an RGB image, which is received from the camera and includes light emitted from the taillight when the operation mode is switched into the reverse mode; and an output unit configured to output the image processed by the processor. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20110122249 | VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vision system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having an imaging sensor with a field of view exterior the vehicle, a camera controller, a display device and a display controller. The display device is operable to display information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The imaging device communicates an image signal to the display device via a link. The display controller may affect the image signal, such as in response to a user input, and the camera controller may adjust a function of the imaging device in response to a detection of the affected image signal. The vision system may adjust an image displayed by the display device in response to a signal from an auxiliary sensing system of the vehicle, such as a distance sensing system of the vehicle that is operable to determine a distance to an object exterior the vehicle. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110032358 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - Provided is an apparatus capable of, even when an object is moving, measuring the position of the object at a high accuracy. According to a vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus ( | 02-10-2011 |
| 20130258107 | METHOD OF DETERMINING PARKING LOT OCCUPANCY FROM DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGES - Described herein is a method of determining parking lot occupancy from digital images, including a set-up procedure that includes receiving a layout of a parking lot and estimating parking space volume for at least one viewing angle and the probability that an observed pixel belongs to the parking space volume. The method further includes acquiring one or more image frames of the parking lot from at least one digital camera; performing pixel classification using a vehicle detector on the acquired image frames to determine a likelihood that a pixel belongs to a vehicle; computing a probability that a parking space is occupied by a vehicle based on a spatially varying membership probability density function and a likelihood of vehicle pixels within a region of interest; and determining parking lot vacancy via a comparison of the computed probability that a parking space is occupied by a vehicle to a pre-determined threshold. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20110037853 | OBJECT DETECTOR - Provided is an object detector capable of setting an appropriate image processing area even when the behavior of a host vehicle is changed. The object detector performs image processing on a specific image processing area of a captured image of the surroundings of a host vehicle and acquires information on an object in the surroundings of the host vehicle. The object detector includes a millimeter-wave sensor ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20100194890 | VIDEO MIRROR SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A vehicular video mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a transflective reflective element. The mirror system includes a video display device at a casing of the mirror assembly rearward of the transflective reflective element, with the video display device having a video screen and a plurality of individual white light emitting light sources operable for backlighting the video screen. The intensity of light emitted by the white light emitting light sources is variable responsive to detection of light by at least one photosensor. The video screen may be operable to display video images captured by a rear back-up camera of the equipped vehicle during a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle. Light emanating from the white light emitting light emitting diodes may pass through a brightness enhancement film and a light diffuser to be incident at a transflective reflector of a second substrate of the mirror assembly. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20120268601 | METHOD OF RECORDING TRAFFIC IMAGES AND A DRIVE RECORDER SYSTEM - A method of recording traffic images is to be implemented in a drive recorder system. The method includes recording the traffic images at a first recording frame rate, generating a detection signal according to movement of the vehicle, searching a pre-stored table to acquire a vehicle driving condition matching with the detection signal, and recording the traffic images at a second recording frame rate when the acquired vehicle driving condition corresponds to an alert condition. The second recording frame rate is greater than the first recording frame rate. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20100002079 | MULTI-VIEW DISPLAY DEVICES - A display system, comprises a multi-view display panel ( | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100110188 | INVERTED VEHICLE FRONT VIEWING SYSTEM - A vehicle front viewing system useful in viewing an area in front of a vehicle has a camera and a support arm. The camera has a field of view. The support arm supports the camera and is attachable to the vehicle so that a field of view of the camera encompasses the area in front of the vehicle when the support arm is attached to the vehicle. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110191 | BIDIRECTIONAL WIRELESS TRANSMISSION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A bidirectional wireless transmission and communication system is disclosed, including a base station, a wireless microphone and an external control device. A bidirectional wireless transmission and communication may be performed between the wireless microphone and the base station. The external control device is connected to the wireless microphone wirelessly or via a cable for controlling the wireless microphone via at least one push button on the external control device. The external control device is also provided with at least one light-emitting element to show the function operating state of the wireless microphone. The wireless microphone is internally provided with a global positioning system and a G-sensor for locating the coordinates of the wireless microphone under different situations. When the wireless microphone is located beyond the wireless communication range, the wireless microphone emits a high-power pulsed radio frequency signal for the base station to locate the position of the wireless microphone. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20140125803 | VEHICLE IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM - A vehicle image capture system is provided. The system may include a vehicle mounted image capture device adapted to capture one or more images external of a vehicle, a navigation system adapted to determine an instantaneous position of the vehicle, and a user interface arranged to allow a user to input a first position. The system is adapted to compare an instantaneous position of the vehicle with the first position, and to capture one or more images if the instantaneous position of the vehicle and the first position are within a predetermined proximity. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140285665 | Apparatus and Method for Assisting Parking - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for assisting parking, the apparatus including: an image sensor photographing front/rear view images of a vehicle; and an estimated trace of vehicle generation and process unit generating an estimated trace of the vehicle to a parking target area using steering angle information of the vehicle, and overlaying the estimated trace of the vehicle to the photographed front/rear view images of the vehicle, wherein the estimated trace of the vehicle includes a first estimated trace of the vehicle based on a rear wheel of the vehicle and a second estimated trace of the vehicle based on a front wheel of the vehicle. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140071280 | VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM USING AUDIO/VISUAL CUES - A system may include one or more data modules operable to receive, process, and transmit data associated with one or more audio and/or visual cues from surroundings of a user. The system may also include one or more cameras and one or more microphones communicatively coupled to the one or more data modules, where the one or more cameras and the one or more microphones are operable to: record, respectively, the one or more audio and/or visual cues; and transmit, respectively, the data associated with the one or more audio and/or visual cues to the one or more data modules. Also, the system may include one or more speakers driven by audio signals received from the one or more data modules. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20160127625 | device and method for recognizing inscriptions on vehicle tires - A device for recognizing the inscription on the wall of a tire, including a driving surface plane, at least one directional light source to illuminate the tire; at least one camera to record multiple images of a wall of the tire rolling on the driving surface plane; and an evaluation device to synthesize an image of the wall of the tire from the multiple recorded images and to evaluate the synthesized image with the aid of a text recognition method. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20150054951 | INFLUENCE OF LINE OF SIGHT FOR DRIVER SAFETY - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods for influencing line of sight data. In some examples, a processor may determine a selection zone based on a location of a vehicle. The processor may select an object in the selection zone. The processor may generate an audio query that identifies the object. The processor may receive line of sight data that relates to a line of sight. The processor may determine whether the line of sight intersects the object based on the line of sight data. The processor may generate a response based on the determination. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20100208075 | SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A surroundings monitoring device for a vehicle, including: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of vehicle surroundings; an obstacle recognition unit that recognizes an obstacle in the image acquired by the image acquisition unit, calculates a position of the obstacle, and calculates a detection reliability indicating accuracy of recognition of the obstacle; a risk degree calculation unit that calculates a risk degree that indicates a degree of risk of a collision between the obstacle and the vehicle; and an attention drawing unit that outputs an attention drawing signal for drawing a driver's attention on the basis of the detection reliability and the risk degree. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208074 | OUTSIDE VIEW MONITOR SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME - A monitor system for a vehicle includes a camera, a display, a failure detection device, a report device, and a report control device. The camera captures an image of an area around the vehicle. The display displays the captured image to a driver of the vehicle. The failure detection device detects a failure of a function that allows the display to display the captured image. The report device reports the failure of the function to the area around the vehicle. The report control device controls the report device in such a manner that the report device reports the failure of the function in response to detection of the failure by the failure detection device. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208077 | ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An accessory system for a vehicle includes a windshield that has a mounting element adhesively attached to its inner surface, an interior rearview mirror assembly, and an accessory support adapted for mounting to and demounting from the mounting element. The accessory support includes an accessory receiving portion configured to receive an accessory. The accessory support may comprise part of the interior rearview mirror assembly or may include a mirror mounting element with the interior rearview mirror assembly adapted for mounting to the mirror mounting element of the accessory support. The accessory comprises an imaging sensor and the accessory receiving portion is configured to receive the imaging sensor in a manner that compensates for the windshield angle of the windshield so that the imaging sensor has a more generally horizontal forward field of view through the windshield when the accessory support is mounted to the mounting element. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20140307094 | VEHICLE HAVING IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A vehicle includes a main body, a front windshield mounted on the main body, an image capturing system and a display system. The image capturing system is mounted on the main body and is configured for capturing images of the surrounding of the vehicle. The display system is adhered to the front windshield and configured for displaying the images captured by the image capturing system. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140307092 | HEADLINER INTEGRATED WITH CAMERA OF BLACK BOX FOR VEHICLE - A camera and a black box for a vehicle are accommodated in the headliner to minimally expose the black box to the inside of the vehicle, preventing robbery of or damage to the black box and not spoiling the interior design of the vehicle. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20100238292 | EXTERIOR MIRROR FOR VEHICLE - To facilitate discrimination of a curb, a gutter or the like by using an infrared illuminating device and an infrared-sensitive image pickup device mounted on an exterior mirror of a vehicle when the vehicle is pulled over to a shoulder at night. Two illuminating devices having optical axes oriented downward are mounted on a housing of a side mirror at a distance from each other in the lateral direction of a vehicle. The illuminating devices alternately emit infrared light downwardly. An image pickup device sensitive to infrared light having an optical axis oriented downward is mounted on the housing at a middle position between the left and right illuminating devices. An image taken by the image pickup device is displayed on an image monitor disposed at a position where the monitor can be viewed from the driver seat. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20130083195 | POLARIZATION-BASED ANTI-BLINDING NIGHT VISION SYSTEM, VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD THEREFOR - A night vision system has a night vision illuminator, an imaging apparatus, and a first light conditioning structure. The night vision illuminator is configured for illuminating a space with near-infrared (NIR) light that is linearly polarized in a direction substantially parallel with a first polarization axis. The imaging apparatus is configured for creating an electrical representation of an image defined by NIR light received thereby. A field of view of the imaging apparatus includes at least a portion of the space illuminated with the NIR light of the night vision illuminator. The first light conditioning structure is configured for linearly polarizing in a direction substantially non-parallel with respect to the first polarization axis the NIR light received by the imaging apparatus. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20160165157 | STEREO ASSIST WITH ROLLING SHUTTERS - An imaging system for a vehicle may include a first image capture device having a first field of view and configured to acquire a first image relative to a scene associated with the vehicle, the first image being acquired as a first series of image scan lines captured using a rolling shutter. The imaging system may also include a second image capture device having a second field of view different from the first field of view and that at least partially overlaps the first field of view, the second image capture device being configured to acquire a second image relative to the scene associated with the vehicle, the second image being acquired as a second series of image scan lines captured using a rolling shutter. As a result of overlap between the first field of view and the second field of view, a first overlap portion of the first image corresponds with a second overlap portion of the second image. The first image capture device has a first scan rate associated with acquisition of the first series of image scan lines that is different from a second scan rate associated with acquisition of the second series of image scan lines, such that the first image capture device acquires the first overlap portion of the first image over a period of time during which the second overlap portion of the second image is acquired. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160165148 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZER FOR VEHICLE - An image synthesizer apparatus for vehicle includes an image generator and an error detector. From multiple cameras arranged to a vehicle so that an imaging region of each camera partially overlaps with an imaging region of an adjacent camera, the image generator acquires images of areas allocated to the respective cameras, and synthesizes the acquired images to generate a synthetic image around the vehicle viewed from a viewpoint above the vehicle. The error detector detects errors in the cameras. When the error detector detects a faulty camera in the cameras, the image generator acquires, from the image captured by the camera adjacent to the faulty camera, an overlap portion overlapping with the image captured by the faulty camera, uses the overlap portion to generate the synthetic image, and applies image reinforcement to the overlap portion. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162740 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE - An in-vehicle device includes: an image acquisition unit that obtains a captured image from a camera that captures, via a camera lens, an image of a surrounding environment around a vehicle; an accumulation detection unit that individually detects a plurality of types of accumulation settled at the camera lens based upon the captured image; an image recognition unit that recognizes an object image, expressing a specific object present in the surrounding environment, in the captured image; a detection results integrating unit that calculates integrated detection results by integrating a plurality of sets of detection results based upon various sets of detection results pertaining to detection of the plurality of types of accumulation provided by the accumulation detection unit; and an operation control unit that controls operation executed by the image recognition unit based upon the integrated detection results. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160121806 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OUTPUT VIDEO OF REAR CAMERA FOR VEHICLES - A video adjusting method of a rear camera for a vehicle, including: detecting a predetermined pattern through an intrinsic parameter of a rear camera and geometry information; estimating a posture of the rear camera currently provided in the vehicle, from a pattern reference coordinate system through the predetermined pattern detected by the pattern detecting step; obtaining the homography corresponding to an angle error of the installed camera which is checked by the camera posture estimating step; and calibrating the video photographed by the installed camera based on a posture of a camera mounted in accordance with the design criteria using the homography obtained by the homography obtaining step. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20120327240 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VEHICLE SPEED BASED ON MOVEMENT OF VIDEO CAMERA - A digital video camera is placed on a vehicle. The video camera is attached to the vehicle and is directed to a surface at a certain angle to the surface. The camera angle can change while vehicle is in motion. The camera angle is constantly measured by angular sensor (i.e., inclinometer). Images of the surface are projected onto a video matrix and transformed into a sequence of digital frames that are formed at a pre-set time interval. A speed of the video camera relative to the surface is calculated as a ratio of an off-set between the adjacent frames and the time interval between the frames. Then a known relative speed of the vehicle can be corrected by multiplication of the height of the camera (above the surface) by a coefficient that equals a ratio of the known vehicle speed and the measured camera speed. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327238 | VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE - A virtual-screen setup unit sets up a virtual screen in a seam of images captured by an image capturing unit, the virtual screen being orthogonal to a road surface and extending in a direction from a near side to a far side of the vehicle. A virtual-screen projection image generation unit performs conversion of the images captured by the image capturing unit for projection onto the virtual screen, and thereby generates a virtual-screen projection image. The virtual-screen projection image is displayed on the image display unit. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327236 | Vehicle Periphery Monitoring System - With a simple configuration, a vehicle periphery monitoring system that easily detects pedestrian that has a possibility to collide with a vehicle to which the monitoring system is installed. Based on a change rate in the size of the image of the observation object captured at a preset time interval by an onboard camera | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327239 | VEHICLE REAR VIEW MONITORING DEVICE - Because a vehicle rear view monitoring device changes the detection threshold level of each of distance sensors | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327235 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - Video from a backup camera ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RADIATION EMISSIONS - A method includes receiving radiation sensor data from two radiation sensors that are positioned separately from each other about a path. Position information identifying a source of radiation as it passes by the two radiation sensors is received. The sensor data from the two radiation sensors is time shifted to correlate the sensor data to the identified source of radiation. The time shifted sensor signals are summed. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327234 | ROOF MOUNTED IMAGER MODULE - An imager module for a vehicle includes a support having a first side and a second side. A shroud is operably coupled with the first side. The support and the shroud define a cavity. A viewing aperture is disposed in one of the support and the shroud. An imager system is disposed in the cavity. An electrical connector is configured to provide communication with the imager system. The electrical connector is disposed outside the cavity in abutting contact with the second side of the support. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327230 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA STABILIZED PASSIVELY BY VIBRATION ISOLATORS - System, including method and apparatus, for imaging with a vehicle-mounted camera having an optical axis that is restricted from angular displacement, in response to vibration, by passive stabilization via a set of vibration isolators. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130027558 | VEHICLE REAR VIEW CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for reconstructing and displaying an image of an area behind a vehicle. The method includes capturing, by an image capturing device, an image of the area behind the vehicle; receiving, at a controller, the captured image; separating, by the controller, the image into three image pieces; correcting, at the controller, the middle image piece by using a distortion correction algorithm; cropping, at the controller, the first and second side image pieces into a rectangular format; converting, at the controller, the first and second image pieces into a trapezoidal format; aligning, at the controller, the two side image pieces with the corrected middle image piece; and creating, at the controller, a continuous image of the area behind the vehicle. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20160165120 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD USING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE FUNCTION FOR VEHICLE - A display apparatus using an HDR function for a vehicle may include: a camera configured to capture an image around the vehicle; a luminance sensor configured to sense luminance around the vehicle; a camera image controller configured to analyze a luminance characteristic of the luminance inputted from the luminance sensor, and selectively apply the HDR function to the original image inputted from the camera; and a display controller configured to analyze the original image and the HDR-processed image which are inputted from the camera image controller, apply a transfer curve to the HDR-processed image according to the analysis result, compare the original image and the image to which the transfer curve is applied, and display any one of the original image and the image to which the transfer curve is applied, through a display unit according to the comparison result. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20140071278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT MINIMIZES HAZARDS OF BLIND SPOTS WHILE DRIVING - A blind-spot detection and collision avoidance system and method employ a blind-spot camera located between a side-view mirror and an automobile body. A rear view mirror has an integrated display that displays an indication of objects detected in blind spots. Side and rear view cameras are also included and images captured by these cameras are used to track objects as they are moved about the perimeter of the driver's automobile. Additional sensors are used to detect when the automobile is expected to change lanes so the collision avoidance system may be activated. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20100165105 | VEHICLE-INSTALLED IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND EYE POINT CONVERSION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD - A projection model storage section stores position information of a plurality of points on a predetermined projection model. A computation section references the projection model storage section and acquires position information of a virtual image correspondence point of a point corresponding to a pixel of the virtual image in an area on the projection model specified as a target of the virtual image by an output range specification section. The computation section finds the pixel of a real image corresponding to the virtual image correspondence point, acquires a mapping table indicating the correspondence between the pixels of the virtual image and the pixels of the real image, and records the mapping table in a mapping table storage section. An image synthesis section references the mapping table storage section and converts an image input from an image pickup section into a virtual image viewed from a predetermined virtual eye point. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20140071284 | LASER-BASED SPEED DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR USE IN A MOVING VEHICLE - A method of laser-based speed determination includes determining, via a digital scan of a field of view, a location of a target, directing, via a laser-aiming device, a laser from a laser device to the determined location, and determining a speed of the target via light reflected from the target to the laser device. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20100157058 | Method and Device for Compensating a Roll Angle - The invention relates to a method and a device for compensating a roll angle (α) when operating a camera-assisted driver assistance system in a motor vehicle. A camera takes a first image ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20160165188 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITY - A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one camera disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. Control circuitry includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera. The image processor processes image data captured by the camera for a pedestrian detection system of the vehicle. The control circuitry, responsive at least in part to image processing of captured image data by the image processor, is operable to cause adjustment of the pedestrian detection system of the vehicle from regular sensitivity to higher sensitivity. Adjustment from regular sensitivity to higher sensitivity is at least in part responsive to image processing of captured image data by the image processor determining that the vehicle is in the vicinity of children that a driver of the vehicle should watch out for. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20150347830 | CAMERA SYSTEM, CAMERA MODULE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAMERA - In a camera system ( | 12-03-2015 |
| 20130002876 | EXTERIOR MIRROR VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An exterior mirror vision system for a vehicle includes driver-side and passenger-side exterior rearview mirror assemblies including respective driver-side and passenger-side light modules and driver-side and passenger-side cameras. The light modules are sealed so as to be substantially water-impervious, and the light modules provide at least one of (a) a driver-side floodlight and a passenger-side floodlight and (b) a driver-side indicator and a passenger-side indicator. The driver-side camera and the passenger-side camera are part of a multi-camera vision system of the vehicle, and the multi-camera vision system has a display device that is operable to display images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The displayed images displayed by the display device include an image portion derived from image data captured by at least one of the driver-side camera and the passenger-side camera. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002874 | SURROUNDING AREA MONITORING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A surrounding area monitoring apparatus for vehicle includes an infrared camera mounted on a vehicle for capturing images of surrounding area around the vehicle, a unit for generating and displaying images based on image data captured by the camera, and a controller for calibrating output of the camera with respect to a relation between pixels, based on image data produced by imaging a surface of a shutter that opens and closes an aperture introducing a light to the camera. The controller estimates whether a temperature of the camera is stable, based on an operation state of the vehicle, and determines a possibility that a driver is looking at the unit, based on a behavior of the vehicle. When the temperature of the camera is estimated stable and the possibility that the driver is looking at the unit is determined to be low, the means for calibrating executes the calibration. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20120287282 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle is provided with an image obtaining means, a synthetic image generating means, and a model image supplying means. The image obtaining means is for obtaining a plurality of camera images captured by a plurality of cameras installed on the vehicle. The synthetic image generating means is for generating, on the basis of the plurality of camera images, a plurality of synthetic images viewed from one viewpoint among a plurality of viewpoints that are different from each other, and which indicate the surroundings of the vehicle. The model image supplying means is for outputting, to a display device installed on the vehicle, information corresponding to a model image wherein one field-of-view range associated with the one viewpoint among the plurality of viewpoints is indicated selectively, from among a plurality of field-of-view ranges. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130222595 | VEHICULAR CAMERA SYSTEM WITH REDUCED NUMBER OF PINS AND CONDUITS - A camera assembly for a vehicle includes an end connector with a first connection point that carries a video+ signal, a second connection point that carries power, and a third connection point that receives a video− signal, video shield current and ground current. The camera assembly may connect to a conduit assembly of the vehicle that includes a first conduit that carries the video+ signal from the end connector to a display in the vehicle, a second conduit that carries power from a power source (such as a battery) to the camera assembly, and a third conduit that connects between the third connection point and a ground point for the display in the vehicle. The camera may include a radio frequency identification element operable to wirelessly communicate between a remote device and the camera to identify the camera module and/or to program the camera. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20120127312 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - Provided is a vehicle periphery image generation apparatus for generating a vehicle periphery image which can provide a wide view of vehicle periphery at a time. The vehicle periphery image generation apparatus includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring vehicle periphery images photographed by a plurality of photographic cameras mounted on the vehicle, a display device provided in the vehicle interior for displaying the images, a viewing point position setting unit for setting the position as the viewing point of the image to be displayed on the display device to a viewing point from a perpendicularly upward direction, a fish-eye image generation unit for generating a fish-eye image with using the periphery images and the position set by the viewing point position setting unit, a self vehicle image generation unit for generating a self vehicle image, and a display image generation unit for generating an image to be displayed on the display device with using the fish-eye image and a self vehicle image, wherein the position of the viewing point of the fish-eye image can be changed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127311 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for calibrating an image recording system in a motor vehicle, image data being recorded via a camera system from an area which is illuminated by a lighting unit of the motor vehicle, and a modulation of the radiation emitted by the lighting unit being performed to determine the illuminated area. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127310 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE CAMERA - An apparatus and method for adaptively controlling an angle of a camera when the height of a vehicle is changed are provided. The apparatus for controlling a vehicle camera includes at least one sensor which detects variation in height of the vehicle, a rotational angle calculation unit which calculates a rotational angle of the vehicle to compensate the detected variation in height of the vehicle, and a camera control unit which controls the image pickup angle of the vehicle camera based on the calculated rotational angle. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127309 | OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM, AND OBSTACLE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - Provided is an object recognition system. The object recognition system recognizes an object in an ROI of a source image. The object recognition system includes an image change unit and an ROI detection unit. The image change unit receives the source image, and changes the object into an edge image which is represented as an edge line. The ROI detection unit divides the edge image into a plurality of regions, compares a total sum of edge component values of an edge line included in each of the regions and a predetermined threshold value by regions, and detects a region, in which the total sum of edge component values is greater than the threshold value, as the ROI from among the plurality of regions. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120300077 | VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle surroundings monitoring device for clarifying the accuracy of detection results and providing notification so that a driver can intuitively ascertain the position in which an object exists, the vehicle surroundings monitoring device comprising: an object detection unit for detecting objects in the periphery of a vehicle; a vehicle image generation unit for generating an image of the vehicle with the point of view set above the vehicle; a periphery image generation unit for generating an image of the periphery of the vehicle including the image of the vehicle; a position-calculating unit for calculating a corresponding position in the image of the periphery on the basis of detection results of the object detection unit; and an indicator unit for indicating the corresponding position in the image of the periphery when the degree of confirmation of the detection results of the object detection unit meets or exceeds an assessment threshold, and for indicating the corresponding region in the image of the periphery when the degree of confirmation of the detection results is less than the assessment threshold. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300078 | ENVIRONMENT RECOGNIZING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - There is provided an environment recognizing device for a vehicle capable of reducing false detections for an artificial object such as a utility pole, a guardrail and road paintings with smaller processing load, at the time of detecting a pedestrian by using a pattern matching method. The environment recognizing device for a vehicle includes an image acquisition unit ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300076 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle periphery monitoring device is provided with a symmetrical image portion extraction unit ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300074 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND DETECTION METHOD - A detection apparatus includes a control unit configured to switch an exposure time of an imaging device at a predetermined time, an image acquiring unit configured to acquire image data captured under different exposure times, and an object detecting unit configured to detect objects from the image data of the different exposure times acquired by the image acquiring unit. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120300072 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS - A device and method for vehicle collision avoidance and mitigation employing a video camera providing a frontal view of a roadway to a video display. A plurality of generally trapezoidal windows formed in front of and rearward of an iconic vehicle are employed to ascertain objects in front of and rearward of the vehicle. Using software, a pixel movement determined closing rate of any object is continually calculated. Thereafter warnings or evasive actions are taken if a collision is calculated. The device can differentiate between shadows and objects through a filtering method requiring pixel changes in two or more windows concurrently for an object to be determined. Speed of the vehicles and trajectory can be calculated ahead in virtual depictions to predict a collision and take evasive action. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20100060739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LIVE MAPPING DISPLAY IN A VEHICLE - A live mapping display system onboard a vehicle may determine a geographic position of a vehicle, access stored image data corresponding to the geographic position, position a camera to direct the camera toward a target region proximate a geographic region corresponding to the accessed stored image data, receive live image data from the camera of a captured image of the target region, generate a display image including the stored image data combined with the live image data, and display the display image. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060735 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - To generate information with high accuracy by compensating for the lack of synchronism between imaging timings of two or more imaging means. A device for monitoring surroundings of a vehicle according to the present invention comprises first imaging means for imaging outside of the vehicle in a first imaging area at a predetermined cycle period; second imaging means for imaging outside of the vehicle in a second imaging area at a predetermined cycle period, said second imaging area and the first imaging area overlapping each other at least partially; and information generating means for generating predetermined information in which a lag between imaging timing of the first imaging means and imaging timing of the second imaging means is corrected based on images of both the first and the second imaging means. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100214411 | OPTICAL IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLES - A system and method of acquiring information from an image of a vehicle in real time wherein at least one imaging device with advanced light metering capabilities is placed aboard a vehicle, a computer processor means is provided to control the imaging device and the advanced light metering capabilities, the advanced light metering capabilities are used to capture an image of at least a portion of the vehicle, and image recognition algorithms are used to identify the current state or position of the corresponding portion of the vehicle. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20160127693 | WiFi Wireless Rear View Parking System - A WiFi wireless rear view parking system comprises a main body, a camera sensor, a Wifi transmission module, a mobile personal electronice device. The main body is installed at a license plate of an automobile. The camera sensor is provided in the main body for sensing images and video of rear regions of the automobile and generating images and video data. The Wifi transmission module transmits the image and video data from the camera. The mobile personal electronic device is for receiving image and video data transmitted by the Wifi transmission module and displaying them. The WiFi wireless rear view parking system provides rear view of the automobile to a driver. The mobile personal electronic device includes a smartphone. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20140232870 | VEHICLE VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - A vehicle display system and methods of controlling the same. In certain embodiments, an image processing module receives video signals from a video camera and generates first video data in a first format. A system management mode (SMM) program is stored in a memory. When executed at a processor, the SMM program reads the first video data from a first area of the memory, converts the first video data to second video data in a second format, and writes the second video data to a second area of the memory. A PCI express switch forwards the first video data in the first format to a memory controller for storing in the first area of the memory, and forwards the second video data in the second format from the second area of the memory to the graphic controller. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20130235200 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A REPRESENTATION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE DEPENDING ON A VIEWING DIRECTION OF A VEHICLE OPERATOR - The physiological characteristics of the eye are particularly well taken into account in a motor vehicle by selecting a representation at a representation site from at least two types of representations depending on whether the respective representation site is located in a central field of view of the vehicle operator or is located in a peripheral field of view of the vehicle operator. Preferably, intensive colors and strong color contrasts are selected in the central field of view of the vehicle operator, whereas representations that change over time are selected in the peripheral field of view. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130300872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A BLIND SPOT - The aim of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for displaying a blind spot, which involve displaying at least one image of the surroundings of a vehicle, said image being provided by an imaging unit including a camera, a GPS navigation system, and/or a street-view receiver, so as to provide a driver with information on the blind spots of a front portion, a rear portion, and a side portion of a vehicle that are hidden by said vehicle and thus not easily seen within the field of view of the drive during the travel of the vehicle. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300871 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes an imager disposed in a housing and a control. The imager includes a CMOS photosensor array of photosensor elements and a lens. With the housing disposed in a vehicle, the imager views forwardly to the exterior of the vehicle through the vehicle windshield at a region of the windshield that is swept by a windshield wiper of the vehicle. The CMOS photosensor array is operable to capture image data. The control includes an image processor disposed in the housing. The driver assistance system identifies objects viewed by the imager via processing by the image processor of captured image data. At least in part responsive to processing of captured image data by the image processor, streetlights present exterior of the vehicle and viewed by imager are discriminated from other objects present exterior the vehicle and viewed by imager. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300870 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A TRAFFIC STREAM AND A TRAFFIC MONITORING DEVICE - A traffic monitoring device may comprise a radar and a camera, said radar having a radar field of view extending around a radar central axis and said camera having a camera field of view extending around a camera central axis in such a manner that said radar field of view is situated within said camera field of view. The radar and the camera may be positioned so that their central axis of their field of view make a predetermined angle with respect to each other, said radar being provided for determining coordinates of moving objects. The device may comprise selecting means for selecting within said image an image section or portion representing at least part of said radar field of view and may also comprise transformation means for transforming said coordinates of said moving object within said image portion into further coordinates relative to an image reference frame for display. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300869 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH LENS POLLUTION DETECTION - A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera and a processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. When the vehicle is moving, the processor at least one of (a) reads a selected set of imager register values and compare a contrast of auto exposure control zones, and wherein, responsive to a determination that a range of contrast levels is less than a threshold level, the processor determines that there are contaminants at the lens or cover of the camera, and (b) monitors outputs of photosensing elements of the camera and, when the outputs fit a Gaussian distribution, the processor classifies the photosensing elements as blocked elements and, responsive to a determination that a number of the blocked photosensing elements is greater than a threshold level, the processor determines that there are contaminants at the lens or cover of the camera. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20150375679 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VEHICLE INFORMATION - A method for displaying vehicle information includes: photographing a front image of a driver's own vehicle at a time of driving with a cruise control feature activated; overlappingly matching the front image with an augmented reality display region of a head-up display; performing image analysis on the front image after the front image matches the augmented reality display region; determining a position of a preceding vehicle within the augmented reality display region according to the image analysis result; and controlling a display of the preceding vehicle information according to the position of the preceding vehicle. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20140247351 | VEHICLE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CATEGORIZING OBJECTS USING RELATIVE MOTION ANALYSIS - An imaging system is provided for a vehicle. The imaging system includes: an imager configured to image a forward external scene of the controlled vehicle and to generate image frame data corresponding to each frame of a series of acquired image frames; and a processor configured to receive and analyze the image frame data to detect a dominant scene motion and to determine relative motion of objects as compared to the dominant scene motion, and wherein the analysis of the image frame data performed by the processor includes categorizing objects detected in the image frame data using the relative motion of those objects. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140232871 | METHOD FOR MANUALLY CALIBRATING A CAMERA MOUNTED ON VEHICLE - A method for manually calibrating a camera mounted on a camera mount of a vehicle is provided. According to the present disclosure, the method includes acquiring an image data in a field of view of the camera based on an actual position of the camera. The captured image data is processed to determine a current pattern based on the actual position of the camera. The image data is displayed, wherein the current pattern is superimposed on the image data. The image data is also processed to display a marker pattern in the field of view of the camera. Thereafter a pre-determined orientation and/or a pre-determined height for the camera is calculated. Further, the actual position of the camera is manually adjusted to achieve the pre-determined orientation and the pre-determined height of the camera and to align the current pattern with the marker pattern. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20100177193 | REMOTE AND DIGITAL DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND SATELLITE LOCATION FROM MOBILE OR FIXED TERMINALS WITH URBAN SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION, DATA COLLECTION OF PUBLIC SECURITY PERSONNEL AND MISSING OR KIDNAPPED INDIVIDUALS AND CITY ALARMS, STOLEN VEHICLES, APPLICATION OF ELECTRONIC FINES AND COLLECTION THEREOF THROUGH A PERSONAL ID SYSTEM BY MEANS OF A MULTIFUNCTIONAL CARD AND COLLECTION OF SERVICES WHICH ALL OF THE ELEMENTS ARE COMMUNICATED TO A COMMAND CENTER - This invention is related to a remote and digital data transmission system and satellite location from mobile or fixed terminals with urban surveillance cameras for facial recognition, detector of gunshots, data collection of public security personnel and missing or kidnapped individuals, city alarms and vehicles control collecting traffic violations and detection of stolen vehicles, all modules communicated to a command center comprising the combination of a close-up camera placed on a post or structure, camera by means of which a photograph is taken, said photograph is sent to the command center ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20130120573 | REAR VIEW CAMERA DISPLAY DURING BRAKING - A display system for a vehicle comprises a display mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and at least one camera mounted to the vehicle and facing at least partially in a rear direction. A sensor is connected to the display system for the vehicle. An ECU is controllably connected to the display and the at least one camera. The ECU provides an image from the at least one camera when a predetermined threshold of brake application is sensed or anti-lock brake activity is sensed. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120576 | IMAGE-BASED VEHICLE MANEUVERING ASSISTANT METHOD AND SYSTEM - An image-based vehicle maneuvering assistant method and system are provided in the present invention, in which images captured by a single image sensing device is processed to determine the changes with respect time by a controller having capability of image processing and identification and distance estimation in image space for providing a complete assisting image-information while the carrier is maneuvering. By means of the presented method of the presented invention, the system is capable of generating track of the carrier, view point transformation, and identifying the characteristic object in the image so as to performing the distance estimation. The present invention may be utilized and applied in different kinds of carrier type to solve the problem of guiding of carrier maneuvering, and assist the carrier lane changing, parking assistance and blind spot detection. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20100118146 | AUTOMATIC VEHICLE EXTERIOR LIGHT CONTROL - A system and method of automatically controlling vehicle exterior lights including an image sensor and a controller to generate headlamp control signals. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118145 | Camera for Vehicle - In a first embodiment, the invention is directed to a camera for mounting on a vehicle, including a lens member, an imaging element and an image processing board. The image processing board is separated sufficiently from the imaging element so as to impart relatively little heat generated during operation to the imaging element. The imaging element is positioned to receive video input from the lens member. The image processing board is configured to generate image processing board output data that relates to the video input received by the imaging element. The image processing board is positioned in a selected position to release heat along a heat path that is spaced from the imaging element. The camera may further include a vehicle interface board configured to communicate signals relating to the image processing board output data to a vehicle component. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20110134244 | Emergency vehicle video and lighting support - My idea either adds lights and cameras to existing lights and cameras, or in some cases it adds a whole new system. The idea can be used on any vehicle, but is designed for emergency vehicles in particular. The idea would be very beneficial in dark areas like in the country. The system could be very advantageous at night for accident scenes, crime scenes, etc. I know it will be a great asset. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20160100084 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory system for a vehicle includes an attachment element bonded to an in-cabin windshield surface at a first windshield location and an attachment member attached at the in-cabin windshield surface at a second windshield location. An interior rearview mirror assembly has a mirror support that has a mirror mount configured to mount the mirror assembly to the attachment element. A module is configured to be received by and be supported by the attachment member attached at the windshield. With the module received by and supported by the attachment member at the windshield, a camera of the module views through the windshield and is part of a driver assistance system of the vehicle. With the module received by and supported by the attachment member at the windshield, the mirror mount can be mounted to and demounted from the attachment element without demounting the module from the attachment member. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20140362221 | VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vehicular vision system includes a forward facing camera at a windshield of a vehicle with a forward field of view through the vehicle windshield. The camera is operable to capture image data for a plurality of driver assistance systems of the vehicle. Responsive to processing by an image processor of captured image data, a lane of a road along which the vehicle is traveling is determined and an oncoming vehicle approaching the vehicle is detected, and the vision system determines whether a detected oncoming vehicle is in a lane to the right of the determined lane along which the vehicle is traveling or is in a lane to the left of the determined lane along which the vehicle is traveling. The at least three driver assistance systems of the vehicle includes a lane departure warning system of the vehicle and at least another driver assistance system. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20100182431 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SURVEILLANCE OF FREIGHT - A method and system for surveillance of freight includes recording, by means of at least one camera installed in or on a freight vehicle, footage of the freight being transported by the freight vehicle. The method further includes transmitting the recorded footage to a remote location to facilitate surveillance of the freight. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100026804 | Route guidance systems, methods, and programs - Route guidance systems, methods, and programs detect a current position of a vehicle and search for a route to a destination based on the detected current position. The systems, methods, and programs identify a guide intersection along the route and set a route guide point at a predetermined point on the route before the guide intersection. The systems, methods, and programs calculate a number of intersections along the route from the route guide point to the guide intersection having both a traffic signal and a road feature and perform a voice output based on the calculated number of intersections when the vehicle arrives at the route guide point. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20160162743 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH SITUATIONAL FUSION OF SENSOR DATA - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera and a non-imaging sensor. With the camera and the non-imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle, the field of view of the camera at least partially overlaps the field of sensing of the non-imaging sensor at an overlapping region. A processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera and sensor data captured by the non-imaging sensor to determine a driving situation of the vehicle. Responsive to determination of the driving situation, Kalman Filter parameters associated with the determined driving situation are determined and, using the determined Kalman Filter parameters, a Kalman Filter fusion may be determined. The determined Kalman Filter fusion may be applied to captured image data and captured sensor data to determine an object present in the overlapping region. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162747 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH RETROREFLECTOR PATTERN RECOGNITION - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera and an image processor. The camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera to classify patterns of retroreflective reflectors present in the field of view of the camera. The image processor compares determined patterns of retroreflective reflectors to a database of patterns and classifies patterns of retroreflective reflectors at least in part responsive to determination that determined patterns of retroreflective reflectors generally match a pattern of the database. The image processor may compare movement of determined patterns of retroreflective reflectors and pattern movements of the database over multiple frames of captured image data and may classify the retroreflective reflectors at least in part responsive to determination that the movements generally match. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162739 | TRAIN INTERIOR MONITORING METHOD AND TRAIN INTERIOR MONITORING SYSTEM - In a train interior monitoring method, in order to improve the efficiency in memory-usage, when an event occurs, data containing image information, which has been recorded in a temporary image memory, is recorded in an image memory without any processing in order to reduce the file size of the data. Further, data containing image information is recorded in the image memory represents for only a period of time before and after detection of the occurrence of the event, the period of time being set according to what the event is. After a given period of time has elapsed, the data containing the image information is processed in order to reduce its file size and then recorded in the image memory. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20100157060 | Image-Processing Camera System and Image-Processing Camera Control Method - An image pickup device that acquires images is controlled by an image pickup device controller that accepts image acquisition requests from multiple application programs, and an application scheduler selects application programs to be executed. Information indicative of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates required for each of the multiple application programs is stored and used to select multiple concurrently executable application programs on the basis of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates. An image acquisition scheduler determines the timing and intervals at which the multiple executable application programs repeat receiving image data from the image pickup device, without overlapping in terms of time. In addition, an operations section, which explicitly presents concurrently executable application programs to a user and commands the startup of these programs, is displayed on a navigation screen menu. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157059 | ACTION ESTIMATING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OCCUPANT'S ACTION, AND PROGRAM - A detection unit obtains a position of a feature point of an occupant. A storage unit stores a model of all specific actions in each of physical feature classifications. The model defines a position or a locus of the feature point in each specific action, which an occupant may perform. A determining unit compares an in-action feature point with each model of a specific action, which is being performed, to determine a classification conformity weight indicating a possibility that the occupant belongs to the physical feature classification. An estimating unit compares the position of the feature point with each model to obtain a comparison result and generate a conformity value by incorporating the classification conformity weight into the comparison result. The estimating unit detects an estimated action, which is a specific action corresponding to the model, which has a highest conformity value. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157057 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PERSON - Provided is a person detecting apparatus and method in an intelligent mobile robot. The person detecting apparatus includes a camera, an observation system status input unit, an encoding unit, a decoding unit, and a person detection unit. The camera is mounted on a robot to output image information. The observation system status input unit determines whether the robot or the camera is in motion. The encoding unit receives the image information to output a bit stream including mode information. The decoding unit decodes the bit stream, extracts a block mode value of each macro block, and stores the same in a two-dimensional array. The person detection unit outputs detection information about a moving person using the determination information provided from the observation system status input unit and the block-mode two-dimensional array provided from the decoding unit. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20140211013 | ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory system for a vehicle includes a control and an accessory disposed at and behind a windshield of the vehicle. The accessory includes a forward facing camera viewing forward and through the windshield of the vehicle. The control includes digital circuitry and a microprocessor. The control controls at least the forward facing camera. The control includes a bus interface that connects with a vehicle network of the vehicle. The control sends data via the vehicle network of the vehicle and receives data via the vehicle network of the vehicle. The vehicle network includes a controlled area network. The control may connect with the vehicle network via at least one of (i) a cable connection and (ii) a fiber-optic connection. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211010 | DEPLOYABLE CAMERA SYSTEMS - A deployable camera system for a vehicle includes a body defining a cavity therein, and a camera including a housing having an exterior surface. The camera is reversibly transitionable between a stowed position in which the camera is recessed into the cavity and the exterior surface is substantially flush with the body, and a deployed position wherein the camera protrudes from the cavity and the exterior surface is not substantially flush with the body. The deployable camera system includes a first shape memory alloy element transitionable between a first state and a second state in response to a first thermal activation signal. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20100171832 | REAR-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE - A display system for a bicycle is disclosed that comprises a camera selectively attachable to the bicycle and a display unit fixable to the handlebars of the bicycle. The camera includes a power source and a signaling means adapted for sending visual scene information from the camera, either wirelessly or through a plurality of conductive cables. The display unit includes a display means, a power source, and a signal receiving means. The signal receiving means is adapted for receiving the visual scene information of the signaling means so that the display unit may display the visual scene information on the display means. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171831 | Stored vision for automobiles - A method for the driver of an automotive vehicle to avoid distraction from the task of driving, but yet to preserve and later recover legal evidence of events, objects, or conditions that may be encountered during the driving of the vehicle, by utilizing a perimeter optical viewing system in conjunction with a central digital recording system to record and subsequently retrieve images of those events, objects, or conditions. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171830 | Inside mirror with surveillance camera - A mirror with a frame on the front of the body and which navigation and a circuit and control panel of camera's module can be installed inside, includes an inside camera installed in a jointed structure on an upper part of the body and which can move up and down and side to side, a frontal camera connected to an antenna bracket joined to a back of the body by a ball joining method, a touch screen monitor that can move up and down utilizing a touch sensor button on the front of the body and a removable communication antenna projected from the antenna bracket. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20150343948 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a vehicle periphery monitoring device. An object identification unit comprises: a first identifier requiring a relatively low computation volume for an object identification process; and a second identifier requiring a relatively high computation volume for the object identification process. A region to be identified determination unit determines at least one region to be identified which is presented in the identification process by the second identifier, by carrying out a clustering process relating to location and/or scale, with respect to a plurality of region candidates which are extracted by the first identifier as wherein objects are present. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20140211014 | BOUNDARY LINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - In a boundary line recognition apparatus, a boundary line candidate extracting part extracts boundary line candidates from image data obtained by an on-vehicle camera based on known image processing such as pattern matching and Hough transform. One or more kinds of boundary line feature calculating parts calculate one or more likelihoods of each boundary line candidate. The likelihood indicates a degree of probability to be the boundary line. A boundary line feature combining means multiplies the likelihoods of each boundary line candidate and outputs a combined likelihood. A boundary line candidate selecting part selects the boundary line candidate having a maximum likelihood as the boundary line. The boundary line feature calculating part further calculates the likelihood of the boundary line candidate using a dispersion of brightness and an internal edge amount, and changes the likelihood based on an additional likelihood obtained by a driving lane surface feature extracting part. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20160167582 | Learning Lanes From Vehicle Probes | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171322 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF DYNAMIC ATTENTIVE STATES FOR PROVIDING AN INATTENTIVE WARNING | 06-16-2016 |
| 20150350613 | Vehicle Video Display Verification System - A vehicle video display verification system, comprising a camera carried by the vehicle; a display unit positioned in the vehicle displaying images captured by said camera; a verification sensor monitoring the status of image information from said camera being displayed on said display unit; and, a video control unit receiving said image information from said camera and outputting said image information to said display unit, and receiving feedback information from said verification sensor; wherein said video control unit records said image information from said camera and said feedback information from said verification sensor for establishing confirmation of an image display status on said display unit in the event of a vehicle accident. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150350607 | AROUND VIEW PROVISION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - An around view provision apparatus and a vehicle including the same may include at least one camera mounted on a vehicle, a direction of the at least one camera being adjustable, and a processor to control the at least one camera to capture images around the vehicle based on a movement of the vehicle. The camera may be controlled to operate in a first mode when the vehicle is moving forward at a first prescribed speed or more and in a second mode when the vehicle is moving forward at less than a second prescribed speed or is moving backward. In the first mode, the camera may capture a lateral region that cannot be observed through a side view mirror or a rear view mirror. In the second mode, the camera may capture a larger region that is angled downward relative to the lateral region in the first mode. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150343950 | MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEM - A motor vehicle includes at least two cameras spaced apart from each other at least in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle for detecting the environment of the motor vehicle, at least one processing device and at least one display device, wherein the processing device is configured to generate at least one target image from the camera data of the at least two cameras, wherein the target image includes two image regions arranged next to each other, wherein the content of the first image region is determined from the image data of the first camera and the content of the second image region is determined from the image data of the second camera, and wherein the processing device is configured to control the display device to output the target image. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150343949 | REVERSING CAMERA INCORPORATED INTO THE LOGO - A reversing camera for a motor vehicle arranged on a rear of the vehicle within a trim element such as a logo, and the camera lies flush with the plane of bodywork of the vehicle. The field of view of the camera is not hampered by the element on which it is placed and everything to the rear of the vehicle can be seen. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20130194423 | Railroad Crossing Warning System - The present invention relates to a warning system for displaying a warning message to a vehicle approaching a railroad crossing. The railroad crossing includes a railroad along which a train can travel, and a road crossing the railroad and along which the vehicle can travel. The warning system includes an identification system for identifying at least one identity characteristic (e.g. number plate, vehicle type, etc.) relating to the vehicle. A train detection system detects at least one train characteristic (e.g. presence, position, speed) relating to the train approaching the railroad crossing along the railroad. A vehicle detection system detects at least one vehicle characteristic (e.g. presence, position, speed) relating to the vehicle approaching the railroad crossing along the road. The warning system further includes a display system for displaying the warning message to the vehicle responsive to detecting both the train and vehicle characteristics. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140368657 | VEHICLE REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SAID VEHICLE REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - [Problem] To provide a vehicle rearview mirror system which is capable of eliminating a circumstance that a driver feel a sense that something is wrong, even in a case where a screen of a display device is caused to one-to-one correspond with an aspect ratio of the vehicle rearview mirror, and the ratio of the display screen of the display device is made different from an aspect ratio of an image which is acquired by a vehicle-mounted camera. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20120327233 | Vehicle Attitude Angle Calculating Device, and Lane Departure Warning System Using Same - Provided is a vehicle attitude angle calculating device capable of finding a yaw angle of a vehicle with reference to a lane stably without using information on a road vanishing point even in the state where a vehicle pitch angle varies. The vehicle attitude angle calculating device includes: a dividing line detection unit that detects a dividing line from image information received from a vehicle-mounted imaging device having an optical axis, the image information being a captured image of an outside of a vehicle; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between the dividing line and the optical axis of the vehicle-mounted imaging device every predetermined processing period; and a vehicle angle calculation unit that calculates a dividing line angle on the basis of the calculated distance between the dividing line and the optical axis of the vehicle-mounted imaging device and a vehicle proceeding distance where the vehicle proceeds during a predetermined processing period. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327237 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS USING SOLAR CELL - There is provided a vehicle-mounted video recording apparatus. The vehicle-mounted video recording apparatus includes a sub-battery being charged with voltage generated by a solar cell, a power controller supplying an operating voltage using a first voltage from a main vehicle battery and a second voltage from the sub-battery, and a video recorder being supplied with the operating voltage from the power controller. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327232 | Automobile Equipment Control System and Control Method Thereof - An automobile equipment control system and a control method thereof. The system comprises an input module, a storage module, an image capturing module, a first recognizing module, a second recognizing module and a processing module. The input module is used to input a plurality of vehicle equipment setting values. The storage module is used to save a plurality of facial characteristic values and a plurality of setting values of vehicle equipment. The image capturing module is used to capture the image of the user. The first recognizing module analyzes the facial image in the image and extracts a facial characteristic point from the facial image. The second recognizing module analyzes the user's hand gesture, the user's head gestures or what the user speaks so as to decide which setting value of vehicle equipment is adopted to control the vehicle equipment. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20100123779 | Video recording system for a vehicle - A video recording device is capable of being mounted in a vehicle for recording images incident to the operation of the vehicle. The video recording device includes a housing mountable to a vehicle component, and at least image sensor for capturing images. A processor is coupled to the housing and is in communication with the image sensor, for processing images captured by the image sensor. An event detector is provided for detecting the existence of a designated event (such as a crash). A long term memory device is provided for storing images captured by the at least one image sensor for a time period prior to, and for a time period following the detection of a designated event by the event detector. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20160167583 | Method and Device for Reproducing a Lateral and/or Rear Surrounding Area of a Vehicle | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160167581 | DRIVER INTERFACE FOR CAPTURING IMAGES USING AUTOMOTIVE IMAGE SENSORS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20140313338 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140375816 | Vehicle Display Device with Movement Compensation - A method for operating a camera assembly for a vehicle involves displaying at least one image information item on a surface. In response to a proper motion of the surface, the at least one image information item is changed in such a way that the proper motion of the surface is at least largely compensated for. To this end, at least two sequential images are captured by a camera of the camera assembly. At least one reference object that is present in both sequential images is identified. The at least one image information item is fixed in relation to the at least one reference object during the proper motion of the surface. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140240499 | FRONT-AND-REAR-FACING CAMERA DEVICE - A front-and-rear-facing camera device has a camera unit mounted on a selected position on a carrier. The camera unit has a front lens and a rear lens oppositely mounted on a lens-mounting base to take a front-view video stream and a rear-view video stream, and displays the front-view and rear-view video streams on two non-overlapping display areas of a display, or displays the front-view video stream on an overlapping display area of the display and the rear-view video stream on the displayed front-view video stream through an image-processing circuit and a signal transmission interface electrically connected between the front and rear lenses and the display. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240501 | LOCALISING TRANSPORTABLE APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for localising transportable apparatus ( | 08-28-2014 |
| 20130265423 | VIDEO-BASED DETECTOR AND NOTIFIER FOR SHORT-TERM PARKING VIOLATION ENFORCEMENT - A method for determining the occurrence of a short-term parking violation includes receiving video data in a sequence of frames provided by an image capture device monitoring a parking area over a duration of time. The method includes determining the presence of a vehicle captured in at least one of the sequence of frames. The method tracks the location of the vehicle across the sequence of frames. The method further determines a spatial location of the vehicle in each frame. The method includes determining spatio-temporal information describing the location of the vehicle as a function of time by associating the spatial location of the vehicle at each frame with the time instant at which the frame was captured. In response to the spatio-temporal information indicating that the vehicle becomes stationary, the method determines a duration that the vehicle is stationary using the determined spatio-temporal information of the vehicle. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING PARKING SPACE LINE MARKINGS FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a system and method for recognizing a parking space line marking for a vehicle. In particular, a corner capturing process is configured to capture an angled corner in an image including the parking space line marking, and a cross capturing process is configured to capture a cross point by combining adjacent corners among the captured corners. A space capturing process captures a space which is an end periphery of the parking space line marking by combining the captured cross points. As a result of the above processes, a type selecting process can then select a type of the parking space line marking from the captured space, and a final selection process may select a final space based on the selected type. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20160176349 | VEHICLE PERIPHERAL OBSERVATION DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160176347 | MODULAR UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160173748 | IMAGING APPARATUS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20140240500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN IMAGE FOR A VEHICLE MOUNTED CAMERA - A system and method provides an image that adjusts in response to at least one vehicle mounted sensor. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240502 | Device for Assisting a Driver Driving a Vehicle or for Independently Driving a Vehicle - A device for assisting a driver driving a vehicle or for autonomously driving a vehicle includes several distance sensors ( | 08-28-2014 |
| 20160176342 | VEHICLE-REVERSING DISPLAY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING MULTIPLE FIELD-OF-VIEW MODES AND VEHICLE-REVERSING IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160173791 | IMAGING DEVICE | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160173737 | CAMERA FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME | 06-16-2016 |
| 20130182113 | CAR SIDE VIDEO ASSIST SYSTEM ACTIVATED BY LIGHT SIGNAL - A car side video assist system activated by light signals is revealed. The system includes at least two cameras respectively disposed on the left, right or rear side of a car for capturing images at corresponding sides and forming image signal sources. By using different light signals including left/right turn, warning or reversing signals as the activation signal sources, at least one camera is selected and activated and the images capture form at least one image/picture on a screen. The video signal source switch processor further includes a light signal interpretation processor that starts interpretation after a preset critical time such as 8 milliseconds when a light signal is activated and input. The interpretation continues for a preset period of time such as 300 milliseconds to output the result for preventing misinterpretation and interpreting the light signal is a single left/right turn signal or a warning signal accurately. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20140184799 | VEHICLE CAMERA ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - A vision system for a vehicle includes at least one imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle and having an exterior field of view. The imaging sensor is operable to capture image data. The imaging sensor includes or is associated with an inclination sensor. At least one other inclination sensor is disposed at the vehicle. A processing system is operable to process outputs of the inclination sensors to determine an alignment or misalignment of the at least one imaging sensor at the vehicle. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184798 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a vehicle ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A MICROPHONE - A method and vehicle-based communication system are provided that control a remote microphone by determining that one or more of the remote microphone and a user of the remote microphone is in a field of view (FOV) of a video camera and, in response, instructing the remote microphone to configure itself to receive ambient audio. In various embodiments, the remote microphone may configure itself, or be explicitly instructed to configure itself, to receive ambient audio by adjusting one or more of a beam forming or omni-directional pattern, potentially including noise cancellation algorithms to facilitate reception of ambient audio in contrast to user directed audio. When the one or more of the remote microphone and a user of the remote microphone no longer is in a FOV of the video camera, the method and vehicle-based communication system may instruct the remote microphone to reconfigure itself to receive user directed audio. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20130182109 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus detects the presence of a moving object along a vehicle periphery. The apparatus sets multiple detection lines along a horizontal axis of an image captured by a camera, and detects a brightness change of a pixel along the detection lines. With reference to the brightness change detected along the detection line and a parameter for determining whether such brightness change is caused by the moving object, the apparatus determines the presence of the moving object. In addition, the apparatus changes a determination condition for determining the moving object such that as the number of detection lines along which the brightness change is detected decreases, the harder it is to satisfy the determination condition for determining that the moving object is present. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182112 | CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A CAMERA ARRANGEMENT IN A VEHICLE - A camera arrangement for a vehicle, with a camera unit constructed to be pivoted into an active position and into an inactive position, and a chamber accommodating the camera unit, wherein in the inactive position a sealing cover that seals the chamber is arranged on the camera unit, with the camera unit being inaccessible from outside, and wherein in the active position the camera unit is pivoted out of the chamber for optically capturing a surrounding area and the camera unit seals the chamber. A method for installing the camera arrangement in a vehicle is also disclosed. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130188050 | REAL-TIME SYSTEM FOR AIDING DRIVERS DURING VEHICLE BACKUP AND IMAGE CAPTURE AND TRANSMITTER UNIT FOR USE THEREIN - A real-time surveillance system for aiding vehicle drivers and portable first unit for use therein is provided. The unit includes an image sensor that generates a sequence of images from received light. The system further includes a support to detachably support the unit on the vehicle so that the sensor is capable of receiving light from obstacles, hazards or individuals located in a blind spot region of the vehicle. A display is supported on the vehicle so that the images are viewable by a driver of the vehicle in real time. The system further includes a mechanism to authenticate a person desirous of using the system or removing the unit from the vehicle as an authorized person based, at least in part, on an authenticator. The authenticator includes at least one of a password, a passphrase, a personal identification number, a security token, a security card, and a biometric identifier. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188052 | Method of Providing Street View Data of a Comparable Real Estate Property - Video drive-by data provides a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. A video and data server farm incorporates a video storage server that stores video image files containing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location, a database server that processes a data query received from a user over the Internet corresponding to a geographic location of interest, and an image processing server. In operation, the database server identifies video image files stored in the video storage server that correspond to the geographic location of interest contained in the data query and transfers the video image files over a pre-processing network to the image processing server. The image processing server converts the video drive-by data to post-processed video data corresponding to a desired image format and transfers the post-processed video data via a post-processing network to the Internet in response to the query. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20150092060 | BICYCLE HANDLEBAR VIDEO SYSTEM - A bicycle video system for facilitating improved aerodynamic positioning of a bicyclist. The bicycle video system includes a video display. The video display is used by the bicyclist to view an area in front of the bicycle. The video display allows the bicyclist to ride while maintaining a lowered head position to see an area in front of the bicycle. The bicycle video system also includes a video camera. The video camera is in electrical communication with the video display. The video camera is positioned in a direction toward an area in front of the bicycle to capture images in front of the bicycle. The video camera may transmit a video signal representative of a real-time image of an area in front of the bicycle to the video display. The video display may continuously receive real-time images of an area in front of the bicycle. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150092056 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for promoting safety during operation of a passenger vehicle. Such a system/method may determine positions of rear and sideview mirrors of a passenger vehicle that are optimized for a particular driver of the passenger vehicle to minimize “blind spots” based on the driver and the particular vehicle configuration, and for moving the rear and sideview mirrors into the optimized positions. Alternatively or in addition, such a system/method may collect data corresponding to internal and external conditions of the vehicle, optionally establish a driver profile of typical driving characteristics from the collected data, determine potential risks and/or hazards from the collected data, and warn the driver of the potential risks and/or hazards. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20100073480 | BLIND SPOT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING PREEXISTING VEHICULAR IMAGING DEVICES - A vehicular blind spot detection system ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20150109445 | CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A CAMERA AND FOR OPERATING A CAMERA ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a camera arrangement for a vehicle, comprising a camera ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 20140313337 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH FASTENERLESS LENS ATTACHMENT - A vehicle vision system includes a camera module including an image sensor array, a lens holder and a lens. The camera module is configured to mount at a receiving structure at an interior surface of a vehicle windshield of a vehicle. When the camera module is mounted at the receiving structure of the interior surface of the vehicle windshield, the image sensor array views forward of the vehicle and through the vehicle windshield. The image sensor array is established at a circuit element. The lens holder includes a lens holding portion and an attaching portion, with the lens holding portion accommodating the lens and the attaching portion configured to attach at the circuit element. The attaching portion of the lens holder includes a plurality of pins configured to be received at least partially through apertures of the circuit element so as to be soldered at the circuit element. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140368655 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM FOR MANEUVERING AND/OR PARKING A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a driver assist system for supporting a driver during maneuvering and/or parking a motor vehicle includes recording with at least one environmental sensor three-dimensional environmental data of an environment of the motor vehicle; generating with the driver assist system a three-dimensional model based on the three-dimensional data recorded by the environmental sensor, said model describing at least a portion of the motor vehicle and at least a portion of the environment of the motor vehicle; generating with the driver assist system at least one image using the three-dimensional model, said image showing at least the at least one portion of the motor vehicle in relation to surrounding objects; and displaying the image on a display. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20160180182 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH 3D REGISTRATION FOR DISTANCE ESTIMATION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180180 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE LANE MARKER DETECTION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180179 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180158 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH PEDESTRIAN DETECTION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20130286206 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A mobile apparatus obtains a posted data set of a social networking service. The mobile apparatus generates an augmented reality image by superimposing, on a captured image, an icon representing a posted data set posted in an objective capturing range of a camera, based on a posted location of the posted data set, a vehicle location of a vehicle, and a direction of an optical axis of the camera. The mobile apparatus transmits the generated augmented reality image to a vehicle-mounted apparatus. The vehicle-mounted apparatus displays the received augmented reality image on a display. Thus a user who sees the vehicle-mounted apparatus can instinctively understand the posted location of the posted data set. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20150070500 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH REDUCED IMAGE COLOR DATA PROCESSING BY USE OF DITHERING - A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at the vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes an RGB photosensor array having multiple rows of photosensing elements and multiple columns of photosensing elements. An in-line dithering algorithm is applied to individual lines of photosensing elements of the photosensor array in order to reduce at least one of color data transmission and color data processing. The in-line dithering algorithm includes at least one of an in-row dithering algorithm that is applied to individual rows of photosensing elements of the photosensor array and an in-column dithering algorithm that is applied to individual columns of photosensing elements of the photosensor array. The in-line dithering algorithm may be operable to determine most significant bits and least significant bits of color data of photosensing elements of the photosensor array. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20140313336 | EFFICIENT DATA TRANSMISSION - A method for controlling video in a system includes receiving wirelessly at a stationary base station a low quality video from a mobile device, the mobile device configured to record both the low quality video and a high quality video of a same video stream, to store each of the low quality video and the high quality video, and to wirelessly transmit only the low quality video. The method includes analyzing the low quality video at the stationary base station and, based on the analysis, transmitting a signal to the mobile device to delete the low quality video and the high quality video from the mobile device, to allow overwrite of the low quality video and the high quality video from the mobile device, or to request transmission of the high quality video from the mobile device. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150070504 | Intelligent Observation And Identification Database System - An intelligent video/audio observation and identification database system may define a security zone or group of zones. The system may identify vehicles and individuals entering or exiting the zone through image recognition of the vehicle or individual as compared to prerecorded information stored in a database. The system may alert security personnel as to warrants or other information discovered pertaining to the recognized vehicle or individual resulting from a database search. The system may compare images of a suspect vehicle, such as an undercarriage image, to standard vehicle images stored in the database and alert security personnel as to potential vehicle overloading or foreign objects detected, such as potential bombs. The system may track individuals or vehicles within a zone or between zones. The system may further learn the standard times and locations of vehicles or individuals tracked by the system and alert security personnel upon deviation from standard activity. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070502 | VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A vehicle display apparatus includes: a first display device that displays a first virtual image at a position of a first distance from an eye position of a vehicle driver to forward of the vehicle; and a second display device that displays a second virtual image at a position of a second distance shorter than the first distance from the eye position of the vehicle driver to forward of the vehicle. The first display device displays a captured image output from an image pickup device that captures an image of the surroundings of the vehicle as the first virtual image. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20140313339 | VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vision system for a vehicle includes an image sensor disposed at a subject vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the subject vehicle. A control is operable to process image data captured by the image sensor to detect an object exterior of the subject vehicle. The control is operable to process captured image data to detect points of interest present in the field of view of the image sensor and, responsive to processing of captured image data, the control is operable to determine movement of the detected points of interest. The control is operable to process captured image data to determine movement vectors and, responsive to processing of captured image data, the control is operable to determine an object of interest in the field of view of the image sensor and exterior of the subject vehicle. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150077559 | VIDEO/VISION BASED ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARKING OCCUPANCY DETERMINATION, WHICH IS ROBUST AGAINST CAMERA SHAKE - Methods and systems for parking lot occupancy determination. Video of an entrance to a parking lot (or other facility) can be acquired utilizing one or more video cameras focusing on a pre-defined vision-based region of interest and a pre-defined video-based region of interest. The video can be video processed via a classifier that is pre-trained to take into account potential camera shake disturbances to generate video output data thereof. The video output data can then be trajectory smoothed. The video output data (following trajectory smoothing) can then be analyzed for parking lot occupancy data such that the impact of camera shake with respect to the video camera(s) is minimized to determine parking lot occupancy. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20140253731 | IMAGING DEVICE PROTECTOR AND CLEANER - An imaging device enclosure for a vehicle including a housing having an image device aperture. A motor is disposed in the housing and is operably connected with a mobile wedge. The mobile wedge is operable between an extended position and a retracted position. An imaging device is slidably connected with the mobile wedge and is movable between the retracted position corresponding to the extended position of the mobile wedge and the extended position corresponding to the retracted position. A flexible boot is disposed over the image device aperture. The flexible boot defines a flexible opening. The imaging device protrudes through the flexible opening when the imaging device is in the extended position. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20130176434 | SURVEILLANCE POLE WITH PIVOTING CAMERA MOUNTING HEAD - A surveillance pole for supporting a surveillance camera includes a camera support head mounted atop the camera support pole for selective pivotal motion such that the camera support head can be selectively oriented in various orientations. A surveillance camera is mounted to the camera support head. The camera support head can be adapted and configured for pivotal motion or for complete/endless rotation, as desired. Optionally, the camera mounting head is motor driven for pivotal motion relative to the camera support pole. Alternatively, the camera mounting head can be manually movable relative to the camera support pole. Optionally, a lock is provided for securing the camera mounting head in a fixed position relative to the camera support pole. The pole can be a stand-alone pole or part of a self-contained surveillance trailer. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20140267728 | VEHICLE DETECTION AND IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CAPTURING IMAGES OF VEHICLES - A vehicle detection and image capture system that detects a vehicle at the location of a radio frequency identification tag when a radio frequency identification reader fails to receive a response from the radio frequency identification tag during interrogation, and captures an image of the vehicle with a camera. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150097952 | DYNAMIC MULTI-WINDOWED IMAGE ENHANCEMENT FOR INTERACTIVE HOV DETECTION - A system and method for enhancing images including an image capture device operably connected to a data processing device that captures an image of a target vehicle, and a processor-usable medium embodying computer code, said processor-usable medium being coupled to said data processing device, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor. The instructions configured for identifying a region within the image including a window of the target vehicle, applying a first image enhancement effect to the identified region, applying a second image enhancement effect to a remainder of the image not including the identified region, the second image enhancement effect different than the first image enhancement effect. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20160182863 | VEHICLE CIRCUMFERENCE MONITORING APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20150085120 | MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC REAR-VIEW MIRROR - A motor vehicle has at least one electronic rearview mirror, particularly an exterior and/or side mirror, that has a display apparatus, particularly a display, for images recorded by an exterior camera that is provided particularly outside the motor vehicle. The operator control element provided for adjusting an image detail from the image, which image detail is to be displayed on the display apparatus, and/or an orientation for the exterior camera is a mirror operator control element, developed for the purpose of adjusting a mirror face of a conventional exterior mirror, and/or a rotary/push control of a man/machine interface. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085121 | MIRROR MONITOR USING TWO LEVELS OF REFLECTIVITY - A rear-view mirror and modular monitor system and method include an interior mirror that embeds a modular monitor behind see-through mirror glass. In some embodiments, the system includes multiple cameras, some in the vehicle, bus and/or truck, as well as some cameras outside the vehicle, bus and/or truck, advantageously providing the driver an opportunity to view what is happening, for example, in the back rows of the bus and/or cabin, while also using the mirror to look at objects in the bus and/or cabin that are visible using the mirror. The rear-view mirror and modular monitor system is configured to be easily assembled and/or disassembled when necessary for maintenance and/or to replace parts. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20110025851 | IMAGE ACQUISITION - A computerised method of automatically acquiring a series of images, the method comprising the steps of: i) processing a data file containing a series of identifiers, each identifier corresponding to a geographic location of a property; ii) receiving location data from a geographic position sensing unit; iii) defining a camera search area ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025850 | CAMERA UNIT AND SENSING DEVICE - A camera unit includes an image sensor, a circuit board in which a signal processor circuit to process an output signal of the image sensor is formed, a cable including a signal conductor element and a ground conductor element and connected at one end to the circuit board, and a shielding component formed to enclose the circuit board therewith. The ground conductor element is connected to both a ground terminal of the circuit board and the shielding component in a vicinity of the end of the cable. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025848 | In-Vehicle Image Display Device - Provided is an in-vehicle image display device capable of providing, from among images of the peripheral area of a vehicle that can change in accordance with the driving state, an image of a part needed by the driver at an appropriate timing so that the driver can recognize the positional relationship between the vehicle and the peripheral area of the vehicle. Images captured with in-vehicle cameras are acquired, and a vehicle periphery image is generated from such images. Then, a collision-warned part of the vehicle that has a possibility of hitting a nearby object is selected based on the vehicle driving state, and the acquired image is processed to generate an enlarged image of the peripheral area of the collision-warned part of the vehicle selected by the collision-warned part selection part. Then, a composite display image, in which the positions of the enlarged image and the vehicle periphery image are displayed in a correlated manner, is generated and displayed. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025849 | Light Module for a Motor Vehicle Headlamp - The invention relates to a light module ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20150092058 | System, Vehicle and Method for Online Calibration of a Camera on a Vehicle - A camera mounted on or for a vehicle has camera rotational parameters φ, θ, ψ and camera translational parameters x | 04-02-2015 |
| 20130208120 | ATTACHED MATTER DETECTOR AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICE CONTROLLER USING THE SAME - An attached matter detector includes a light source; an imager receiving transmitted light from a predetermined imaging region on a light-receiving region for an imaging region and imaging an image of the imaging region, and receiving reflected light on a light-receiving region for attached matter detection when light from the light source is reflected by attached matter and imaging an image of the attached matter; a parameter calculator of an image for an attached matter image region calculating a parameter of an image for an attached matter image region as information of an image region of the attached matter; a parameter calculator of an image for an imaging region calculating a parameter of an image for an imaging region as information of the imaging region; and an output device of an attached matter state signal outputting a signal showing a state of the attached matter based on the calculated parameters. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140327773 | AUTOMOTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM - An automotive security system enables users to remotely monitor their vehicles with the system providing a complete, recorded view of the interior and exterior of the car, while at the same time offering a remote alert that their car's security has been breached. The system comprises a 360 degree rotating camera mounted in the vehicle and a remote handheld, companion video monitor receiving s and control system for viewing and receiving an audible signal. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20160125608 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING IMPROVED POSITIONING OF A VEHICLE - A method performed by an object size mapping system is described for enabling improved positioning of a vehicle. The object size mapping system includes a first reference camera adapted to be arranged on-board a reference vehicle. The object size mapping system determines a current reference position of the reference vehicle. The system captures by the first reference camera, at the current reference position of the reference vehicle, a current reference image of a stationary physical reference object situated in the surroundings of the reference vehicle. The object size mapping system then determines a current reference size value of at least a portion of the stationary physical reference object, in the current reference image. The object size mapping system stores the current reference size value to be associated with the current reference position of the reference vehicle and a mapped digital reference object corresponding to the stationary physical reference object. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20140368656 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - A three-dimensional object detection device can enhance the accuracy in detecting a three-dimensional object regardless of the brightness in the detection environment. The device has an image capture means that captures an image of a predetermined area and an image conversion means that converts the image through a viewpoint conversion into birds-eye view image. A first three-dimensional object detection means aligns positions of bird's-eye view images at different times obtained by the image conversion means, counts the number of pixels that exhibit a predetermined difference on a differential image of the aligned bird's-eye view images to generate a frequency distribution thereby creating differential waveform information, and detects a three-dimensional object on the basis of the differential waveform information. A second three-dimensional object detection means detects edge information from the bird's-eye view image obtained by the image conversion means and detects a three-dimensional object on the basis of the edge information. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368652 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENTLY MONITORING PARKING OCCUPANCY - A system and method for determining parking occupancy and maintaining a database of parking occupancy data by receiving video data for a parking area from multiple video cameras, determining parking occupancy data for the parking area using the video data for the parking area, generating textual data corresponding to the parking occupancy data for the parking area, and transmitting the textual data corresponding to the parking occupancy data for the parking area to a central server. The central server can receive textual data from multiple devices and maintain and update a database of parking occupancy data based on the textual data received. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20130182110 | METHOD, DEVICE AND INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR PAYMENT OF PARKING FEES BASED ON CAMERAS AND LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY - System and method for billing of parking fees, including providing a camera adjacent to a supervised parking spot, the camera is located and aimed so as to have a License Plate Number (LPN) of vehicles driving along a lane adjacent to the supervised parking spot and parking in the supervised parking spot within the field of view (FOV) of the camera at least at some time; taking images, in at least one of which LPNs of the vehicles driving along a lane adjacent to the parking spot and parking in the supervised parking spot is visible and clear enough for later extraction; monitoring vehicles travelling along the road lane adjacent to the supervised parking lane; sensing that a vehicle has parked in the supervised parking spot; extracting the LPN of the parking vehicle from the image; and according the parking vehicle an LPN that has been captured for that vehicle. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20110221901 | Adaptive Scene Rendering and V2X Video/Image Sharing - A method is provided for video sharing in a vehicle-to-entity communication system. Video data is captured by an image capture device of an event remote from a source entity. A spatial relationship is determined between a location corresponding to the captured event and a location of a remote vehicle. A temporal relationship is determined between a time-stamp of the captured scene data and a current time. A utility value is determined as a function of the spatial relationship and the temporal relationship. A network utilization parameter of a communication network is determined for broadcasting and receiving the scene data. A selected level of compression is applied to the captured scene data as a function of the utility value and available bandwidth. The compressed scene data is transmitted from the source entity to the remote vehicle. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20140267727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE FIELD OF VIEW OF A PROCESSED IMAGE BASED ON VEHICLE INFORMATION - Systems and methods for determining a field of view, based on vehicle data, for displaying an image captured by a vehicle mounted camera. A system for determining a field of view includes a receiver configured to receive an image having a first field of view from an image capturing device, a processor configured to process the image based on vehicle data and output a processed image that has a second field of view that is narrower than the first field of view, and a transmitter configured to transmit the processed image to a display for presentation to an occupant of the vehicle. Computer-implemented methods are also described herein. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160185294 | VEHICLE PERIPHERAL OBSERVATION DEVICE - Provided is a device whereby the position of an obstacle can be perceived on a monitor without compromising the effectiveness of displaying an overhead image on the monitor. An overhead image generating unit generates an overhead image from images captured using a plurality of cameras, and the overhead image is displayed in an auxiliary display area ( | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160185292 | ELECTRONIC MIRROR APPARATUS - An electronic mirror apparatus includes an imaging part mounted at one-side or each of both-side surfaces of a vehicle and taking an image in a rear-and-side directions of the vehicle; and a display part mounted in the vehicle interior and displaying an image taken by the imaging part or an image acquired through a predetermined transform process on the image taken by the imaging part. The display part displays the image corresponding to an imaging range that is different between a case where a shift position of the vehicle is a forward position and a case where the shift position is a reverse position. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160125588 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING POSITION OF OBSTACLE IN VEHICLE - An apparatus for recognizing a position of an obstacle in a vehicle obtains image data and ultrasonic sensor data through a camera and an ultrasonic sensor, detects linear edges perpendicular to a ground surface in the image data, detects a discontinuous position at which the ultrasonic sensor data are not continuous, detects intersection points of the linear edges detected in continuous images from the image data when the discontinuous position coincides with a camera position, and estimates the intersection points to be the position of the obstacle. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20130182111 | VEHICLE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS - There is provided a vehicle driving environment recognition apparatus. When an onboard camera does not recognize a vehicle ahead during when a vehicle runs at night, an exposure amount of the onboard camera is set to a first exposure amount mode. When the vehicle ahead is not recognized, or only a light source of an oncoming vehicle is recognized, the exposure amount of the onboard camera is set to a second exposure amount mode. In the first exposure amount mode, a low-luminance detection exposure amount and a high-luminance detection exposure amount are alternately switched for each frame, and an image is captured with the switched exposure amount. In the second exposure amount mode, the exposure amount is fixed to the low-luminance detection exposure amount. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20120147188 | VEHICLE VICINITY MONITORING APPARATUS - A vehicle vicinity monitoring apparatus detects a bicycle rider from infrared images. The vehicle vicinity monitoring apparatus converts the infrared images into binarized images, and calculates correlated errors of areas from a reference template. The vehicle vicinity monitoring apparatus judges an object of interest as the bicycle rider when the amplitude of the correlated errors changes periodically. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120147186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING TRACK OF VEHICLES AND ACQUIRING ROAD CONDITIONS USING THE RECORDED TRACKS - An image recording device mounted to a vehicle includes an imaging unit for capturing a sequence of images including an image of a road that the vehicle is running and circumstances around the road by taking photographs; an image management unit for storing the captured images in a recording medium and for extracting a target image corresponding to a request for image transmission from the recording medium; and a communication unit for receiving the request for image transmission and for transmitting the extracted images to the external entity. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20150103173 | SYNTHESIZED IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - In a synthesized image generation device, an image processing section receives acquired images transmitted from in-vehicle cameras, and selects some of the acquired images having different image acquiring regions which are not overlapped with each other. The image processing section generates synthesized image data on the basis of the selected acquired images. This avoids a process of cutting a predetermined image area from the acquired images during the generation of the synthesized image data as a bird's eye view. It is possible for the image processing section to prevent a part of a clear acquired image from being cut and eliminated even if the clear acquired image and unclear acquired image are selected simultaneously and combined, and extract road markings from the synthesized image data with high accuracy. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20110254957 | REAR VIEW MIRROR SIMULATION - The invention relates to an exterior mirror simulation with image data recording and a display of the recorded and improved data for the driver of a motor vehicle. The display on a display device shows the data in a way chosen by the driver or the vehicle manufacturer. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20130016218 | GENERATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE-EVOCATIVE SOUND AND GENERATION METHOD FOR VEHICLE-EVOCATIVE SOUNDAANM Asao; KojiAACI TomiokaAACO JPAAGP Asao; Koji Tomioka JPAANM Tanaka; JunichiAACI KumagayaAACO JPAAGP Tanaka; Junichi Kumagaya JP - Based on the current position of a vehicle MV detected by a position detection part | 01-17-2013 |
| 20150103172 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a first field-of-view converting unit configured to convert an image of a first camera, which is equipped in a vehicle and arranged to include a portion of a vehicle body in an image capturing range, into an image having an arbitrary field-of-view within a field-of-view of the first camera; a second field-of-view converting unit configured to convert a blind spot image, which is an image of a second camera capturing an image of a peripheral environment acting as a blind spot by the first camera, into the blind spot image having the same field-of-view as the field-of-view of the image obtained after the conversion by the first converting unit; and a compositing unit configured to compose a region corresponding to the blind spot image obtained by the second converting unit to the region of the vehicle body of the image obtained by the first converting unit. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150103171 | CAMERA POSITION RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a camera position recognition system including a smart key module which transmits/receives a wireless signal to recognize a smart key; one or more camera modules which receive the wireless signal of the smart key module to obtain an image around a vehicle; an around view module which controls the camera module; and a camera position recognition module which recognizes a position of the camera module based on a strength of the wireless signal which is received by each of the camera modules. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20140293052 | IMAGE-BASED VEHICLE DETECTION AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In an example embodiment, an image based vehicle detection and measuring apparatus that employs an accelerated, structured, search method is described for quickly finding the extrema of a multivariable function. The input domain of the function is determined. The method exploits information as it becomes available, calculating a best possible value with the information available so far, and terminating further evaluation when the best possible value does not exceed the extreme value found so far. Ordering and best guess schemes are added to the best possible value idea to accelerate it further. The method is applied to speed up an image processing problem, an example of which is given, but has general application, for example, in fields such as vehicle detection. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293054 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - An optical device and a camera for a vehicle, which is arranged inside the vehicle behind the windscreen, including at least one optical module for detecting electromagnetic radiation, including an imaging system and an image recording element, and including at least one circuit board on which image evaluation electronics is arranged and which is electrically connected to the at least one optical module, wherein the at least one circuit board is arranged substantially parallel to the windscreen. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293053 | SAFETY MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF FOR HUMAN-DRIVEN VEHICLE - A safety monitoring apparatus and method thereof for human-driven vehicle are provided. The safety monitoring apparatus includes a sensing unit, a processing unit, and a warning unit. The sensing unit and the warning unit are electrically connected to the processing unit, respectively. The sensing unit is arranged on a steering member of the human-driven vehicle and is used for sensing whether the steering member is in contact with a hand of a driver and generating a sensing signal accordingly. The processing unit determines whether the hand of the driver is placed on the steering member. The warning unit is used for generating a safety warning message. When the processing unit determines that the hand of the driver has not been placed on the steering member according to the sensing signal, the processing unit drives the warning unit to generate the safety warning message to warn the driver. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20110285850 | VEHICULAR IMAGING SYSTEM - A vehicular imaging system comprises an imaging device having a plurality of photosensor elements. The imaging device captures image data of a scene exterior of the vehicle within its field of view. Image data captured by the imaging device is provided to a control. The control also receives via a communication bus at least one of vehicle pitch information, vehicle yaw information and vehicle steering information. The control detects two substantially straight and converging road features along the road the vehicle is travelling and determines a point of intersection where they would converge using, at least in part, the received vehicle information and the control automatically corrects for misalignment of the imaging device mounted at the vehicle. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20150070497 | RECORDING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES AND METHOD OF RECORDING - A recoding apparatus for vehicles includes a camera module, a storage module, a trigger, a processor, and a wireless transmission module. The camera module captures images and converts the images into a first video file accordingly. The storage module is electrically connected to the camera module to save the first video file. The processor is electrically connected to the storage module and the trigger respectively to receive a start signal from the trigger, and to extract a second video file from the first video file, and then to save the second video file in the storage module. The wireless transmission module is electrically connected to the storage module and the processor to transmit the second video file to at least a remote storage device via wireless transmission, and the second video file is saved in the remote storage device. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160185297 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM HAVING ADJUSTABLE DISPLAYED FIELD OF VIEW - A vision system for a vehicle is provided including a camera for capturing images within a field of view; a display device movably mounted relative to the vehicle for displaying a portion of the field of view of the camera; a movement sensor for sensing movement of the display device; and a processing circuit in communication with the movement sensor, the display device, and the camera for selecting the portion of the field of view to be displayed on the display device in response to movement of the display device as sensed by the movement sensor. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160185296 | VEHICLE BLACK BOX MOUNTABLE ON REAR-VIEW MIRROR SUPPORT - A vehicle black box mountable on a rear-view mirror support is disclosed herein. The vehicle black box includes an imaging module including a lens for capturing images and a circuit for driving the lens, and a black box body containing the overall imaging module or part of the imaging module including the lens. The black box body is fastened to a fastening part forming a rear-view mirror support within a vehicle, while covering the fastening part. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20150310258 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, NEAR INFRARED LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE, AND SUNVISOR - An image pickup device includes a first emission unit that emits a near infrared light toward a face of a driver from a front lower side of the driver, and a second emission unit that emits a near infrared light from an upper side of the driver. When a sunvisor is present at a storage position in which sunlight is not shielded, the second emission unit is disposed at a position to be covered with the sunvisor. A portion where the sunvisor present at a storage position covers the second emission unit is made of a material that shields a visible light contained in the sunlight and transmits the near infrared light. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160188987 | OCCUPANT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various implementations include a vehicle occupant imaging system that is disposed within a vehicle. The system includes an automotive clock spring, at least one imaging unit, and a first processing unit. The automotive clock spring includes a rotor to which a rotatable portion of the steering wheel assembly is coupled, a stator coupled to a stationary portion of the vehicle, and a set of wires extending between the rotor and stator. The imaging unit is coupled to the rotatable portion of the steering wheel assembly. The first processing unit is disposed within the rotor and is configured for electrically receiving image signals captured by the imaging unit and selecting at least a portion of the image signals for communicating to a second processing unit disposed outside of the rotor. The selected image signals are electrically communicated to the second processing unit via the set of electrical wires. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188967 | PEDESTRIAN DETECTING SYSTEM - A pedestrian detecting system includes a depth capturing unit, an image capturing unit and a composite processing unit. The depth capturing unit is configured to detect and obtain spatial information of a target object. The image capturing unit is configured to capture an image of the target object and recognize the image, thereby obtaining image feature information of the target object. The composite processing unit is electrically connected to the depth capturing unit and the image capturing unit, wherein the composite processing unit is configured to receive the spatial information and the image feature information and to perform a scoring scheme to detect and determine if the target object is a pedestrian. The scoring scheme performs weighted scoring on a spatial confidence and an appearance confidence to obtain a composite scoring value to determine if the target object is the pedestrian. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188984 | LANE PARTITION LINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A lane partition line recognition apparatus for recognizing left-side and right-side lane partition lines of a traveling lane of a roadway in which a vehicle carrying the apparatus is traveling based on a forward image captured by a vehicle-mounted camera. The apparatus includes an offset detector configured to detect an offset amount indicative of a positional relationship between each of the left-side and right-side recognized lane partition lines and the vehicle and a predictor configured to, if only one of the left and right lane partition lines of the traveling lane of the subject vehicle is recognized, stochastically predict a position of the unrecognized one of the left and right lane partition lines based on the offset amount detected by the offset detector. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160039436 | AERIAL CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SIZE PARAMETERS OF VEHICLE SYSTEMS - An aerial system and method use a distance sensor to measure spatial distances between the distance sensor and plural vehicles in a vehicle system formed from the vehicles operably coupled with each other during relative movement between the distance sensor and the vehicle system. The spatial distances measured by the distance sensor are used to determine a size parameter of the vehicle system based on the spatial distances that are measured. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20150077561 | MONITORING A BACK ROW SEAT AREA OF A VEHICLE - A back row monitoring system for a vehicle disclosed includes a display upon which imagery of at least a portion of a back row seat area of a vehicle can be displayed. The imagery can be captured by an imagery sensor. The back row monitoring system can detect one or more biometric markers from one or more passengers located in the back row seat area. The detected biometric markers, or a portion thereof, can be displayed on the display. The displayed biometric markers can be overlaid on the imagery. The back row monitoring system can also enable a user to pause currently playing audio and/or video from a vehicle infotainment system such that the driver can communicate to one or more passengers in the back row area through the infotainment system. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20160191863 | REAR VEHICLE CAMERA - A rearview camera assembly includes a lens unit including a lens barrel having a sensor lens therein and a light sensor unit. The light sensor has a printed circuit board having a light sensor chip mounted thereon, a rear housing supporting the printed circuit board on a first side thereof, and a front housing coupled with the rear housing and supporting the printed circuit board on a second side thereof. The front housing defines a lens holder, and the lens barrel is received within the lens holder of the rear housing so as to align with the light sensor. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191861 | REMOTE VEHICLE CONTROL AND OPERATION - A plurality of data streams are received from a vehicle, at least one of the data streams including multimedia data. A prioritization of the data streams is performed according to one or more factors. At least one of adjusting at least one of the data streams and preventing transmission of at least one of the data streams according to the prioritization is performed. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160191859 | OCCUPANT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various implementations include an occupant monitoring system (OMS) for monitoring at least one occupant in a vehicle. The OMS includes a mounting bracket coupled to a rotatable portion of a steering wheel assembly, a housing coupled to the mounting bracket, at least one imaging unit disposed within the housing, and at least one lens disposed adjacent the housing and imaging unit and facing an expected position of at least one vehicle occupant and configured for allowing light to pass through to the imaging unit. The mounting bracket extends upwardly from the steering wheel assembly adjacent a central portion thereof. The housing has a back surface that is disposed adjacent a back cover of the steering wheel assembly. The imaging unit has a field of view inside of the vehicle and is configured to capture an image signal corresponding to an imaging area within the field of view. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20130307984 | Multi-Functional Vehicle Rearview Mirror - A multi-functional vehicle rearview minor that includes a cover, a glass reflecting mirror face, a large sized liquid crystal display device which includes a large sized display screen and a large sized display driver board, wherein the large sized display screen includes a large sized displaying liquid crystal glass and a large sized display device backlight module, wherein the large sized liquid crystal display device is provided with a retention frame and a high obscuration media, wherein a small window with a small sized backlight module and a control circuit is provided. The rearview minor automatically shifts between multiple cameras via signals from vehicle lamps. The RF modules with little power consumption are embedded into the circuits of the rearview minor and the cameras for providing the video shift and information communication of the whole system. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20120281092 | VISUAL COMMUNICATION USING A ROBOTIC DEVICE - Technology is described for visually communicating using a robotic device. An example of a method can include a video feed sent from the video camera of the robotic device to the remote user. A projection surface identified in the video feed can then be sent to the remote user using an application. Another operation can be obtaining an image from the remote user using the application. The image created by the remote user can then be projected on the projection surface. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20150124097 | OPTICAL REPRODUCTION AND DETECTION SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - An optical reproduction and detection system in a vehicle includes a surroundings recording device, a representation device as well as a view detection device. The representation of the recorded vehicle surroundings takes place as a function of the detected direction of view of the driver. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20100103261 | BICYCLE HANDLEBAR VIDEO SYSTEM - A bicycle video system for facilitating improved aerodynamic positioning of a bicyclist. The bicycle video system includes a video display. The video display is used by the bicyclist to view an area in front of the bicycle. The video display allows the bicyclist to ride while maintaining a lowered head position to see an area in front of the bicycle. The bicycle video system also includes a video camera. The video camera is in electrical communication with the video display. The video camera is positioned in a direction toward an area in front of the bicycle to capture images in front of the bicycle. The video camera may transmit a video signal representative of a real-time image of an area in front of the bicycle to the video display. The video display may continuously receive real-time images of an area in front of the bicycle. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100110192 | Mobile Surveillance System - A mobile pan and tilt camera and display-control apparatus comprising a fully rotatable camera mounted to a vehicle for capturing images, a display-control box having an image display screen and control buttons for controlling said camera and its movement attached to an adjustable mount in said vehicle within an operator's view and reach, an image capture box for storage on various recording media or for transmission of said captured mobile images, said captured mobile images are sent by radio frequency transmission to a data storage server for a consumer to access. A preferred embodiment includes further comprising a mount that incorporates a quick disconnect mechanism along with a locking mechanical base and an electronic signal connector for easy camera installation and removal. A preferred embodiment includes further comprising a double locking mechanism where one mechanism is a security fastener. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20120133768 | Rear Vision Video Camera and Display Screen System for a Vehicle - A rear vision video camera and display screen system for a motor vehicle ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20150085127 | REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the interior surface of a windshield of the vehicle. A camera is incorporated into the interior rearview mirror assembly and has a field of view toward a front seat of the vehicle so as to capture images of an occupant of the vehicle. The camera captures image data. An image processor is provided with image data captured by the camera. The image processor image processes image data captured by the camera. The image processor, responsive at least in part to image processing of image data captured by the camera, recognizes movement. The movement comprises a hand gesture made by the occupant of the vehicle. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20140218535 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM USING IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION AND POWER SUPPLY VIA A COAXIAL CABLE - A vision system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle and having an exterior field of view. A control is disposed at the vehicle and a coaxial cable is in communication between the imaging sensor and the control. The vision system communicates image data captured by the imaging sensor to the control and supplies power to the imaging sensor via the coaxial cable. The coaxial cable may include an inner core comprising copper, a dielectric medium, a foil screen, an outer conductor comprising copper, a separating layer and an outer sheath. When initially powering up the vision system, a transceiver of the imaging sensor may be tuned to an initial communication mode, which is suitable for communication with at least one of the control, a communication interface of the vision system and a display device of the vision system. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218534 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH REAR MOUNTED CAMERA - A vehicle vision system includes an extender element disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle. The extender element includes an extender portion and an end portion, with the end portion viewable to a viewer who is viewing the rear of the vehicle. The end portion includes at least one of (i) a vehicle emblem and (ii) a vehicle logo. A rear backup camera assembly is at least partially disposed in the extender portion of the extender element. The rear backup camera assembly is disposed with its lens viewing exterior of the vehicle. The extender element is incapable of extending such that the rear backup camera is non-movable relative to the rear portion of the vehicle when disposed at the rear portion of the vehicle. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218533 | Defining Destination Locations and Restricted Locations Within an Image Stream - Defining destination locations and restricted locations within an image stream is disclosed. Initially, a first image stream is received from a first camera having a first field of view, where the first field of view includes at least one destination location and at least one restricted location. Next, first boundaries of the at least one destination location and a first description of one or more rules associated with the at least one destination location are received. A first identifier is then assigned to the at least one destination location. Next, second boundaries of the at least one restricted location and a second description of one or more rules associated with the at least one restricted location are received. Finally, the first boundaries, the first description of one or more rules, the first identifier, the second boundaries, and the second description of one or more rules are saved. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218532 | Defining a Handoff Zone for Tracking a Vehicle Between Cameras - Defining a handoff zone for tracking a vehicle between cameras is disclosed. Initially, a first image stream is received from a first camera having a first field of view. A second image stream is also received from a second camera having a second field of view, where the second field of view is different from and at least partially overlapping with the first field of view. Next, an overlap area that defines the overlap between the first image stream and the second image stream is determined. A handoff zone within the overlap area is then determined, where tracking of the vehicle is passed from the first camera to the second camera after the vehicle enters the handoff zone. Finally, boundaries of the handoff zone are stored. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218527 | ADVANCED PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A parking management system that facilitates motorist guidance, payment, violation detection, and enforcement using highly accurate space occupancy detection, unique vehicle identification, guidance displays, payment acceptance, violation detection, enforcement data generation, electronic booting, and towing management is described. The system enables reduced time to find parking, congestion mitigation, accurate violation detection, and easier enforcement, and increased payment and enforcement revenues to cities. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218526 | LANE-TRACKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a lane-tracking assistance system for a motor vehicle including a surroundings detection device for determining at least one roadway marking and with at least one vehicle headlight which, depending on the detected roadway marking and a position of the motor vehicle that is able to be detected from this relative to the roadway marking, is designed to generate light of a differing spectral composition. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20160193998 | Automatically Activated Vehicle Obstacle Viewing System | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160193983 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM | 07-07-2016 |
| 20140218523 | BURGLARPROOF DEVICE - A burglarproof device for vehicle comprises a main body and at least one mobile communication device is disclosed. The main body has a control circuit connecting to detection units, camera units, audio module, and wireless communication and GPRS module. The mobile communication device has APP program for receiving the transmitted signal of the main body and controlling the function of the APP program; wherein the wireless communication and GPRS module store at least one series of number dedicated to the mobile communication device; wherein the detection unit drives the camera unit to record a video, the control circuit collects the video and translates the format of the video, and then the wireless communication and GPRS module dials the series of number of the mobile communication device when the stealing is occurred. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218522 | TRAILER ACTIVE BACK-UP ASSIST WITH LANE WIDTH HMI - A vehicle comprises a communication interface for enabling information to be communicated to a and from an occupant of the vehicle and a trailer back-up assist system coupled to the communication interface. The trailer back-up assist system is operable for determining a selected width of a lane within which the vehicle and an attached trailer are to be backed from a current position of the vehicle to reach a targeted location for the attached trailer and for outputting to the occupant of the vehicle via the communication interface information characterizing an ability of the vehicle to be backed within the lane from the current position of the vehicle. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20160193972 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBLE TRANSFER ELEMENT | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160193971 | Location Based Activation of a Vehicle Camera System | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160096506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VANDALISM AND/OR LOITERING DETECTION USING VIDEO - This disclosure provides a method and system to detect a predefined activity, e.g., vandalism, loitering, trespass, etc., associated with a parked vehicle. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes capturing video of a parking area and processing the video to detect vandalism and/or loitering with respect to a region of interest associated with the parked vehicle. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160096489 | ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An accessory system for a vehicle includes a bracket having a windshield-facing side and a cabin-facing side. The windshield-facing side of the bracket is configured to be bonded by an adhesive at a first windshield location to an in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. The cabin-facing side of the bracket includes first structure. An accessory module is configured to mount to the bracket. A housing of the accessory module has second structure that directly engages the first structure of the bracket when mounting the housing to the bracket. An electronic device and circuitry are housed by the housing. With the accessory module mounted to the bracket attached to the vehicle windshield, the circuitry may be in communication with a vehicle bus system of the vehicle. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160096488 | APPARATUS FOR IMAGING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE - There is described a camera system for imaging a passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising: a support body having an adjustable length for accommodating the passenger compartment and being removably securable within the passenger compartment of the vehicle; and a camera movably secured to the support body and being movable along at least a portion of the support body, the camera for imaging at least a portion of the passenger compartment. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160096487 | APPARATUS FOR LIGHT INTENSITY ADJUSTMENT - An apparatus for light intensity adjustment mountable on an automotive camera includes at least one first linear polarizing filter, at least one second linear polarizing filter, the first linear polarizing filter and the second polarizing filter are arrangeable in front of a lens unit of an automotive camera such that incident light passes through the at least one first linear polarizing filter and the at least one second linear polarizing filter before entering the lens unit of the automotive camera, and at least one actuator for moving the at least one first linear polarizing filter and/or the at least one second linear polarizing filter with respect to each other such that the intensity of the emergent light is adjustable. The apparatus is characterized in enabling adjustment of the emergent light intensity by moving the first linear polarizing filter and/or the second linear polarizing filter with respect to each other. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160096476 | REARVIEW CAMERA WITH GPS FOR IMAGE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL - A rearview camera system includes a camera, a global positioning system (GPS) device, and a controller. The camera is configured to capture a current image from a field-of-view proximate to a vehicle. The GPS device is configured to determine a current location of the current image. The controller is configured to determine if the current location corresponds to a prior location, compare a prior image of the prior location to the current image, and indicate if an unexpected object is present in the current image. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160096477 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH GRAY LEVEL TRANSITION SENSITIVE PIXELS - A vision system of a vehicle includes at least one camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera has at least one pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. The pixelated imaging array includes a plurality of event-based gray level transition sensitive photosensing elements. A processor is operable to process data captured by the camera and, responsive to processing of captured data, the processor is operable to detect objects present in the field of view of the camera. The pixelated imaging array may include a first imaging array having visible light sensitive photosensing elements and a second imaging array having the plurality of event-based gray level transition sensitive photosensing elements. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20130038730 | TRANSPARENT VIDEO SCREEN AND ALTERNATE REVERSE CAMERA MONITOR - An apparatus and method by which a rear-facing, ceiling-mounted entertainment display for a vehicle can be made transparent or virtually transparent to a vehicle's driver uses a camera and a second, forward-facing display panel on which an image what the entertainment display blocks from the driver's view. The camera is attached to the entertainment display and captures image-forming light blocked to the driver's rear-view mirror by the downwardly extending entertainment display. The second display panel projects forwardly, i.e., toward the rear-view mirror, what the camera sees looking rearwardly. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20160198151 | Device for monitoring the proper functioning of a transmission path, particularly of a camera | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160198072 | PCB FOR CAMERA OF VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM | 07-07-2016 |
| 20100128128 | SURROUNDING RECOGNITION ASSISTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A surrounding recognition assisting device for a vehicle includes an image receiving portion for receiving a captured footage, which is configured with plural frames captured by an image capturing device for capturing a view around the vehicle, a target image area-detecting portion for detecting an image area including a picture element belonging to a predetermined color space corresponding to a display color of a direction indicator within a target frame out of plural frames, as a target image area, a residual image generating portion for applying a predetermined weighting to an image within the target image area to generate a residual image, and a display image generating portion for superimposing the residual image on at least one of frames following the target frame so that the residual image is superimposed on the frame at a corresponding coordinate to generate a display image to be displayed on a display device. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20110164135 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - An interior rearview mirror system includes a mirror mounting button and a plurality of attachment members adhesively attached at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. An interior rearview mirror assembly has a mirror head and a mirror support, and a structure is configured for mounting to the attachment members attached at the vehicle windshield. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing, and the mirror support includes a mirror mount that is configured to mount the interior rearview mirror assembly to the mirror mounting button. The structure is configured to receive and be supported by the plurality of attachment members at the vehicle windshield, and, with the structure receiving and being supported by the attachment members, (a) the structure at least partially surrounds the mirror mounting button and (b) the structure accommodates a forward facing camera having a field of view through the vehicle windshield. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20160196656 | WATER DEPTH ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD | 07-07-2016 |
| 20100060738 | ROAD SURFACE DIVISION MARK RECOGNITION APPARATUS, AND LANE DEPARTURE PREVENTION APPARATUS - A road surface division mark recognition apparatus includes: a vehicle-mounted camera that takes an image of a road surface ahead of a vehicle; an image processing portion which has a plurality of image processing modes that correspond respectively to a plurality of kinds of road surface division marks, and which recognizes a road surface division mark in a selected image processing mode; a temperature measurement portion that measures the temperature of the vehicle-mounted camera; and a restriction portion that restricts the action of the vehicle-mounted camera if the temperature measured by the temperature measurement portion is higher than or equal to a threshold value. The threshold value differs between the image processing modes. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060737 | VEHICLE BACK-UP IMAGE SYSTEM - A vehicle back-up image system includes a holding component, an image assembly, a driving component, a display component and a processing component. The image assembly includes a first camera, a second camera and a holder. The first and second cameras are positioned on the holder. The holder is positioned on the holding component. The driving component is configured to drive the image assembly to rotate with respect to the holding component. The processing component is electrically connected to the driving component and the display component. The processing component is configured to control the driving component to drive the image assembly to rotate, and receive images captured by the first camera or the second camera and deliver the images to the display component. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060734 | AUTOMATIC IN-CAR VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUS FOR RECORDING DRIVING CONDITIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE A CAR - An automatic in-car video recording apparatus includes a first and a second image acquiring units, an image processing unit, a control unit, an image access unit, a detecting unit, and a power supply unit. The first and second image acquiring units are synchronized to acquire images of road conditions in front of the car and images of driving conditions inside the car, respectively. The image processing unit integrates the two images on a split screen, and saves the images in the image access unit. The image access unit includes an externally connected memory unit. The control unit periodically stores part of the image data saved in the image access unit on the memory unit. When the detecting unit detects any abnormal condition, the control unit will also copy the image data saved in the image access unit to the memory unit. Therefore, driving conditions of the car are automatically recorded. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20160196823 | Voice Command Activated Vehicle Camera System | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160202443 | Camera Module for a Motor Vehicle and Method of Mounting a Camera Module | 07-14-2016 |
| 20130044217 | DRIVE ASSIST DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a drive assist display apparatus which displays a main view | 02-21-2013 |
| 20140078304 | COLLECTION AND USE OF CAPTURED VEHICLE DATA - In an example embodiment, a method of collecting observation data from vehicles is described. The method includes sending a request to each vehicle in a plurality of vehicles for observation data associated with at least one of an area of interest, a time period of interest, or an object of interest. The method also includes receiving observation data from one or more of the plurality of vehicles, the received observation data being captured by the one or more of the plurality of vehicles and being associated with the at least one of the area, the time period, or the object. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20130021476 | CHILD SEAT SAFETY SYSTEM - A Child Seat Safety System for providing monitoring of an interior area of a vehicle is described herein. The monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor modules that are adapted to be mounted within the vehicle for monitoring a plurality of vehicle operating parameters, and a monitoring device that is coupled in communication with the plurality of sensor modules. The monitoring device transmits signals indicative of the associated sensed operating parameter to a user communication device, and receives, from the user communication device, signals indicative of a user selection input associated with one or more sensor modules of the plurality of sensor modules. The monitoring device also selectively activates one or more sensor modules of the plurality of sensor modules based on the received user selection to operate the monitoring system to facilitate monitoring the vehicle interior. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20100201819 | DRIVE RECORDER, DRIVE RECORDER SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRIVE RECORDER, AND PROGRAM - A drive recorder is provided that can reduce a risk of losing evidence data in the event of occurrence of an accident. The drive recorder includes an image capture unit that captures a front view of a vehicle in a traveling state, a movie image data generation unit that generates movie image data from a captured video signal, a storage section that stores movie image data, a recording unit that records movie image data into the storage section, an event occurrence detection unit that detects the occurrence of an accident, a still image data generation unit that generates still image data including a plurality of still images at predetermined intervals from the video signal, a first transmission unit that transmits still image data to an external device via a wireless network when the event occurrence detection unit detects the occurrence of an accident, and a second transmission unit that transmits the movie image data after the completion of the transmission by the first transmission unit. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20150124098 | CAMERA FOR VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM - A vehicular camera includes a lens, a printed circuit board and an imager. The lens has a plurality of optical element and is disposed at a lens holder. The imager is disposed at the printed circuit board. The adhesive is initially curable in an initial radiation curing process that comprises exposure to UV light, and initially-cured adhesive is further curable to a further cured strength in a secondary thermal curing process. The adhesive is initially cured via the initial radiation curing process after the lens is brought into focus with the imager and is optically center-aligned therewith. The initially-cured adhesive, as cured via the initial radiation curing process, holds the lens optically center-aligned and in focus with the imager. After the initial radiation curing process, the lens holder, adhesively attached to one of the printed circuit board and the holding element, is moved to the secondary thermal curing process. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20130155238 | Device Having A Camera Unit - The invention relates to a device, comprising a camera unit, which is used to record images of the exterior area of a motor vehicle, and a cover element, which can be moved from a closed position to an open position by means of a drive, wherein the camera unit is behind the cover element and inaccessible from outside in the closed position of the cover element and images can be recorded in the open position of the cover element. For this purpose, the cover element has an outer surface facing away from the camera unit, and the drive interacts with a mechanism in such a way that the outer surface is always in the exterior area of the motor vehicle in each position of the cover element during the movement of the cover element between the closed position and the open position. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20100194888 | REAR ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - In a first aspect, the invention is directed to an illumination system for rearward illumination for a first vehicle. The illumination system includes a tail lamp assembly, a sensor and a controller for controlling the operation of the tail lamp assembly. If the controller determines that there are any oncoming second vehicles behind the first vehicle that are sufficiently close to the first vehicle, then the controller operates the tail lamp assembly in one mode. If the controller determines that there are no oncoming second vehicles behind the first vehicle that are sufficiently close to the first vehicle, then the controller permits the operation of the tail lamp assembly in another mode. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20120002050 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image display system includes a plurality of light sources respectively illuminating a plurality of divided regions. A user can change each of a plurality of light-amount parameters respectively specifying an amount of light to be output by each of the plurality of light sources by an operation on a change screen. Therefore, the user can illuminate each of the plurality of divided regions with an amount of light that he/she desires. As a result, the user can illuminate and definitely identify a subject difficult for the user to see and a subject to which the user needs to pay attention. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20160200264 | CAMERA MODULE FOR VEHICLE | 07-14-2016 |
| 20140002659 | CAMERA FOR VEHICULAR APPLICATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002660 | BIRDS-EYE-VIEW IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, AND BIRDS-EYE-VIEW IMAGE GENERATION METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20130063600 | VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vision system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor operable to capture an image data set representative of a scene occurring in the exterior field of view of the imaging sensor. A processor processes the captured image data set via an edge detection algorithm, which is applied to a reduced image data set of the captured image data set to detect edges of objects present exteriorly of the equipped vehicle and within a target zone within the exterior field of view of the imaging sensor. The reduced data set is processed more than other image data of the captured image data set in order to detect objects present exteriorly of the equipped vehicle and within the target zone. The target zone encompasses a geographic area of the exterior scene where an object of interest to the driver of the equipped vehicle is realistically expected to be present. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20100220190 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BIRD'S EYE VIEW IMAGE OF AROUND VEHICLE - The present invention features an apparatus and method for displaying a bird's eye view image of around a vehicle in a relatively simple manner without causing a large amount of processing load, in which a driver can easily perceive a three-dimensional obstacle placed adjacent to a seam. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20160203613 | Integrated Image Distortion Correction with Motion Compensated Integration | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203606 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MARKERS | 07-14-2016 |
| 20110058040 | VEHICULAR INTERIOR REARVIEW INFORMATION MIRROR SYSTEM - An interior rearview information mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror housing and a reflective element, and includes an information display operable to display information for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle. The information display is disposed in the mirror housing rearward of the reflective element, and information displayed by the information display is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing through the reflective element when the information display is displaying information. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes a forward facing camera having a forward field of view in the direction of forward travel of the equipped vehicle, and the forward facing camera views through the windshield of the equipped vehicle when the interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted in the equipped vehicle. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20150336510 | Lane Departure Judgment Apparatus, Lane Departure Warning Apparatus and Vehicle Control System Using the Same - A lane departure judgment apparatus is configured to detect a lane-dividing line based on image information output from an image-capturing device that acquires an image of an area outside a vehicle, and to judge whether or not departure of the vehicle from the lane-dividing line occurs based on a distance between the vehicle and the lane-dividing line, wherein when an angle of the vehicle with respect to the lane-dividing line thus detected is constant, the distance between the vehicle and the lane-dividing line to be used to judge whether or not departure of the vehicle occurs is changed according to whether the vehicle is being driven on a road having a lane-dividing width that is greater than a predetermined width or on a road having a lane-dividing width that is smaller than a predetermined width. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150062343 | PREMISES SECURITY - A computer-implemented method for premises security is described. In one embodiment, a person passing through a perimeter of a predefined area is detected via a boundary sensor. Upon detecting the person passing through the perimeter of the predefined area, a camera is activated to capture an image of the person, the camera being positioned in relation to the predefined area. A notification is sent to a user determined to be nearest to the predefined area. The notification may include the image of the person. A proximity of a person in relation to a vehicle is detected via a proximity sensor. Upon determining the proximity of the person satisfies a predetermined threshold, a notification is sent to a user. Upon determining the proximity of the person satisfies the predetermined threshold, a camera positioned in relation to the vehicle is activated. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062342 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES ACQUIRED BY A CAMERA SYSTEM ONTO A REARVIEW ASSEMBLY OF A VEHICLE - A display system for use in a controlled vehicle is provided, and includes a rearview assembly having a display device located behind a mirror element, a camera system configured to acquire images of a scene external of the controlled vehicle, and a processing system configured to receive a signal representative of the acquired images and to produce an image of the scene on the display device of the rearview assembly, wherein the processing system is further configured to adjust the photosensitivity of the camera system based on an input from at least one of an ambient light sensor and a direct glare sensor. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150062340 | High Occupancy Toll Lane Compliance - A method and system for demonstrating compliance with a requirement of a high occupancy lane in a vehicle for a reduced toll charge for the vehicle is provided. The system includes a housing, an infrared camera within the housing, a GPS unit, a transceiver and a control within the housing. The infrared camera images one or more people in the vehicle. The transceiver detects an RF signal indicating that the vehicle is located at or near a toll booth for the high occupancy lane. The control triggers the infrared camera to image the one or more people and transmit a current time, a current location of the vehicle from the GPS unit, and the triggered image of the one or more people, to a server to demonstrate compliance with the requirement of the high occupancy lane for the reduced toll charge for the vehicle. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20160205396 | METHOD FOR ERROR DETECTION FOR AT LEAST ONE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160205395 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ERRORS FOR AT LEAST ONE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | 07-14-2016 |
| 20100208072 | ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An on-vehicle display device | 08-19-2010 |
| 20150124095 | PHOTOGRAMMETRIC NETWORKS FOR POSITIONAL ACCURACY - The present invention involves a surveying system and method which determines the position of an object point using two images. First, at least two reference points appearing on the two images are correlated. Then the position of the object point is determined based on the two images and the two reference points. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150124094 | MULTIPLE IMAGER VEHICLE OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM - An optical sensor system that includes a master lens, an optical diffuser, and a plurality of optoelectronic devices. The master lens is positioned on the vehicle to observe a field of view about the vehicle. An optical diffuser is located proximate to a focal plane of the master lens. The diffuser is configured to display an image of the field of view from the master lens. A plurality of optoelectronic devices is configured to view the diffuser. A first optoelectronic device generates a first video signal indicative of images on a first portion of the diffuser. A second optoelectronic device generates a second video signal indicative of images on a second portion of the diffuser. Optionally, the first optoelectronic device is sensitive to a first light wavelength range, and the second optoelectronic device is sensitive to a second light wavelength range distinct from the first light wavelength range. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160137125 | IMAGING SYSTEM USING VIRTUAL PROJECTION GEOMETRY - An imaging system is disclosed for use with a mobile machine. The imaging system may have at least one onboard camera configured to generate image data for an actual environment of the mobile machine, and an onboard sensor configured to generate object data regarding detection and ranging of an object in the actual environment. The imaging system may also have a display mounted on the machine, and a processor in communication with the at least one camera, the sensor, and the display. The processor may be configured to generate a virtual geometry, and generate a virtual object within the virtual geometry based on the object data. The processor may further be configured to generate a unified image of the actual environment based on the image data, to map a projection of the unified image onto the virtual geometry and the virtual object, and to render a selected portion of the projection on the display. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20130314540 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AN IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE IN A VEHICLE - An arrangement for an image recording device in a vehicle having an image recording device for recording image data. The arrangement includes a carrier part which can be positioned on the vehicle with the front side of the carrier part on or in front of the inside of a vehicle window, retaining elements for retaining the image recording device, the retaining elements are coupled to the carrier part in such a way that the optical recording axis of the image recording device is directed into an area in front of the front side of the carrier part, and a heating device, the heating device designed in such a way that the thermal radiation produced by the heating device in the direction of the area in front of the front side of the carrier part is determined. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the heating device in such an arrangement. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314538 | VEHICLE ACCESSORY SYSTEM - An accessory system for a vehicle includes an attachment member attached at an interior surface of a vehicle windshield, an accessory module configured to mount to the attachment member and an accessory disposed at least partially in the accessory module. The accessory includes a camera having a lens. The accessory module is detachably mounted to the attachment member. With the camera disposed in the accessory module and with the accessory module mounted to the attachment member, the camera has a forward field of view through the vehicle windshield. With the camera disposed in the accessory module and with the accessory module mounted to the attachment member, the lens of the camera is spaced from the interior surface of the vehicle windshield. A resilient element is provided to cushion the accessory module when the accessory module is mounted to the attachment member. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314537 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM - A multi-functional remote monitoring system for use in a mobile surveillance system comprising a host controller, at least one hub transceiver, and at least one remote monitoring transmitter (“RMT”) operable to capture and transmit data, wherein the hub transceiver is operable to communicate to and receive data from the at least one RMT. The hub transceiver and the RMT are adapted for bi-directional transmission and receipt of data, including audio and data signals. The host controller is operable to control the hub transceiver and facilitate communication of the audio and data signals between the RMTs and the hub transceiver. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314536 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS - Various techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using small form factor infrared imaging modules to monitor occupants in an interior compartment of a vehicle. For example, a vehicle-mounted system may include one or more infrared imaging modules, a processor, a memory, alarm sirens, and a communication module. The vehicle-mounted system may be mounted on, installed in, or otherwise integrated into a vehicle that has an interior compartment. The infrared imaging modules may be configured to capture thermal images of desired portions of the interior compartments. Various thermal image processing and analytics may be performed on the captured thermal images to determine the presence and various attributes of one or more occupants. Based on the determination of the presence and various attributes, occupant detection information and/or control signals may be generated. Occupant detection information may be used to perform various monitoring operations, and control signals may adjust various vehicle components. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140247356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE AVAILABILITY OF A LANE FOR A GUIDED VEHICLE - A method and a system determine track availability. The system is configured to be fitted to a guided vehicle liable to move downstream on a track. The system contains at least one camera able to capture images of a downstream section of track. The downstream section being a track portion extending from a first point of the track located downstream of the guided vehicle to a second point of the track located downstream of the guided vehicle. The distance separating the camera from the second point is being greater than the distance separating it from the first point. At least one image processing and analysis device is provided and is able to analyze each image taken by each camera, to locate the downstream section therein, to determine first a downstream safety distance, and second an availability state of the track between the first point and the second point. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20120007984 | DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA UNIT FOR RECORDING IMAGES OF THE OUTER AREA OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device comprising a camera unit ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007983 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING VEHICLE OFFENCES - Methods and systems for uniquely identifying a vehicle that has committed a potential violation are disclosed. One method comprises the steps of: obtaining first data for uniquely identifying vehicles that enter a zone of interest ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20130147953 | COMBINED BACKUP CAMERA AND DRIVER ALERTNESS SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A combined backup camera and driver alertness system for a vehicle includes an imaging device that is adapted to be supported on a vehicle for capturing images adjacent a rearward portion of the vehicle. A sensor is provided that generates a signal when either (1) a transmission contained in the vehicle is operated in the rearward operating mode or (2) the vehicle is actually moved in the rearward direction. The system also includes a driver alertness processor and an image display. A data router routes the images from the imaging device to the driver alertness processor when not the signal is generated by the sensor and to the image display when the signal is generated by the sensor. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20140375808 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MONITORING A NUMBER OF PASSENGERS IN AN AUTOMOBILE - A monitor is utilized for installing inside an automobile to monitor a number of passengers in an automobile. The monitor includes an image capturing device, and a processing unit is connected to the image capturing device. The image capturing device successively captures a plurality of images in the automobile. The processing unit receives the images from the image capturing device to arrange an image sequence, wherein the processing unit includes an image dividing module, an image processing module, and a motion detecting module. The image dividing module divides each of the images into a plurality of recognition blocks, the image processing module compares the recognition blocks of consecutive images in the image sequence to acquire an image variance value, and the motion detecting module has a threshold value and determines the recognition blocks as a human-present condition when the image variance value surpasses the threshold value. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20130100290 | IMAGE CALIBRATION METHOD AND IMAGE CALIBRATION DEVICE - To alleviate the strictness degree required for a relative positional relationship between a calibration index and a vehicle in an image calibration method and an image calibration device. The image calibration device includes a calibration index | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130076905 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A VEHICLE - An apparatus for use in association with a vehicle having a windshield, includes a module and a camera assembly disposed in the module. The camera assembly includes an image sensor and a camera lens. The camera lens has a first end portion disposed adjacent to the image sensor and a second end portion spaced from the image sensor. A polarizer lens is disposed adjacent to the second end portion of the camera lens. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140009619 | CAMERA SUITABLE FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A camera having a housing, an optical system and an electrical image sensor, particularly for applications in the exterior region of motor vehicles, i limits or events undesirable influences from moisture penetrating the camera or the housing. This is achieved by virtue of there being channels provided for air circulation in an interior of the optical system on the basis of the heating of air in the housing by operation of the image sensor, with the channels channeling air around lenses of the optical system. The channels may be along an internal wall of a lens frame of the optical system, and the channels may extend from an end portion of the lens frame at or near the image sensor to an internal space within the lens frame and between two adjacent lens elements of the optical system. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009618 | Lane Departure Warning Device - A lane departure warning device includes: a compartment line detection unit that detects a compartment line in an image of a running lane on which a vehicle is traveling, the image being captured by an image capturing device which the vehicle has; a dirtiness detection unit that detects dirtiness on any one of a lens of the image capturing device or a partition between an outside of a vehicle interior of the vehicle and the image capturing device; a departure judgment unit that judges whether or not the vehicle departs from the compartment line; and a warning judgment unit that when it is judged that the vehicle departs from the compartment line, outputs a warning signal based on a degree of the dirtiness detected. A position of the vehicle with respect to the compartment line when the warning signal is output varies depending on the degree of the dirtiness. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009615 | In-Vehicle Apparatus - An in-vehicle apparatus includes: a camera with a shielded area formed within a photographing area thereof by a light shielding member, which outputs a photographic image of an area surrounding a vehicle photographed through a photographic lens; and an adhering matter detection unit that detects adhering matter settled on the photographic lens based upon images in the shielded area included in a plurality of photographic images output from the camera at different time points. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009614 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECT USING AN IMAGE AROUND A VEHICLE - An apparatus for detecting a three dimensional object using an image around a vehicle includes a plurality of imaging devices disposed on a front, a rear, a left side, and a right side of the vehicle; a processor configured to: collect an image of the front, the rear, the left side, and the right side of the vehicle through a virtual imaging device; generate a composite image by compounding a plurality of top view images of the image; extract a boundary pattern of the plurality of top view images in each boundary area; compare the boundary pattern of the plurality of top view images to analyze a correlation between a plurality of neighboring images in each boundary area; and detect a three dimensional object according to the correlation between the plurality of neighboring images in each boundary area. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20130107055 | IMAGE SYNTHESIS DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107045 | REAR-VIEW MIRROR WITH MULTI-MODE DISPLAY SCREEN, SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD OF USING SAME | 05-02-2013 |
| 20100182432 | System for Monitoring the Environment of a Motor Vehicle - A system for monitoring the environment of a motor vehicle, includes imaging devices for taking a sequence of images, which sequence contains images of at least a part of the environment of the motor vehicle. A display unit reproduces at least one image detail of the image sequence in the vehicle interior. A device automatically changes the detail of the environment shown by the reproduction of the image detail by the display unit. One or more devices for determining at least one earlier position of the motor vehicle is provided, wherein the environmental detail can be automatically adapted as a function of the earlier position of the motor vehicle. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182430 | DETERMINING TRIGGER RATE FOR A DIGITAL CAMERA - A system that facilitates determining a trigger rate for a digital camera to provide a threshold forward overlap for consecutively captured images is described herein. The system includes a receiver component that receives first data pertaining to a distance between the digital camera and a surface. The system additionally includes a rate determiner component that is in communication with the receiver component, wherein the rate determiner component determines the trigger rate for the digital camera based at least in part upon the first data, wherein the trigger rate is indicative of an amount of time between consecutive images captured by the digital camera. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20120212616 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, ADJUSTING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTING SYSTEM FOR IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - Provided is an image capturing device. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212615 | FAR-INFRARED PEDESTRIAN DETECTION DEVICE - A far-infrared pedestrian detection device includes a point-at-infinity detector ( | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212614 | Driver Information Method - A driver information method is provided, wherein an image of the surrounding area is captured by at least one side camera attached to the motor vehicle. The image contains an image capturing area that lies essentially laterally relative to the motor vehicle. A display unit, which is visible to the driver of a motor vehicle, outputs a screen image that contains a reproduction of the image of the surrounding area, the reproduction being graphically processed, if desired, and being preferably in essence photo-realistic. The output of the screen image is only temporary; and an obstructed view situation, in which an obstructed lateral view of the driver is to be assumed, is detected on the basis of distance signals of at least one environment detection system that is not based on a camera. The output of the screen image is automatically started when an obstructed view situation is detected. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212613 | VEHICLE VIRTUAL WINDOW SYSTEM, COMPONENTS AND METHOD - Embodiments of a virtual window system and method include a plurality of camera and display modules mounted to window openings on a heavy vehicle such as an armored military vehicle. The modules communicate with a base unit which provides electrical power to the assemblies. Each module includes a frame which releasably fixes its module to the vehicle window opening. Each module further includes a display monitor, which may be removed from the vehicle for repair or replacement purposes. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212612 | Lane Departure Warning Apparatus and Lane Departure Warning System - There is provided a lane departure warning apparatus capable of preventing false warnings and absence of a warning regarding lane departure which is attributed to special road geometries such as junctions and tollgates. The lane departure warning apparatus for outputting a warning signal upon determining departure of a vehicle from a lane, performing the steps of: when one dividing line in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle is non-detected, estimating a position of the one dividing line based on a position of the other dividing line as a first estimation dividing line; estimating a position of the non-detected one dividing line based on a position of the one dividing line prior to non-detection as a second estimation dividing line; and comparing the first estimation dividing line with the second estimation dividing line to determine lane departure. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130088596 | MONITORING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR THE SAME - An image comparison section provided in a monitoring system compares current image data with past image data acquired in at least one preceding cycle when a vehicle is determined to be in motion on the basis of an output signal input from a motion sensing section. On the basis of a comparison result, the image comparison section determines whether or not a camera or an image processing section broke down. When there is a failure, the image comparison section outputs an output signal reporting the failure to the image processing section. Upon receipt of the output signal, the image processing section performs image processing intended for the event of a failure, and transmits failure information while superimposing the failure information on an image signal, thereby changing a display device to a monochrome display or an alarm display. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20140002652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN VEHICLE LANE DETERMINATION USING CMOS IMAGE SENSOR | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002651 | Vehicle Event Recorder Systems | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150022665 | VEHICLE CAMERA SYSTEM WITH IMAGE MANIPULATION - An image, such as a frame of video, is captured by a single camera positioned on a vehicle to capture a scene external to the vehicle. A first image manipulation is performed on a first region of the image to generate a first manipulated region. A second image manipulation is performed on a second region of the image to generate a second manipulated region. The second region is different from the first region. The second image manipulation is different from the first image manipulation. A manipulated image including the first manipulated region and the second manipulated region is generated by a processor and displayed on a display in the cabin of the vehicle. In this way, central, left, and right regions of the image can be manipulated differently to aid the driver of the vehicle. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20130076904 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicular accessory mounting system includes a structure adhesively attached at a region of an interior surface of the vehicle windshield. The structure is configured to accommodate an accessory. A light absorbing layer at the region of the interior surface of the vehicle windshield at least partially hides the structure from view by a viewer, who is external the vehicle, viewing through the windshield. The accessory views through a light transmitting portion of the light absorbing layer and through the windshield to the exterior of the vehicle when the structure is attached at the region of the interior surface of the windshield and when the accessory is accommodated thereat. The structure may include a mirror assembly mount button and the mirror assembly mount button may be configured to be received by a mirror mount of an interior rearview mirror assembly. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076903 | USB VIDEO INTERFACE FOR ALPR CAMERAS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A video processing system ( | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140078306 | PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A periphery monitoring apparatus capable of photographing a vicinity of a vehicle without impairing the outer appearance of the vehicle includes a light source configured to be provided in the vehicle for illuminating the periphery of the vehicle, and a camera photographing a condition of the periphery of the vehicle with an optical axis changed by a mirror toward the underside of the circumferential edge of the vehicle illuminated by at least a portion of light irradiated from the light source reflected by the mirror configured to be disposed on the outer side of the circumferential edge of the vehicle. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20150124096 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM UTILIZING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A vehicle vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view forwardly of the vehicle, and a control having an image processor. The control is operable to receive wireless communication that is associated with a traffic light ahead of the vehicle, with the wireless communication including a communicated status of the traffic light. The image processor, responsive to processing of captured image data, is operable to determine an imaged status of the traffic light. The control compares the imaged status with the communicated status and, when they correspond, confirms the status of the traffic light ahead of the vehicle. Responsive to a determination that the driver of the vehicle is not properly responding to the confirmed traffic light status, the system generate an alert to the driver of the vehicle and/or applies the brakes of the vehicle. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20130271605 | Detection of the Use of Mobile Communication Devices in a Vehicle - The invention provides notification externally of a vehicle that the operator of the vehicle is using a mobile communication device (MCD) such as a cell phone during vehicle operations. The invention includes a first sensor for sensing whether the vehicle is being operated. A second sensor senses whether an MCD is located in the immediate vicinity of what is customarily an operator's seat and whether the sensed MCD is being used during vehicle operations. The first sensor can be a detector coupled with a gear shifter, transmission, speedometer, GPS device, or other kind of motion and/or position sensor, while the second sensor can be one or more RF power meters. Notification of MCD usage during vehicle operations can be provided by illumination of an external lamp, by activation of a camera and video recorder located in the immediate vicinity, or by transmission of a signal to a law enforcement vehicle. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130083197 | STORAGE MANAGING METHOD AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The disclosed video processing device contains: a video acquisition unit that acquires surroundings information including video taken of the surroundings of a vehicle; a line-of-sight acquisition unit that acquires the origin and direction of the line of sight of the driver of the aforementioned vehicle; a line-of-sight video generation unit which generates, from the surroundings information, line-of-sight video corresponding to the origin of the line of sight; a blocking-information computation unit that computes, on the basis of the origin of the line of sight, blocking information including video or a region of the body of the aforementioned vehicle that blocks the driver's line of sight; and a display-video generation unit that generates display video on the basis of the line-of-sight video and the blocking information. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20090303326 | VIDEO DOCUMENTATION OF VEHICLE SERVICES PROVIDED - A method of providing a vehicle service event includes providing at least one vehicle service area at a service facility. The at least one service area is configured to provide for the performance of a service event on a customer vehicle. At least one video camera is positioned with respect to the service area and the customer's vehicle to provide for capturing images of the customer vehicle. The method further includes performing a service event on the customer vehicle and while performing the service event, capturing images of the customer vehicle with the video camera. The method additionally includes receiving the captured images in a recording device, recording the captured images onto a electronic storage media with the recording device, and providing the electronic storage media to the customer. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20160075192 | VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vision system for a vehicle includes an attachment element adhered to the in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield at a windshield first location and an attachment member adhered to the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield at a windshield second location. The attachment element is configured for mounting thereto an interior rearview mirror assembly. An accessory module is configured to attach to and be supported by the attachment member adhered to the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. The accessory module includes a forward facing camera that has a field of view through the vehicle windshield. The forward facing camera may be a component of a collision avoidance system of the vehicle. A light absorbing layer may be disposed at the vehicle windshield to at least partially mask the presence of the attachment element and/or the accessory module from view through the vehicle windshield from outside the vehicle. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20110169955 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle surrounding monitoring device includes a first capturing device provided at a side of a vehicle in order to capture a first image, a second capturing device provided at front relative to the first capturing device in order to capture a second image, a displaying device for displaying the first image and the second image and for monitoring a vehicle surrounding, an image process device by which a borderline between the first image and the second image is defined in a combined image of the first image and the second image so as to be identical with a straight line connecting a position of the first capturing device and a position of the second capturing device. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20130155237 | INTERACTING WITH A MOBILE DEVICE WITHIN A VEHICLE USING GESTURES - A mobile device is described herein which includes functionality for recognizing gestures made by a user within a vehicle. The mobile device operates by receiving image information that captures a scene including objects within an interaction space. The interaction space corresponds to a volume that projects out from the mobile device in a direction of the user. The mobile device then determines, based on the image information, whether the user has performed a recognizable gesture within the interaction space, without touching the mobile device. The mobile device can receive the image information from a camera device that is an internal component of the mobile device and/or a camera device that is a component of a mount which secures the mobile device within the vehicle. In some implementations, one or more projectors provided by the mobile device and/or the mount may illuminate the interaction space. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130050493 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VEHICLE LICENSE PLATES - A system and method for detection of vehicle license plates including a video camera that has a first operating mode in which it generates a first image sequence of a small, strip-shaped section of its optical camera image at a high frame rate, and a second operating mode in which a second image sequence of its entire optical camera image is generated at a lower frame rate. In the first operating mode, at the time of the detection of a license plate in the first image sequence, the video camera is switched to the second operating mode to generate an image, which contains the license plate in or near the mentioned section. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20150356864 | MOBILE AUTONOMOUS SURVEILLANCE - Various embodiments relate to creating and utilizing a vehicle surveillance network to monitor objects and/or events. Messages may be broadcasted from at least one communication system of a surveillance network which is communicating with one or more vehicles of the surveillance network and received in a vehicle. Instructions may be transmitted to at least one vehicle camera to capture one or more images of objects or events outside of the vehicle in response to receiving the at least one broadcasted message. At least one vehicle camera in each of the vehicles of the surveillance network may capture the images of the object and/or events. Further instructions may include transmitting the captured images from the one or more vehicles to one or more event responders. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20100238288 | Method and apparatus for protecting troops - A method and apparatus for protecting the troops when they exit an armored vehicle is provided by utilizing the universal tail light assembly and providing the assembly with wide field-of-view cameras and other sensors, with screens or displays located within the vehicle to provide situational awareness of the rear of the vehicle, thus to alert troops and their commanders as to external threats prior to troop deployment. In one embodiment, two wide-angle infrared cameras are retrofitted to existing universal tail light assemblies to either side of the vehicle, with the cameras having overlapping fields of view to permit generation of a panoramic view. Moreover, additional sensors such as ultrasonic sensors, LIDARs and laser range finders can be located in the universal tail light assembly, with the subject system not requiring breach of the already-existing armor for the vehicle. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20130057689 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE ON A DISPLAY DEVICE IN A VEHICLE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for displaying an image ( | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057688 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE, VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING METHOD AND VEHICLE DEVICE - A vehicle periphery monitoring device including a first data acquisition unit that acquires first frame image data imaged by a first imaging unit imaging a first region containing a rear side, a second data acquisition unit that acquires second frame image data imaged by a second imaging unit imaging a second region containing the rear side and different from the first region. First and second obstacle estimation processing units respectively estimate a first obstacle present in the first region based on the first frame image data and a second obstacle present in the second region based on the second frame image data, and a signal is output based on results of at least one of the first obstacle estimation processing and the second obstacle estimation processing, wherein conditions for the second obstacle estimation processing are changed based on the result of the first obstacle estimation processing. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20140375804 | METHOD FOR AVAILABLE PARKING DISTANCE ESTIMATION VIA VEHICLE SIDE DETECTION - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable medium is disclosed for determining an estimated available parking distance for a vehicle via vehicle side detection in one or more image frames from an operational video. The operational video can be acquired from a fixed parking occupancy video camera and can include a field of view associated with a parking region. The method can include obtaining operational video from a fixed parking occupancy video camera; detecting, within a region of interest (ROI) of the one or more image frames from the operational video, a side of one or more vehicles parked in a parking region facing a traffic lane using a trained classifier that is trained to detect the side of the one or more vehicles; and determining an estimated available parking distance based on the side of the one or more vehicles that are detected. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375810 | VEHICULAR SAFETY METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS - In accordance with one aspect of the present technology, a driver's inattention is communicated to other drivers, so that they may take appropriate defensive measures. Examples of measures that may be taken include increasing a distance from the inattentive driver, and driving so as to avoid the need for sudden braking or other abrupt action. Many other features and arrangements are also detailed. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20130010112 | Object detection apparatus and storage medium storing object detection program - In an object detection apparatus, a captured image of a scene around a host vehicle, information indicating a travel state of the host vehicle, and information indicating a surrounding situation around the host vehicle are obtained; risk areas in each of which an object is likely to exist, and area risk degrees of the risk areas are estimated based on the obtained information; posture risk degrees of respective postures are estimated based on a relation between each of the risk areas and the postures of the object assumed to exist in the risk area; a window image is extracted from a search range in the captured image, which corresponds to each of the risk areas, according to descending order of overall risk degrees; and it is identified whether the window image is an image showing the object, by comparing an identification model with the window image. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20150358590 | REAR VIEW DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Motor vehicle rear view device includes a common circuit board secured within a motor vehicle. An image evaluation circuit board is secured to the common circuit board. The image evaluation circuit board includes a programmable processor. A display receiver circuit board is secured to the common circuit board and electrically connected to the image evaluation circuit board to form a receiver module. A display electrically operatively connected to the image evaluation circuit board through the display receiver circuit board. An optical sensor is connected to the image evaluation circuit board through said receiver circuit board. The optical sensor receives light and produces optical output signals based thereon to be displayed. Data cables formed within the common circuit board are less than 100 mm long to evaluate image data without delay. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20100265330 | INTELLIGENT HEADLIGHT CONTROL USING CAMERA SENSORS - A system and method for intelligently controlling headlights receive a multiplicity of images that represent frames of a video sequence of an external environment of a vehicle. At least one bright spot, or blob, is found that stands out from a dark background of the external environment within each frame of the multiplicity of images. A multiplicity of features is extracted from a found blob. A type is recognized of a found blob that is selected from a multiplicity of types of blobs. A determination is then made whether to turn on a high beam light or a low beam light based at least on the recognized type of the found blob and a set of rules. Finally, an action based on such decision is performed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20160046236 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED BLIND SPOT VIEWING - Techniques for enabling automated blind spot viewing in a vehicle are provided. In one embodiment, a computer system within the vehicle can determine that a driver of the vehicle is gazing at a side view mirror. The computer system can then automatically facilitate viewing of objects in the driver's blind spot in response to the determination. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160046237 | TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION SYSTEM, TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION METHOD, DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE, AND TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY DEVICE - A vehicle is provided with a driving environment information acquisition section, which acquires driving environment information, which is information on a driving environment of the vehicle. A center is provided with a driving environment evaluation section, which quantitatively evaluates the ease of traveling in the driving environment of the vehicle based on an analysis of the driving environment information acquired by the driving environment information acquisition section. A display section of the vehicle displays the result of evaluation by the driving environment evaluation section. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20130141582 | UPGRADE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER IN DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE - The field of use of a portable communication appliance ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141579 | ACCESSORY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An accessory mounting system for a vehicle includes an attachment element attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield of a vehicle. The attachment element has a mirror mounting button. At least one attachment member is attached at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield local to the attachment element. An interior rearview minor assembly has a mirror head and a minor support. The mirror head includes a minor reflective element and a mirror casing. The minor support includes a minor mount that is configured to mount the interior rearview mirror assembly to the minor mounting button of the attachment element. A structure is configured for mounting to the attachment member and is configured to receive and be supported by the attachment member. The structure is configured to accommodate a forward facing camera having a field of view through the vehicle windshield. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130135476 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An information display system for a vehicle includes a display screen disposed within an interior cabin of a vehicle and a rearward facing camera of the vehicle. The display screen displays video images captured by the rearward facing camera for assisting the driver during a reversing maneuver. When the equipped vehicle is not executing a reversing maneuver, the information display screen is operable to display information or instructions. The information/instructions may include at least one of (a) at least one instruction pertaining to how to service an accessory of the vehicle to remediate a fault condition, (b) a video clip pertaining to how to service an accessory of the vehicle to remediate a fault condition, (c) at least one instruction pertaining to how to operate an accessory of the vehicle and (d) a video clip pertaining to how to operate an accessory of the vehicle. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135475 | MONITORING AND AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to monitoring and automatic control systems. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130278770 | TOTAL BUS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A synchronized video monitoring system may include a plurality of separate sensor modules that each include a lens assembly, an image sensor, and a sensor controller. Each sensor module may be connected to a data bus. A collection module that includes a digital image compressor engine may also be connected to the data bus. Each sensor module may capture an image of a field of view of a monitored area. Each sensor module may insert its image data onto the data bus within a different allotment of time within a frame capture cycle. The collection module may compress and encode the image data received from each sensor module, and may generate a composite video image frame. Each region of the composite video image frame may depict image data captured by a different sensor module. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278772 | RUNNING INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE FOR HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT - A running information recording device for heavy construction equipment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of cameras installed on the side surfaces of a unit of heavy construction equipment to gather image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment; an image processor generating the image data about the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment; and a memory storing the image data, and the image data includes a synthetic moving image in which an image of the unit of heavy construction equipment is positioned in the middle, and the image data acquired from the plurality of cameras is synthesized into a single image to be displayed such that the area around the unit of heavy construction equipment is shown in bird's eye view. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278767 | VEHICLE COUNTING METHODS AND SYSTEMS UTILIZING COMPRESSED VIDEO STREAMS - This disclosure provides method and systems of recording a predetermined event associated with a moving object, the predetermined event captured with an image capturing unit and one or more of the associated frames compressed, producing one or more motion vectors. According to one exemplary embodiment, vehicle counting is performed based on motion vectors produced during the data compression process, either inline or offline. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130063596 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE IDENTIFYING APPARATUS - If an iris or a pupil is detected as being positioned in a right area, a vehicle-mounted device identifier of a vehicle-mounted device identifying apparatus identifies a vehicle-mounted device group, which is disposed in an area that is on the right side of an area that is identified based on a facial direction detected by a facial direction detector. If the iris or the pupil is detected as being positioned in a left area, the vehicle-mounted device identifier identifies a vehicle-mounted device group, which is disposed in an area that is on the left side of an area that is identified based on the facial direction. If the iris or the pupil is detected as being positioned in a central area, the vehicle-mounted device identifier identifies a vehicle-mounted device group, which is disposed in an area that is identified based on the facial direction. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063595 | Lane monitoring method and lane monitoring system for a vehicle - A lane monitoring method for a vehicle includes: detecting a lane of the vehicle with the aid of a camera of the vehicle; recording driving status measuring signals of the vehicle; evaluating the driving status of the vehicle according to at least one lane departure criterion; upon meeting the lane departure criterion, checking whether decision criteria for detecting an intentional trajectory shortening maneuver have been met; and generating a lane departure warning signal as a function of the evaluation according to the lane departure criterion, the output of the lane departure warning signal being suppressed if an intentional trajectory shortening maneuver is detected. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20090262192 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM - A vehicular vision system includes at least a first image capture sensor and a second image capture sensor disposed at a vehicle and spatially separated and having respective fields of view with respect to the direction of travel of the equipped vehicle. A control receives a first image input from the first image capture sensor and a second image input from the second image capture sensor and generates a composite image synthesized from at least the first image input and the second image input. A display system displays the composite image on a single video screen located in a cabin of the equipped vehicle and viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when the driver is normally operating the equipped vehicle. The single video screen of the display system may have a display luminance that is variable responsive to a sensing of an ambient light level. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20140300740 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA ADAPTER IN VEHICLE-MOUNTED MONITORING SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted camera adapter in a vehicle-mounted monitoring system includes a vehicle-mounted camera including a top-down view forming unit configured to form a top-down image obtained by looking down from above. The adapter includes a detection unit configured to detect a predetermined event indicative of a behavior of a vehicle body to determine whether or not a sequence of backing has proceeded to a final stage. When receiving a trigger signal, a switching control unit is configured to supply to an image switching unit a specific switching control signal to switch a converted image displayed on a monitor device to a top-down image. When the event continues for the predetermined time or more during backing, the vehicle-mounted camera adapter is configured to control the image switching unit so that the top-down image is displayed. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300742 | CAMERA MODULE FOR VEHICLE - A camera module is provided, the camera module including a camera module body ( | 10-09-2014 |
| 20160050356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING ONBOARD EVENT DETECTION AND/OR IMAGE CAPTURE STRATEGY USING EXTERNAL SOURCE DATA - A system for use on a vehicle comprising a tractor and a trailer comprises a communications device that effects communications between the system and a remote system. The communications device is configured to receive data from the remote system. An event detector is configured to generate a trigger signal in response to detecting occurrence of predetermined events. An onboard computer is coupled to the communications device, the event detector, a media recorder, and a computer of the vehicle. One or more image capture devices at the vehicle are communicatively coupled to one or both of the onboard computer and the media recorder. The onboard computer is configured to adjust one or more parameters of the image capture devices and/or modify one or more parameters of the event detector based at least in part on the data received from the remote system. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20110298926 | PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD - Provided is a parking assistance apparatus utilizing a fixed target by taking an image thereof, the parking assistance apparatus being capable of recognizing the fixed target with high recognition accuracy while using simple image recognition processing. A mark (M) includes a plurality of illuminators ( | 12-08-2011 |
| 20140132769 | EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - An exterior environment recognition device includes: a specific object detection unit to detect a specific object on the basis of a color image; a data retaining unit to associate and retain the specific object and a luminance range indicating the color of the specific object; and a transparency reduction determination unit to compare a luminance of the color image of the specific object and a luminance range associated with the specific object, and to determine a reduction in transparency of a transparent body located in an image-capturing direction of the onboard camera. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20090295920 | Method for displaying an image recorded by a video camera - In a method for displaying an image of a scene in front of a vehicle, recorded by a video camera, in which the scene in front of the vehicle contains a roadway which is illuminated by the vehicle's headlights, the gray values of the pixels of the image data generated by the video camera are weighted using a reduction factor, which is a function of the respective pixel within the image and of the brightness of objects in the near range in front of the vehicle, in such a way that the contrast between the display of the near range in front of the vehicle and the display of other parts of the image is reduced. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090309972 | Drive recorder and system - It is an object to provide a drive recorder and a system that that can reduce operations for adjusting an attachment position of a camera. The drive recorder for recording images captured by a camera in a recording medium includes, mode selection means for selecting an angle adjustment mode of the camera, and a control unit for outputting image data based on the images to a display unit ( | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309971 | DEVICE FOR OPENING A VEHICLE LOCK AND FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE - This device has the double function of opening the lock upon actuation of a handle (20), and as the need may arise, of capturing the exterior of the vehicle in an image via a camera (31). In order to optimally carry out these two tasks, and for a space-saving configuration, it is proposed to configure a hole in the back wall of a support shell (10) receiving the handle (20), the housing (23) of a module being mounted on this hole. The camera (31) is supported in a pivoting and translatory manner in the module housing (23) via a camera mount (32) between a retracting position and an extending position (31.2). Furthermore, a drive (30) and a gear are mounted on the module housing (33) for a rotational-translatory displacement (32.2) of the camera (31). | 12-17-2009 |
| 20150358509 | VEHICLE BACKUP CAMERA DEBRIS SHIELD - Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a device for protecting a backup camera in a vehicle. The device may include a retractable semicircular shield configured to cover a backup camera in a vehicle when the vehicle is in any operation state other than reverse. The shield may be operatively connected to a camera activation system in the vehicle, wherein the shield is configured to retract into an area of the vehicle proximate to the backup camera when the camera activation system is activated, such as when the vehicle is put into reverse. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20130002875 | Mobile Study - A mobile studio for producing video and audio content includes a vehicle having a body mounted on a chassis. The body includes a studio chamber enclosure formed by a floor, a ceiling, spaced opposite outer side walls and spaced outer front and rear walls, and the floor includes a stage area. The mobile studio further includes at least one LED lighting assembly located in the studio chamber enclosure that is suitable for providing sufficient illumination for image capture such that a captured image is suitable for projection as a Pepper's Ghost image, at least one camera to capture an image of a subject on the stage area and generate the captured image, and a communications device to transmit the captured image. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20160048734 | LIGHT SOURCE RECOGNITION SYSTEM OF VEHICLE - Provided is a light source recognition system of a vehicle, including: a camera sensor module which generates raw data for a front image of a vehicle; a light source determining module which analyzes the raw data to determine whether a light source is present in the front image and when the light source is present, sets a region of the front image where the light source is represented as a region of interest; a compressing module which compresses data corresponding to the region of interest among the raw data without losing data and compresses the data corresponding to a region excluding the region of interest, among the raw data, with a loss of data so that the raw data is converted into compressed data; and a control module which decompresses the compressed data to convert the compressed data into the raw data, recognizes the light source from the region of interest set in the front image using the decompressed raw data, generates a control signal corresponding to the light source, and controls the camera sensor module, the light source determining module, and the compressing module. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160047646 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARGO MANAGEMENT - A system for use with a vehicle comprising a tractor and a trailer includes one or more image capture devices. The one or more image capture devices capture images of the interior of a trailer and/or cargo items of the trailer. An image processor estimates available cargo space within the trailer based on the captured images. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160140778 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING DAMAGE CAUSED TO A VEHICLE - A system for identifying damage caused to a vehicle includes an image capture device connected to a remote server by a transmission module. The image capture device is mobile. A method of identifying the damage caused to the vehicle includes capturing at least one image of the vehicle by an image capture device, transmitting the captured image to a remote server, and processing the captured image. The capturing includes guiding the image capture device toward a predefined zone of the vehicle. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20140327770 | IMAGE MONITORING AND DISPLAY FROM UNMANNED VEHICLE - An image capture and display system comprises an image capture array positioned on a vehicle, the image capture array comprising a plurality of image sensing members. At least one transmitter is provided for transmitting images from the image sensing members. The system also includes a monitor display array positioned remotely from the image capture array. The monitor display array comprises a display monitor for and corresponding to each image sensing member, and a receiver for receiving the images corresponding to each transmitter. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20130002870 | Method for the Output of Information - A method for the output of information by an output unit in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle on the basis of capturable personal data. Activation of an approach module is followed by initiation of person recognition, in which personal data from a person who is outside of the motor vehicle are captured by an ambient sensor system and are compared with stored personal data. If the captured personal data match stored personal data then output of information relating to the person is initiated by the output unit. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20090244284 | TIRE TYPE DETERMINATION METHOD AND VEHICLE INSPECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In a tire type determination method, a surface image of a tread portion of a tire mounted on a vehicle is captured by a camera fixed at a predetermined position in a tilted hanger conveyor line, which is located downstream in a vehicle-carrying direction with respect to a position at which the tire of the vehicle is lifted from the ground and starts moving diagonally upward. Further, image information is extracted from the surface image of the tread portion, and a tire type is determined by checking the image information against registered information. A vehicle inspection system includes a tire type determination portion and a vehicle type information obtaining portion so as to determine the tire type using the method. A conformance determination portion determines whether the tire type determined by the tire type determination portion conforms to a specified tire type searched based on the vehicle type information. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20140375815 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An exposure level determination unit ( | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375813 | INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SURVEILLANCE CAMERA FOR VEHICLE - An integrated control system and method using a vehicle surveillance camera, the method including: receiving vehicle license plate number information obtained by analyzing an image captured using the vehicle surveillance camera, from the vehicle surveillance camera via a server; receiving time information and position information about when and where the captured image was generated, from the vehicle surveillance camera via the server; and constructing a database by referring to the vehicle license plate number information, the time information, and the position information received via the server. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20130002872 | ADAPTABLE NIGHT VISION SYSTEM - An adaptable night vision system comprises a series of individual night vision function providing modules that are adapted to selectively releasably interface with others in the system so that, when mated, each combination provides a product whose features are not available with the individual modules themselves. Such modules comprise a combined camera and illumination module, separate illumination and camera modules, a display module, auxiliary optics module for observing display images when close to the naked eye, and communication link modules. The modules are adapted with common interfaces to easily combine with base units to form a head mount night vision device, a hand held night vision device, a remote camera device, a toy vehicle, and a hand held vehicle controller. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20090262191 | Computerized information collection and training method and apparatus - A method of improving car steering performance is disclosed. The method comprises modifying the size of the flow path for supply of hydraulic fluid from a pump to a steering unit so that the flow path is of a size greater than the size prior to modification. The modification can be made by increasing the size of a bore ( | 10-22-2009 |
| 20130107049 | ACCIDENT AVOIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20160142685 | Image Switching Device For Vehicle - An image switching device for a vehicle includes: a reference distance determination device that determines a reference distance; and a determination device that prohibits an image display device from displaying an image captured by an on-board camera, based on a feature that a detection distance from an object to a vehicle is longer than the reference distance, and allows the image display device to display the image captured by the on-board camera, based on a feature that the detection distance is shorter than the reference distance. The reference distance determination device shortens the reference distance in a case where an absolute value of acceleration of the vehicle is a second value which is greater than a first value, compared to a case where the absolute value of acceleration of the vehicle is the first value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20130002873 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging or vision system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle and having an imaging array of photosensing pixels. A first optical element is disposed at a first portion of the imaging array and has a first focal length, and a second optical element is disposed at a second portion of the imaging array and has a second focal length. The first focal length is longer than the second focal length so that the first portion of the imaging array captures focused images of a more remote or distant scene than that of the second portion of the imaging array. The first portion of the imaging array may capture images of a scene occurring forwardly of the vehicle and the second portion of the imaging array may capture images of a surface of the vehicle windshield. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20150353026 | System for Monitoring an Area Adjacent a Vehicle - A backup camera system for monitoring an area around a vehicle. In one aspect, the system comprises a camera assembly, a display device and a stand for supporting the display device; the camera assembly comprising: (i) a camera adapted to produce an image signal corresponding to a perceived image, (ii) means for supplying power; (iii) a base having first and second holes that are configured and spaced from one another so as to facilitate attachment to the vehicle using the vehicle's license plate mounting bolts, (iv) a transmitter operably coupled to the camera for wirelessly transmitting the image signal; and the display device comprising: (i) a receiver for receiving the wirelessly transmitted image signal, (ii) means for supplying power, (iii) an image processing unit operably coupled to the receiver for converting the received image signal into a display image that is displayed on the display device, the display image corresponding to the perceived image. The backup camera system can form a retrofit kit. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150353025 | Camera Module and Vehicle Component Including the Same - Embodiments provide a camera module including a housing and a circuit board accommodated in the housing, the circuit board being connectable to a connector including a metal. The circuit board includes a ground portion and a connection portion located to be electrically insulated from the ground portion, the connection portion being connectable to the connector. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150353011 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AROUND VIEW AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - An around view provision apparatus and a vehicle including the same are disclosed. The around view provision apparatus may include a plurality of cameras provided to capture images of different regions around the vehicle. A memory may be provided to store a reference image for each of the cameras. A processor may calculate offset information for at least one of the plurality of cameras based on a difference between the reference image for the camera stored in the memory and an image captured by the camera. Respective images captured through the plurality of cameras may be combined using the offset information so as to generate an around view image | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150353010 | AROUND VIEW PROVISION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - An around view provision apparatus and a vehicle including the same are disclosed. The around view provision apparatus may include first to fourth cameras mounted at a vehicle and a processor to generate an around view image using images captured by the first to fourth cameras. The processor may remove distortions in the around view image using a first solid projection surface and a second solid projection surface, the first and second solid projection surfaces being virtual surfaces having prescribed contours. The processor may project the images from the first to fourth cameras on the first solid projection surface so as to generate the around view image and may project a partial region of the around view image on the second solid projection surface that is different than the first solid projection surface so as to generate a partially calibrated around view image. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20130141577 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ROAD SURFACE PROPERTIES - Disclosed is a technique for detecting a road surface property. More specifically, the technique includes a reflectivity table that stores a degree of reflectivity of a rainy road relative to a reference reflectivity and a degree of reflectivity of a snowy road relative to the reference reflectivity. A reflection measurement unit measures a reflection which is the amount of a laser beam that is emitted through a light emitting unit of a laser sensor, reflected from the road surface, and received by a light receiving unit, and a reflectivity calculation unit calculates a degree of reflectivity for the road in front of the vehicle via a ratio of the measured reflection and the reference reflectivity. A road surface property determination unit then detects the corresponding road surface property based on the reflectivity table. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20110304734 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A VIDEO-BASED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM IN A VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is a method for operating a video-based driver assistance system in a vehicle (F), wherein, by using image data recorded by an imaging unit and processed by an image processing unit, a vehicle environment and/or at least one object (O) in the vehicle environment and/or status data are determined. In the determination of the vehicle environment, of the object (O) in the vehicle environment and/or of the status data, a pixel offset (P) present in the image data of consecutive images is determined and compensated for. Also disclosed is an apparatus for operating a video-based driver assistance system in a vehicle (F). | 12-15-2011 |
| 20090251542 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECORDING AND EMULATING A FLIGHT - A mobile instrument that captures audio, video and motion/position data for a flight or other activities is described. A web service that processes the recorded data and allows a user to interact with the processed data emulating the flight or other activities is also described. Methods associated with capturing the data and processing the data are also described. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20140253730 | ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An accessory system for a vehicle includes a mounting element attached at an inner surface of a windshield and configured for mounting of an accessory module thereto and demounting of the accessory module therefrom. The accessory module is configured for mounting to the mounting element via snap attachment. The accessory module accommodates a camera comprising a CMOS photosensor array and a lens. The accessory module is configured so that, when mounted to the mounting element at the windshield, the lens has a field of view through the windshield. The camera is operable to capture image data for use by a driver assistance system of the vehicle. The accessory module includes an electrical connector for electrically connecting with circuitry disposed in the accessory module. The electrical connector is configured for electrical connection to at least a power source of the vehicle and a communication bus of the vehicle. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20160142607 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a camera system for a vehicle and an operating method thereof and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a camera system for a vehicle, including: a reception module which receives a country code number corresponding to a position of a vehicle, from a code supplying device; a sensor module which, when an optical signal corresponding to a surrounding environment of the vehicle is input, outputs an image signal corresponding to the optical signal; and a control module which, when the country code number is received, varies an exposure time (integration time) of the sensor module in accordance with a natural frequency which is set to correspond to the country code number and controls the sensor module to receive the optical signal during the exposure time. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20140375806 | CONFIGURABLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A system for assisting an operator to maneuver a machine is provided. The system includes an image capturing device configured to capture an image of an environment in relation to the machine. The system also includes a display device configured to display an overlay of a plurality of zones on the captured image, the zones have one or more associated parameters. A controller is communicably coupled to the display device. The controller is configured to receive a user input indicative of a change associated with the one or more parameters associated with at least one of the plurality of zones. The controller is also configured to adjust the one or more parameters of at least one of the plurality of zones based on the user input. Further, the controller is configured to display the adjusted overlay on the display device. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20130010113 | TRAFFIC SIGN INFORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A traffic sign informing method includes: capturing images in front of a car by a camera. Scanning the image captured by the camera to detect and determine whether or not there is a traffic sign in the image. Reading the driver-information offered by the sign when the presence of a traffic sign in the image has been determined. Informing the driver about the traffic sign. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130293714 | FULL SPEED LANE SENSING USING MULTIPLE CAMERAS - A system and method for providing lane sensing on a vehicle by detecting roadway lane-markers, where the system employs multiple cameras providing images around the vehicle. The method includes detecting left-side and right-side lane boundary lines in the camera images, and then determining whether the lane boundary lines in the images are aligned from one image frame to a next image frame and are aligned from image to image. If the boundary lines are not aligned, then calibration of one or more of the cameras is performed, and if the lines are aligned, then a model fitting process is used to specifically identify the location of the boundary lines on the roadway. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293713 | DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA UNIT - The invention relates to a device, comprising a camera unit, which is used to record images of the exterior area of a motor vehicle, and a cover element, which can be moved from a closed position to an open position by means of a drive, wherein the camera unit is behind the cover element and inaccessible from outside in the closed position of the cover element and images can be recorded in the open position of the cover element. For this purpose, the cover element has an outer surface facing away from the camera unit, and the drive interacts with a mechanism in such a way that the outer surface is always in the exterior area of the motor vehicle in each position of the cover element during the movement of the cover element between the closed position and the open position. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130250113 | AUTOMATIC VEHICLE EQUIPMENT MONITORING, WARNING, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - An automatic vehicle equipment control system and methods thereof are provided, the system includes at least one imager configured to acquire a continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, a processor, a color spectral filter array including a plurality of color filters, at least a portion of which are different colors, and pixels of an imager pixel array being in optical communication with substantially one spectral color filter, and a lens, wherein the imager is configured to capture a non-saturated image of nearby oncoming headlamps and at least one of a diffuse lane marking and a distant tail lamp in one image frame of the continuous sequence of high dynamic range single frame images, and the system configured to detect at least one of said highway markings and said tail lamps, and quantify light from the oncoming headlamp from data in the one image frame. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250112 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING SAFE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE - Vehicle control system and method in which restrictions on travel of the vehicle are determined based on an indication of the visibility of a driver and information about objects moving in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of the vehicle are considered. The travel restrictions include preventing a passing maneuver on a two-lane road when an oncoming vehicle precludes safely initiating or completing an already-initiated passing maneuver. A warning system is provided to warn a driver about the travel restrictions so that the driver will, hopefully, not attempt an unsafe maneuver. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250111 | Video Monitoring Apparatus - A video monitoring apparatus capable of efficiently superimposing additional information on a monitoring camera image is provided. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130250109 | MULTI-LENS CAMERA SYSTEM, VEHICLE MOUNTING THE MULTI-LENS CAMERA SYSTEM, AND RANGE-FINDING METHOD EXECUTED BY THE MULTI-LENS CAMERA SYSTEM - A multi-lens camera system includes multiple camera units including respective optical filters and image sensors that acquire a captured image via the optical filter, each of the optical filters having multiple filter regions whose optical characteristics differ respectively, and an image processor, operably connected to the multiple camera unit, to execute different types of image processing on the captured image to form an image that contains multiple image regions whose characteristics differ depending on the optical characteristics of the filter region in which they are acquired. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20150070501 | BOUNDARY-LINE-DETECTING DEVICE, BOUNDARY-LINE-DEVIATION DETECTING DEVICE, AND BOUNDARY-LINE-DETECTION PROGRAM - In a cruising lane deviation detection system, when a boundary line is detected, a paint line drawn on a road surface to the left and right of an own vehicle is detected and a virtual line is set based on the position of a previously detected boundary line. The boundary line is set using at least either of the paint line and the virtual line. However, approach information indicating that the own vehicle is approaching a toll booth is acquired. When the approach information is acquired, setting of the virtual line as the boundary line is prohibited. Furthermore, whether or not there is risk of the own vehicle deviating from the boundary line is determined. When there is risk of deviation, an output that there is risk of deviation is performed. As a result, setting an erroneous virtual line as the boundary line can be suppressed. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070505 | CAPTURING DEVICE, CAPTURING SYSTEM AND CAPTURING METHOD - A capturing device includes an image sensor that generates an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion for light from a subject, a control unit that generates a setting value for setting a range where an image resulting from the image signal is cut, based on a first instruction input from a user, a setting value storage unit that stores the setting value generated by the control unit, an image conversion unit that reads the setting value from the setting value storage unit, and cuts a specific region specified by the setting value from the image and enlarges the cut region, when there is a second instruction input from the user, and an output unit that converts a signal of the image cut and enlarged by the image conversion unit into an image signal of a predetermined format and outputs the converted image signal. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150070503 | VIDEO SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION - A camera system and method capture image data with a camera, a data storage device electrically connected to the camera and configured to store the video data and/or a communication device electrically connected to the camera and configured to communicate the image data to a system receiver located remote from the camera. The system receiver may be located onboard a vehicle such that an operator can carry the camera off board the vehicle and communicate the image data back to the vehicle, when performing, for example, work on the vehicle or inspecting the vehicle or the environs of the vehicle. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20130057690 | DRIVING ASSIST APPARATUS, DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM, AND DRIVING ASSIST CAMERA UNIT - A driving assist apparatus acquires vehicle information which includes a gear state and speed of a vehicle; judges a state of preparing for movement, a state of starting movement, and a state during movement; generates a wide-angle image that is an image that can see a wide range although having distortion when the vehicle state is the state of preparing for movement or the state of starting movement; and generates a no-distortion image that is an image in which the distortion due to the lens shape and the distortion by the projection system are eliminated from the camera image when the vehicle state is the state during movement. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130076901 | ON-SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided an on-screen display (OSD) apparatus including: a plurality of ultrasonic sensors having respective ranges previously assigned thereto to thereby detect an object therein; a camera module capturing an image of the ranges detected by the plurality of ultrasonic sensors; and a controlling unit controlling a display of positional information of the object detected in the ranges assigned to the plurality of individual ultrasonic sensors in the image captured by the camera module. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130010114 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OBJECT APPROACHING VEHICLE - An apparatus for detecting an object approaching a vehicle by performing image recognition processing on an image captured by a camera that is mounted on the vehicle to cover a predetermined area around the vehicle includes a signal receiver, a selector, and a detector. The signal receiver obtains a vehicle signal indicative of an operating condition of the vehicle. The selector selects a predetermined region of the captured image, according to the vehicle signal, as an object detection region. The detector detects the object approaching the vehicle by performing the image recognition processing on only the object detection region of the captured image. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20150353024 | OBSTRUCTION-REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE-CAMERA LENS - A clearing system removes water and other obstructions from an external-mounted rear-view camera of a vehicle. The system includes an air line connected to a compressed-air source and routed to the camera, and a control valve operable to selectively release compressed air from the air source through the air line. A discharge nozzle of the air line is positioned adjacent a lens cover of the camera to deliver an air blast across the lens cover to remove adhered water. The nozzle is positioned outside of the field of view of the camera so that it does not obstruct the view of the camera. In various embodiments, the compressed-air source and the camera are preexisting and the clearing system is retrofit onto the vehicle, the compressed-air source and/or the camera are provided with the clearing system as a kit, and/or the clearing system is installed as original equipment on the vehicle. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150353014 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ONCOMING CARS - A device, a system, and/or a method are provided for monitoring the eye behavior of drivers of oncoming cars. A camera mounted to a car mirror may monitor the eyes of oncoming drivers. An eye recognition analyzer may recognize nystagmus symptoms exhibited by the oncoming drivers. A machine may recognize the license plate information of the oncoming cars. The license plate numbers, as well as other identifying features of the oncoming cars, may be displayed on a head-up display of a car. A driver of the car may be otherwise notified by an alarm and/or warning about the possibility of a dangerous, oncoming car. An emitter located on the car may emit signals to other nearby networked cars in order to warn their drivers about the dangerous oncoming car. Information regarding the dangerous oncoming car may be displayed on the head-up displays of the other nearby networked cars. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20130229518 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT EMPLOY OBJECT RECOGNITION - An illumination system and methods to control a light source are provided. An illumination system includes a light source, a two-dimensional non-Passive Infrared (non-PIR) imager, and a controller. The light source may provide at least two levels of illumination. The non-PIR imager images an area and to produce image data representative of images across at least part of a visible portion of an electromagnetic spectrum. The controller is communicatively coupled to receive the image data from the non-PIR imager and process the received image data to detect at least one object in the area of a defined type of object. The controller is also coupled to control operation of the light source based on, at least in part, detection of the ambient characteristic of the environment. Alternatively, one or more components of a system may be used to monitor traffic, with or without active illumination. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130076906 | TRAFFIC CITATION DELIVERY BASED ON TYPE OF TRAFFIC INFRACTION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for vehicle speed acquisition and citation. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, multiple different imaging systems can be placed individually at different locations along a route of travel, such as a highway, byway or waterway. Images of different vehicles can be captured at each of the locations and different ones of the different vehicles can be image-recognized. A time of travel between pairs of the locations can be determined for selected ones of the different vehicles in order to compute a rate of travel for the selected ones of the different vehicles. A citation signal is generated when a speed of a vehicle exceeds a predetermined speed limit such that the vehicle owner may be automatically cited for speeding. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140333770 | REARVIEW VISION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A rearview vision system for a vehicle includes a reflective element disposed at a driver or passenger side portion of a vehicle and a camera disposed at or near the reflective element and having a field of view that encompasses at least a portion of the reflective element. The camera and the reflective element are disposed at the side portion of the vehicle so that images of the scene occurring to the side and rear of the vehicle are reflected off of the reflective element and viewed by the camera. The camera captures image data for display of images by a display device that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle when normally operating the vehicle so as to provide the driver with a generally sideward and rearward field of view. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140333769 | PASSENGER COUNTER - A passenger counter that counts the number of persons who get on/off a vehicle comprising an imaging unit | 11-13-2014 |
| 20090268027 | Driving Assistance System And Vehicle - A driving assistance system has: a bird's eye conversion portion that projects mutually different first and second camera images from a camera portion onto a bird's eye view coordinate plane parallel to the ground to convert them into first and second bird's eye view images; a candidate region setting portion that compares the first and second bird's eye view images to set a solid object candidate region on the bird's eye view coordinate plane; and a solid object region estimation portion that detects, within the solid object candidate region, an unnecessary region to be excluded from a solid object region to estimate the solid object region from a remaining region obtained by excluding the unnecessary region from the solid object candidate region. The solid object region estimation portion detects the unnecessary region based on the positional relationship between a camera position, which is the position of the camera portion as projected on the bird's eye view coordinate plane, and the positions of candidate pixels, which are pixels belonging to the solid object candidate region. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20120162425 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURING VISIBILITY FOR DRIVER - The device for securing visibility for a driver includes an input unit obtaining an image of an area in front of a moving object; a first estimating unit estimating from the image a geometric relationship between the moving object and its surrounding environment to output geometric relationship information; a second estimating unit estimating from the image an optical characteristic of the environment to output optical characteristic information; a first correcting unit adjusting brightness and contrast of the image based on the optical characteristic information and eliminating blob noise resulting from the environment; a second correcting unit compensating for vibration of the image based on the geometric relation information and eliminating motion blur; a synthesizing unit restoring, based on the geometric relationship information, empty space of the image resulting from the blob noise elimination and the vibration compensation and extracting and highlighting principal information of the image to acquire new image. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162423 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMOBILE SECURITY MONITORING - Systems and methods for providing an automobile security monitoring service are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring the security of a plurality of automobiles includes monitoring, over a network, the security of the plurality of automobiles, receiving, from one of the plurality of automobiles over the network, a message indicating a potential security threat to the automobile, and sending, over a network to a terminal device associated with an owner of the automobile, an alert indicating the potential security threat to the automobile. The method further includes receiving, over the network from the terminal device and responsive to the alert, a request of the owner to stream video from a security camera onboard the automobile, issuing, to the automobile over the network and based on the request, a command to the automobile to stream video from the security camera onboard the automobile. The method further includes receiving, from the automobile over the network, video from the security camera onboard the automobile, and streaming received video over the network to the terminal device. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162424 | EXPOSURE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA - The exposure control apparatus is for performing exposure control for a camera mounted on a vehicle in accordance with brightness of a recognition area set in an image ahead of the vehicle taken by the camera. The exposure control apparatus includes a measuring means for measuring brightness of a photometric area showing a landscape more distant from the vehicle than a landscape shown by the recognition area in each of images successively taken by the camera, a detection means for detecting brightness variation with time of the photometric area based on measurement results by the measuring means for images taken by the camera at different times, and a control means configured to predict a timing at which the brightness of the recognition area changes based on the brightness variation with time of the photometric area, and perform exposure control of the camera at the predicted timing. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20150356735 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing an image according to one embodiment includes a generating unit, a display control unit, and a change receiving unit. The display control unit generates a synthetic image providing a view of a vehicle from a virtual viewpoint, based on a plurality of onboard camera images. The display control unit displays the generated synthetic image on a display unit. The change receiving unit receives a change in the relative positional relation between an image region that is based on one of the camera images and image regions that are based on the other camera images in the synthetic image. The generating unit generates a synthetic image, based on a changed positional relation every time a change in the positional relation is received. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20140285667 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - This vehicle periphery monitoring device appropriately determines whether or not an animal detected by an imaging device is a high-risk animal which may possibly contact the vehicle. For example, compared with an animal in a posture with the head facing downwards, an animal in a posture with the head facing upwards is determined to be a high-risk animal which may suddenly bolt, so the latter animal is enclosed in a thick red frame and highlighted as a warning, and an alarm is emitted from speakers. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20130128048 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an imaging system including: an imaging section attached to a bottom of a vehicle to capture an omnidirectional image; and a display section adapted to display the omnidirectional image captured by the imaging section | 05-23-2013 |
| 20090244283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES OF THE SURROUNDINGS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An assemblage for displaying a portion of the surroundings of a motor vehicle includes a camera with which a portion of the vehicle surroundings is imageable, and a display device with which an imaged portion of the vehicle surroundings can be displayed as a surroundings image, at least one further display device being provided, by which the surroundings image can be displayed. A motor vehicle may be equipped with such an assemblage, and to a method may be provided for displaying a portion of the surroundings of a vehicle. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20150070499 | CAMERA SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE - A camera system, e.g., for a vehicle, includes: at least one objective for detecting a detection region, one image sensor for outputting image signals, and one auxiliary optics situated in the detection region, the auxiliary optics together with the objective forming an optical imaging system for imaging a two-dimensional detection region on the image sensor. The auxiliary optics is formed by one auxiliary lens having an entrance surface and an exit surface, and the two-dimensional detection region does not extend vertically with respect to the optical axis of the auxiliary lens and is imaged sharply on the image sensor by the optical imaging system. The entrance and exit surfaces do not have a spherical curvature. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20140071283 | IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - An identification system for identifying, recording, and alerting to an impact between a vehicle and an impacting object, such as another vehicle that impacts the vehicle. At least one sensor positions on a front and rear bumper of the vehicle for sensing the impact and actuating the system in response. At least one camera on the vehicle periphery records the impacting object. Each camera positions on a periphery of the vehicle and tilts up to 180 degrees. An alert portion emits an alert in response to the impact. An antenna communicates with a positioning system to identify a location of the vehicle during the impact. A communication device stores and relays information, such as vehicle identification number, license plate number, and drivers license information of the impacting object to an emergency department. A processor and a SIM card store and identify information about each vehicle. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071281 | INTELLIGENT USE OF SCENE AND TEST PATTERN ANALYSES FOR TRAFFIC CAMERA DIAGNOSTICS - A method for determining a response to misalignment of a camera monitoring a desired area includes acquiring temporal related frames from the camera including a reference frame. A pixel location is determined of a reference object from the frames. Using the pixel location of the reference object, a displacement of the camera between a current frame and the reference frame is determined. For the displacement exceeding a first threshold, a new displacement of the camera is measured by introducing at least one additional object to a camera field of view and comparing the new displacement to a second threshold. For the new displacement not exceeding the second threshold, the camera is recalibrated using a determined pixel location and a physical location of the at least one additional object. For the new displacement exceeding the second threshold, notification is provided of a misalignment to an associated user device. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20150035979 | METHOD FOR DERIVING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION FROM DETECTING THE REAR LIGHTS OF PRECEDING VEHICLES - A method for deriving environmental information from detecting the rear lights of preceding vehicles, including the following steps: Recording a sequence of images with a camera that captures the surroundings in front of the vehicle; Detecting and tracking rear lights of preceding vehicles in the sequence of images; and Analysis of the position and movement of the tracked rear lights and deriving environmental information from this analysis. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150049199 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A SELF-CALIBRATING MULTI-CAMERA ALIGNMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments include a method for autonomous camera pod tracking of a vehicle during vehicle alignment. The method can include receiving, at a processor of an autonomous camera pod, at least one of vehicle target image data from a vehicle target camera or calibration target image data from a calibration camera, the vehicle target camera being adapted to acquire images of a target mounted to the vehicle, and the calibration camera being adapted to acquire images of a calibration target mounted to a sister autonomous camera pod. An optimal location of the autonomous camera pod can be calculated based on the received vehicle target image data or calibration target image data. The method can include transmitting, when it is determined to move the autonomous camera pod, a motor command to a motor drive of the autonomous camera pod, thereby causing the autonomous camera pod to move to the optimal location. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150035984 | In-Vehicle Image Processing Device and Method - The object of the present invention is to improve the detection capability for detecting a preceding vehicle that may collide with a driver's vehicle using a stereo camera having rolling shutter types of CMOS sensor. The present invention relates to an in-vehicle image processing device that includes: plural imaging sections for imaging the area ahead of a driver's vehicle; an image processing section for detecting another vehicle using disparity information about plural images obtained by the imaging sections. In this case, the imaging sections include imaging devices the exposure timing of each of which is different on the basis of a line of the imaging screen, and the imaging devices are sequentially exposed in the direction from the lowermost edge to the uppermost edge of the another vehicle. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20130002871 | Vehicle Vision System - In order to determine extrinsic parameters of a vehicle vision system or an aspect of a vehicle vision system, road lane markings may be identified in an image captured by a camera and provided to the vehicle vision system. For one or more of the identified road lane markings, a first set of parameters defining an orientation and a position of a line along which a road lane marking extends in an image plane may be determined. Also, a second set of parameters defining an orientation and a position of a line along which a road lane marking extends in a road plane may be determined. A linear transformation that defines a mapping between the first set of parameters and the second set of parameters may be identified. The extrinsic parameters may be established based on the identified linear transformation. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130155240 | WORK VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING APPARATUS - A periphery monitoring apparatus for a work vehicle is adapted to display an image of surroundings of the work vehicle on a display apparatus. The periphery monitoring apparatus includes a camera and a display control section. The camera is disposed below a vehicle body of the work vehicle, the camera being configured to acquire a camera image of the surroundings of the work vehicle. The display control section is configured to display the camera image acquired using the camera and a vehicle body outer edge line on the display apparatus. The vehicle body outer edge line indicates an outer edges of the vehicle body which is vertically projected on a ground surface in the camera image. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20150035982 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - An image capturing device for a vehicle includes: a first image capturing apparatus configured to image a surrounding environment of the vehicle, situated outside a window of the vehicle, through a first region of the window, in a first image; and a second image capturing apparatus configured to image a second region of the window in a second image, the first region and the second region overlapping at least partly. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20130162826 | METHOD OF DETECTING AN OBSTACLE AND DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM - To detect an obstacle in a single image captured using a single image sensor of a driver assist system, at least one image feature is established in the single image which extends along a line passing through a projection point of the image sensor. At least one line extending along a direction normal to a road surface in the world coordinate system is thereby identified based on the single image, which is used as a signature for an obstacle. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20150054955 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF VEHICLE CAMERA AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus of a vehicle camera, including a light source extraction unit configured to extract light sources from a first frame exposed to light sources during a first time and to extract light sources including motion blurs from a second frame exposed to the light sources during a second time longer than the first time, a target light source classification unit configured to classify a first target light source that belongs to the light sources of the first frame and that does not move and a second target light source that belongs to the light sources of the second frame and that does not move, and a motion determination unit configured to estimate a first location that is the central point of the first target light source and a second location that is the central line including the central point of the second target light source, compare the first location with the second location, and determine whether or not a pitch motion of the vehicle has occurred. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20130088597 | MULTIPLE RESOLUTION CAMERA SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION AND EVENT RECORDING - An in-car multiple-resolution camera system for first responder vehicles includes a high-resolution camera imager for capturing images in high resolution and outputting the same in a first high-resolution image output stream. A signal processing module is provided for processing the first high-resolution image output stream and producing ( | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088599 | CAMERA DEVICE FOR CAPTURING IMAGES OF AN EXTERNAL REGION OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a camera device for capturing images of an external region ( | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088595 | CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC FEATURES AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR A ONE DESIGN RACE CAR - A safety system for a single design racing automobile having a rear mounted airfoil member with an adjustable aerodynamic wing member includes a horizontal light panel with a multiple sections along the rear edge of the wing member, and a control unit programmed to control the sections of the horizontal light panel to be illuminated in synchronization with operation of the automobile's rear brake lights, reverse gear drive lights, turn signal lights, as well as emergency flashing of the lights. The safety system also includes one or more rearward facing cameras mounted to the rear edge of the adjustable aerodynamic wing member. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20090322878 | Image Processor, Image Processing Method, And Vehicle Including Image Processor - A visibility support system is provided which displays a wide field of view while absorbing camera installation errors. The visibility support system obtains a first conversion matrix H | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090315992 | Image Capturing Device for a Driver Assistance System - An image capturing device for a driver assistance system having a mobile communication device includes an image sensor and a holding device for holding the mobile communication device in a vehicle. The holding device includes a device adapter for accommodating the communication device, a vehicle adapter disposed in a manner that is fixed to the vehicle, and a universal module that is disposed between the vehicle adapter and the device adapter. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20150009328 | Agricultural harvesting machine - An agricultural harvesting machine has a control arrangement including an optical sensor device for recording image series of a continuous main crop stream, an evaluation device for ascertaining a portion of damaged grain, a portion of non-grain in the main crop stream or both, on the basis of an image analysis of the recorded image series and a visualization device for displaying the portion of damaged grain and/or the portion of non-grain. The control arrangement cyclically records image series of the continuous main crop stream and, within a predetermined processing time after an image series has been recorded, displays a current portion of damaged grain, a current portion of non-grain or both, based on the image series. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009330 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - An object detection device is equipped with an object detection unit that detects a moving object in a periphery of a vehicle, and a threshold change unit that changes, based on mobility information on the vehicle, a detection threshold in detecting the moving object. Thus, by changing the detection threshold T such that the moving object becomes difficult to detect during a movement of the host vehicle, especially during a turn thereof, the occurrence of an erroneous detection can be suppressed even in a situation where an erroneous detection is likely to occur. It is preferable that the detection threshold be changed such that the moving object becomes difficult to detect as a speed increases or as a steering angle increases. The detection threshold may be changed in stages or continuously based on the mobility information on the vehicle. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009327 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE FOR MOVING VEHICLES - A device is configured to determine location information associated with a set of image capture devices, and determine an object location associated with an object. The device is configured to select an image capture device, of the set of image capture devices, based on the location information and the object location. The image capture device may be selected based on the location information, of the image capture device, relative to the location information of other ones of the set of image capture devices. The device is configured to receive image information associated with the image capture device based on selecting the image capture device, where the image information includes an image of the object. The device is configured to provide the image information. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150009329 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF MACHINERY - A surroundings monitoring device ( | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150015710 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera in the vehicle with a field of view that encompasses at least a hand of a driver of the vehicle. A control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The control, responsive to image data processing, is operable to determine a hand of the driver of the vehicle and, responsive to determination of movement of the driver's hand, is operable to determine if the movement is indicative of a gesture for controlling an accessory of the equipped vehicle. The control learns habitual movements of the driver's hand and, responsive to (i) determination that a detected gesture is not indicative of a learned habitual movement and (ii) determination that the detected gesture is indicative of a gesture for controlling an accessory of the equipped vehicle, the control generates an output for controlling the accessory. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20130010119 | PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND PARKING ASSISTANCE CAMERA UNIT - An object is to provide a parking assistance apparatus capable of readily generating a guide line image showing guide lines used as targets when a vehicle is parked. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010118 | VEHICLE PERIPHERAL OBSERVATION DEVICE - Provided is a device whereby the position of an obstacle can be perceived on a monitor without compromising the effectiveness of displaying an overhead image on the monitor. An overhead image generating unit generates an overhead image from images captured using a plurality of cameras, and the overhead image is displayed in an auxiliary display area ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010117 | VEHICLE PERIPHERAL OBSERVATION DEVICE - Provided is a device whereby it is possible to accurately recognize which area has been enlarged when part of an overhead image displayed on a monitor is displayed as enlarged. When any one area of a plurality divided areas (D | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010116 | Universal Tolling System and Method - System and method for tolling includes a location determining system arranged in a vehicle to determine its location during vehicular travel, a memory device that stores data about predetermined locations, and a processor coupled to the location determining system and that compares the location of the location determining system to data in the memory device to determine whether a transmission of the location is necessary and if so, directs the transmission to a remote site via the Internet. The memory device and/or processor may also be arranged on the vehicle, i.e., to provide a completely vehicle-resident system that may be installed on the vehicle during manufacture or retrofit to the vehicle. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130010115 | VEHICLE HAVING A REVERSING CAMERA - A vehicle is provided having a camera, in particular a reversing camera, and a cleaning device, which is used for cleaning an optical surface that interacts with the camera. The cleaning device has a cleaning element, which has a cleaning action on the optical surface due to a relative motion between the cleaning element and optical surface. Additionally or alternatively, the cleaning device has a moistening unit, by which a liquid media stream can be applied against the optical surface. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130222594 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - An image generation device generates an output image including a road image based on plural input images that are captured by plural cameras mounted to a body to be operated. The image generation device includes a control part that arranges input image portions of two cameras that correspond to an overlapping area of the image capturing ranges of the two cameras to form a lattice pattern on the output image. The lattice pattern includes as a unit pattern a region that is defined by two circles having a center at the position of a first camera of the two cameras and two circles having a center at the position of a second camera of the two cameras. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222591 | SECURING REMOTE VIDEO TRANSMISSION FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE - A method and system secure remote video transmissions for the remote control of a vehicle. The system secures the remote transmission of an image via a photosensitive receiver of a camera capable of remotely displaying the image. The system contains an optical securing information generator capable of generating optical securing information and an optical module capable of optically superimposing a securing image including the optical securing information and the image of the object to form a secured optical image for acting on the photosensitive receiver capable of generating a video signal. The system couples a device for remotely receiving the video signal from the video system to a device for processing the video signal. The video signal processing device is capable of detecting, reading and extracting optical securing information in the video signal of the secured optical image. The system has a display device for displaying the optical securing information. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222590 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY SIMULATING A REMOTE AUDIOVISUAL ENVIRONMENT - Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting sensory data over a bi-directional data link to reproduce an audiovisual environment for a physically displaced operator. The apparatus includes a stationary or mobile surveillance platform equipped with transducers for capturing local sensory information including audio, visual, haptic, thermal, and other metrics associated with human perception. The sensory data is processed, transmitted over the data link, and displayed to the operator to simulate a virtual presence. The system further includes ergonomic sensors for detecting head, body, limb, and/or eye related operator motion to allow the operator to remotely manipulate the sensory transducers to selectively configure the field of perception within the measured environment. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20100134623 | Method of processing continuously recorded image, computer-readable medium for processing continuously recorded image, drive recorder and reproduction device - A method of processing a continuously recorded image, with the use of a computer, comprising the steps of: judging whether a continuously recorded image is recorded at a certain interval, and storing the continuously recorded image as a data file when the continuously recorded image is stored at a certain interval. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20130141575 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary driving assistance method includes obtaining images captured by a plurality of cameras, each of the images comprising a distance information indicating a distance between one camera and objects captured by the camera. Next, the method extracts the distance information from the obtained images. The method further includes detecting whether a road surface or a road width is abnormal according to the extracted distance information and the captured image. Lastly, the method generates a prompt message to warn a driver when the road surface or the road width is abnormal. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141583 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING, MONITORING AND/OR CONTROLLING RACING VEHICLES - A device and a method for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling racing vehicles on a racetrack, having a camera for monitoring when a predetermined track section is crossed, a recording device for recording the images provided by the camera, a recording control device for automatically recording the images provided by the camera only during a specific time window within which the crossing of the track section, and a sensor device for detecting the crossing of the track section. A marking device generates a marking for a recorded image as a function of a sensor signal of the sensor device and the occurrence thereof in the specific time window. The marking is stored in an event list. An image of interest can be simply selected on the basis of the associated marking, without the images which are provided by the camera having to be evaluated themselves for this purpose. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20120007985 | CALIBRATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ON-BOARD CAMERA - An on-board camera calibration device with high productivity is provided which allows speedy calibration of the on-board camera with high precision with a simple construction. Based on an actual coordinate specified in a projecting plane of a camera coordinate system and a converted coordinate obtained by converting an initial coordinate of a calibration point with using unfixed camera adjustment values, the adjustment values corresponding to angles of rotation about one or two axes from among three axes of the camera coordinate system are calculated and the camera adjustment values are updated. Based on the actual coordinate and the converted coordinate in accordance with the updated camera adjustment values, the adjustment values corresponding to angles of rotation about the remaining axes of the camera coordinate system is calculated and the camera adjustment values are updated. When the predetermined completion condition is satisfied, the updated camera adjustment values are fixed. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20130293716 | MOBILE MAPPING SYSTEM FOR ROAD INVENTORY - Vehicle for obtaining data for road mapping including a first camera system mounted on the vehicle and positioned to obtain images in a substantially vertical plane of at least part of the road lane and adjacent area, a second camera system mounted on the vehicle adjacent the first camera system and positioned to obtain images in a substantially vertical plane of substantially the same portion of the road lane and adjacent area as the first camera system, a source of structured light emanating from a location apart from the second camera system but illuminating the ground in the field of view of the second camera system and at least one GNSS module containing a GPS receiver and an inertial navigation system. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140085477 | VEHICLE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING VEHICLE - A vehicle monitoring system is provided which determines the mode of display and the compressibility of a moving image, a streaming video and a still image based on a monitoring level determined by vehicle conditions detected. The system generates a monitoring image using the determined display mode or compressed at the determined compressibility and transmits the monitoring image to an external terminal device. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20160250974 | FULL DISPLAY MIRROR WITH WORM GEAR DRIVEN TOGGLE MECHANISM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160250973 | FULL DISPLAY MIRROR WITH GEAR-DRIVEN TOGGLE MECHANISM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160250972 | FULL DISPLAY MIRROR WITH RACK-AND-PINION ACTUATOR | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160250970 | FULL DISPLAY MIRROR ACTUATOR WITH LINKAGE ARM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160250969 | VEHICLE MIRAGE ROOF | 09-01-2016 |
| 20150130941 | CAMERA MODULE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE - A camera module for a vehicle includes: one objective including a lens mount and at least one lens accommodated in the lens mount; one objective receptacle into which the objective is inserted; one image sensor attached to the objective receptacle, the objective being inserted into a receptacle area of the objective receptacle and being longitudinally shiftable in the receptacle area along an optical axis for adjustment or setting of the objective in relation to the image sensor provided at one end of the receptacle area. The objective is fixed to the objective receptacle in a press-fit connection formed outside of the receptacle area. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130944 | Intelligent bicycle - An intelligent system for a bicycle is provided with a control assembly including a saddle control device, a sensor device, a digital camera, a lighting device, a warning device, and a power supply for supplying DC power to above components; and a display assembly including an LCD screen, a processing module, a communications module, and a power module for electrically interconnecting the LCD screen, the processing module, and the communications module. The saddle control device includes a microprocessor, a memory, and a wireless communications module. The sensor device includes an optical sensor, a thermometer, an acceleration sensor, a barometer, a gyroscope, an electronic compass, a radar, and a GPS. The digital camera includes front and rear cameras. The lighting device includes an auxiliary light, a rear light, a directional light, and a decoration light. The warning device includes a loudspeaker and a vibration module. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130940 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF VEHICLE CLUSTER AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for controlling a display of a vehicle cluster includes a driving information collector configured to collect driving information of the vehicle. A visible region detector is configured to detect a visible region which is viewable to a driver. An image obtainer is configured to obtain various images. A display is configured to display the image obtained by the image obtainer on the visible region detected by the visible region detector. A controller is configured to control the image obtainer to obtain an image corresponding to the driving information collected by the driving information collector and control the display to display the image corresponding to the driving information collected by the driving information collector on the visible region detected by the visible region detector. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150130937 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROXIMAL OBJECT AWARENESS - Systems and methods are presented for providing enhanced sensory awareness of proximal objects to a vehicle. The enhanced sensory awareness may be determined based upon sensor signals sensing proximal objects. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150009331 | REAL TIME RAILWAY DISASTER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AND RESCUE GUIDANCE SYSTEM USING MULTI-LAYERED VIDEO COMPUTATIONAL ANALYTICS - The system for real time train disaster vulnerability assessment and rescue guidance using multi layered video computational analytics comprises digital video cameras mounted on train, video cameras mounted at fixed locations on rail route; unmanned aerial monitoring vehicle; train on-broad computer system mounted on train and centralized system centrally located in railway network. The digital video cameras capture video images of railways track and adjacent structure from running train and automatically compute degree of disaster vulnerability from collective analysis of output from all video cameras. In case degree of disaster vulnerability exceeds predetermined threshold value a disaster alert is triggered to take immediate precautionary measures while simultaneously activating On Board Rescue and Response System. In case degree of disaster vulnerability is below predetermined threshold value, the analytics output is transmitted to higher level modules for in-depth advanced analytics by combining real-time train data or real-time geographic and environmental data contributing to a potential disaster. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20120105638 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR LARGE VEHICLES - A vehicle-borne camera-based observation system for monitoring areas adjacent a vehicle or passenger vehicle, such as a bus or schoolbus, is disclosed, to provide safer operation for passersby, including for children, and driver convenience. The system includes several cameras, and several monitors in a driver's area displaying all of the fields of view from the cameras, such that each monitor may be controllable to show either the field of view of a first camera or a the field of view of a second camera, according to a driver selection or according to an automatic selection. Night vision, automatic tracking, and illumination systems are also provided. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105641 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - An interior rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes a mirror mounting button adhesively attached at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield, and an interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror head and a mirror support. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing, and the mirror support includes a mirror mount that is configured to mount the interior rearview mirror assembly to the mirror mounting button at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. A forward facing camera is disposed at the mirror support and has a field of view through the vehicle windshield when the interior rearview mirror assembly is normally mounted at the mirror mounting button at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield. The forward facing camera is a CMOS camera, and the forward facing camera captures images for a collision avoidance system of the equipped vehicle. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20150077560 | FRONT CURB VIEWING SYSTEM BASED UPON DUAL CAMERAS - Methods and systems are provided for generating a curb view virtual image to assist a driver of a vehicle. The method includes capturing a first and second real image from a first and second camera having a forward-looking field of view. The first and second images are de-warped and combined to form a curb view virtual image view of the vehicle, which is displayed on display within the vehicle. The system includes a first and second camera having a forward-looking field of view to provide a first and second real image. A processor coupled to the first camera and the second camera configured to de-warps and combines the first and second real images to form a curb view virtual image view for display within the vehicle. The curb view virtual image may be a top-down virtual image view or a perspective virtual image view. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20120314069 | VEHICLE OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM - An optical sensor system adapted for use on a vehicle including a plurality of optoelectronic devices and a single high efficiency first lens. The optical sensor system is positioned on the vehicle to view a field of view about the vehicle. The optical sensor system may provide multiple independent video signals to multiple vehicle warning and control systems. Each video signal that is generated by each optoelectronic device may be optimized for a specific vehicle warning or control system by using additional second lenses to change the field of view, optical filters to change the spectral sensitivity, and/or independent exposure times to change the light sensitivity or dynamic range. The optoelectronic devices may be optoelectronic dies or cores, such as those used in wafer level cameras. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314072 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS - A shift determining part of an image display system determines a traveling direction of a vehicle. A composite image generator generates a composite image that shows a periphery of the vehicle and an area that is in a direction opposite to the determined traveling direction of the vehicle in a seamless manner. The periphery is viewed from a virtual viewpoint that is set looking down at the vehicle. A display displays a display image including the composite image. Since the display image includes the composite image that shows the area that is in the direction opposite to the determined traveling direction of the vehicle, a user can notice an object that exists in the direction opposite to the traveling direction of the vehicle by looking at the display image. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120314071 | PEDESTRIAN COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM - A method is provided for preventing a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian. The method uses a camera and a processor mountable in the motor vehicle. A candidate image is detected. Based on a change of scale of the candidate image, it may be determined that the motor vehicle and the pedestrian are expected to collide, thereby producing a potential collision warning. Further information from the image frames may be used to validate the potential collision warning. The validation may include an analysis of the optical flow of the candidate image, that lane markings prediction of a straight road, a calculation of the lateral motion of the pedestrian, if the pedestrian is crossing a lane mark or curb and/or if the vehicle is changing lanes. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130222589 | SINGLE-CAMERA DISTANCE ESTIMATION - Systems and methods for estimating distances to objects or features are described. The distance estimation tracks features across images captured from a single camera and uses an estimation of the ground motion to determine the distance estimate to the tracked features. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130038733 | NIGHT VISION SYSTEM FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A night vision system for use in a vehicle includes a night vision device configured as a handheld monocular device. A mount for coupling the night vision device to the vehicle includes a mounting plate configured for attachment at an attachment point in the interior of the vehicle, a coupling assembly coupled to the mounting plate and coupled to a quick release plate of a quick release mechanism, the coupling assembly configured to permit adjustment of orientation of a mounted night vision device in elevation and azimuth. The quick release mechanism is configured to allow one-handed removal of the night vision device from the mount. Image data captured by the night vision device may be communicated through a communications link to a display device in the vehicle. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038732 | FIELD OF VIEW MATCHING VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM - A field of view matching video display system may comprise a tracking device, a rear-facing camera, a processing device, and a display. The tracking device is configured to capture a first video image in a predefined area in the vehicle and provide a first video image signal. The rear-facing camera is configured to capture a second video image and provide a second video image signal. The processing device is configured to analyze the first video image obtained via the first video image signal to determine a head position of the driver, determine a first field of view for the driver based on the head position of the driver, generate a third video image that substantially corresponds with at least a portion of the first field of view of the driver, and provide a third video image signal. The display is configured to show the third video image. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130093890 | VEHICLE DATA COMMUNICATION AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A vehicle data communication and display system includes at least one display device for vehicular mounting, at least one communications device for obtaining data from at least one extra-vehicular data source and at least one electronic controller for vehicular mounting, the at least one electronic controller in signal communication with the at least one display device and the at least one communications device and operating the at least one vehicle display device based on the data obtained by the at least one communications device. The at least one communications device can obtain traffic signal information for an imminent traffic signal and the at least one electronic controller operate the at least one display device to display the traffic signal information. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093889 | SMART REAR-VIEW DISPLAY - A display system for a vehicle comprises a display mounted within a passenger compartment of a vehicle and at least one camera mounted to the vehicle and facing at least partially in a rear direction. The display shows the images recorded by the camera(s) to provide a rear view for the driver of the vehicle. An ECU for the display system analyzes the images to provide additional information. The ECU controls the camera viewing angle as well to provide wide-angle images, and to pan or zoom the camera(s). | 04-18-2013 |
| 20160252707 | SINGLE FOCAL LENGTH LENS SYSTEM, CAMERA, AND AUTOMOBILE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20130107047 | Multifunction Vehicle Display Monitor With Video Capability | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130113935 | ACTIVE VISION SYSTEM WITH SUBLIMINALLY STEERED AND MODULATED LIGHTING - An active vision system includes an image capture device for capturing images in a region exterior of a vehicle and a headlamp control unit for controlling a vehicle headlamp beam for illuminating an environment exterior of a vehicle. The headlamp control unit is configured to selectively illuminate between making a path of travel of a road visible to a driver of the vehicle and making the region exterior of the vehicle visible for capturing images by the image capture device. The headlamp control unit utilizes a duty cycle for controlling a first cycle time that the headlamp beam illuminates the path of travel for making the road visible to the driver and for controlling a second cycle time that the headlamp beam makes the captured region visible for capturing images by the image capture device. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113937 | Entry Control Point Device, System and Method - The present invention provides an entry control device, system and method which can recognize a vehicle by its undercarriage image only. The present invention compares a new vehicle undercarriage image with those stored in a reference database to facilitate the automatic search of a vehicle's undercarriage. The present invention can compare the new undercarriage image to the same or similar undercarriage image previously entered in the reference database, highlighting any anomalies such as, for example, foreign objects, explosives, drugs, paraphernalia and other illegal and/or harmful substances and devices. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20140198213 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FOG CONDITIONS - An imaging system and method is provided for detecting fog conditions surrounding a controlled vehicle. An imager having an image sensor is configured to image a scene external and forward of the controlled vehicle and to generate image data corresponding to the acquired images. A processor is configured to receive the image data and to receive additional information including at least one of an outside temperature, a windshield wiper speed, and a vehicle speed. The processor selects logic and/or parameters for detecting the presence of fog in response to the received additional information. The processor then analyzes the image data using the selected logic and/or parameters to detect the presence of fog and generates a signal responsive to the detection of fog. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20160255280 | Image Converting Device and Image Converting System | 09-01-2016 |
| 20140139672 | NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD AND NOTIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE - A notification control method executed by a computer, the notification control method includes: acquiring image data of a displayable image captured by an imaging device, and controlling a notification concerning detection of an object based on output of a sensor, depending on a determination of visibility for the displayable image based on the image data. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139673 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: obtain image data regarding an image captured by an image capture device that moves along with a moving body and of which image capture direction is a certain traveling direction of the moving body, and detect a feature caused by a reflection from features based on information regarding positions of the features in the image data at a time when the moving body has moved in a direction different from the image capture direction. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140015974 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE PARKING SPACE - The invention relates to a device for monitoring a parking space ( | 01-16-2014 |
| 20120033079 | CAMERA FOR A VEHICLE - A camera for a vehicle, in particular for monitoring the exterior environment. The camera having: an imager having a plurality of pixels, having different imager regions for different object distances, and an objective situated before the imager. Between the objective and the imager there is provided an additional optical unit that has in particular optical microelements, e.g., microlenses, the additional optical unit having different imaging properties for the imager regions of the imager, in particular for the compensation of different object distances and/or image distances. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033075 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE - A vehicle has a display device which widens the field of view (visible area) reflected by a side mirror or a back mirror mounted on the vehicle. To enable a driver driving the vehicle to confirm safety even when it is difficult for the driver to visually recognize some of objects surrounding the vehicle, a liquid crystal display device or an EL display device is provided in the side mirror (door mirror), the back mirror (room mirror) or in an interior portion of the vehicle. A camera is mounted on the vehicle and an image from the camera is displayed on the display device. Further, information read from a sensor (distance measuring sensor) having the function of measuring the distance to another vehicle, and a sensor (impact sensor) having the function of sensing an externally applied impact force larger than a predetermined value is displayed on the display device. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20130147955 | WARNING SYSTEM, VEHICULAR APPARATUS, AND SERVER - In-vehicle systems are in host vehicles. Each in-vehicle system transmits a vehicle information item indicating a present position, travel course, and size of the host vehicle to a server. Out of the host vehicles, detecting vehicles pass through a dangerous spot where a dangerous object is present. The in-vehicle system in each detecting vehicle transmits a dangerous object information item indicating an image and position of the dangerous spot, to the server. The server extracts warned vehicles expected to pass through the dangerous spot, from the present positions and travel courses of the host vehicles. The server determines a danger degree when passing through the dangerous spot, based on an image of the dangerous spot and a width of each warned vehicle, thereby preparing warning information and distributing it to the in-vehicle system of each warned vehicle. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20140198214 | OBSTACLE ALERT DEVICE - An obstacle alert device notifies a driver of the presence of an obstacle approaching a vehicle without making it difficult to see a state of the periphery of the vehicle. The apparatus includes: a captured image obtainment unit that obtains a captured image of a scene of the periphery of the vehicle; a target captured image generation unit that generates a target captured image based on the captured image; an object presence determination unit that determines whether or not an object is present in an outside region that is on an outer side of the target captured image; a movement direction determination unit that determines a movement direction of the object in the outside region; and a notification image output unit that, in the case where the movement direction determination unit has determined that the object in the outside region is moving toward the center of the target captured image, sequentially displays a plurality of indicators, that appear for a set amount of time and then disappear, in different locations of the target captured image, starting with the side having the outside region in which the object is present and moving toward the center of the target captured image, and repeats this display while displaying the plurality of indicators in positions where the indicators partially overlap with each other, with the indicator displayed later being displayed over the indicator displayed immediately previous thereto at the areas where the indicators overlap. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20130100289 | AUTOMOTIVE STORED VISION SYSTEM - A method for the driver of an automotive vehicle to avoid distraction from the task of driving, but yet to preserve and later recover legal evidence of events, objects, or conditions that may be encountered during the driving of the vehicle, by utilizing a perimeter optical viewing system in conjunction with a central digital recording system to record and subsequently retrieve images of those events, objects, or conditions. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130194426 | MULTI-CAMERA VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A multi-camera vision system for a vehicle includes first, second and third image capture devices disposed at respective vehicle portions. The first image capture device field of view overlaps with the third image capture device field of view defining a first overlap zone, and the second image capture device field of view overlaps with the third image capture device field of view defining a second overlap zone. Responsive to processing by an image processor of received image data, a synthesized image is generated without duplication of objects present in the first overlap zone and in the second overlap zone. The synthesized image approximates a view as would be seen by a virtual camera at a single location exterior of the vehicle, and is displayed by a single display screen of a reconfigurable display device that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle when normally operating the vehicle. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20160137141 | Apparatus and Method For Safeguarding Vehicles - A method for safeguarding a vehicle having a first image capturing device for capturing a first image, a second image capturing device for capturing a second image, and a position detector is disclosed. Based on the occurrence of alerting events along with positional information provided by the position detector, the disclosed method includes enabling the first image capturing device to capture the first image and the second image capturing device to capture the second image. The method further includes transmitting the captured first image, the captured second image, and the positional information to a pre-selected destination. The method also includes receiving a communication request asking for the first image, the second image, and the positional information and/or proactively initiating another communication request disregarding the occurrence of the alerting events. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20130016216 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLEAANM Nentwig; MirkoAACI IngolstadtAACO DEAAGP Nentwig; Mirko Ingolstadt DE - For testing an object recognition device for a motor vehicle at reasonable costs for different routes, image data for testing the object recognition device may be generated with a camera simulation device. Because the image data of a camera simulation device are artificially generated, it must be made certain that they have a realistic effect on the object recognition device. Reference image data are generated with a camera and simulation image data are generated with the camera simulation device for at least one route. The simulation image data and the reference image data are compared with each other based on at least two comparison measures. A value which is independent of the object recognition device to be tested can be determined for each of the comparison measures. It is then checked if the totality of the generated comparison values satisfies a predetermined validation criterion. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016219 | CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLEAANM Hahner; MartinAACI SindelfingenAACO DEAAGP Hahner; Martin Sindelfingen DEAANM Moczygemba; JuergenAACI ReutlingenAACO DEAAGP Moczygemba; Juergen Reutlingen DEAANM Scheurenbrand; RolandAACI GaeufeldenAACO DEAAGP Scheurenbrand; Roland Gaeufelden DEAANM Weikert; GuentherAACI AidlingenAACO DEAAGP Weikert; Guenther Aidlingen DE - A camera arrangement ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016217 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head having an electrochromic reflective minor element. A minor mount is configured for attaching the interior rearview mirror assembly at an attachment element at an interior surface of a vehicle windshield. The interior rearview minor assembly includes a portion that does not adjust when the driver of the vehicle pivotally adjusts the mirror head to set the rearward field of view of the reflective mirror element. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes circuitry, with at least a part of the circuitry accommodated within the mirror head. At least two electrical accessories of the interior rearview mirror assembly share at least one component of the circuitry. The portion includes a CMOS-based camera that, with the interior rearview minor assembly normally mounted in the vehicle, has a field of view through a windshield of the vehicle. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20150015707 | TELEPRESENCE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING HEAD MOVEMENT OF A USER - A telepresence system and method is disclosed for removing error introduced to video images displayed to a user. A remote pan and tilt system tracks the motion of the user's head, and moves a pan and tilt system to capture images of the remote environment. By sensing noise in the movement of the user and/or the motion of the vehicle, error caused by noise is reduced within the displayed video images. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015706 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A vehicle exterior image capturing device is provided with a detecting unit, such as a sensor microphone and a sensor camera, that detects a predetermined change n conditions of an occupant in a compartment of a vehicle, an exterior image capturing unit that continuously images the exterior of the vehicle compartment and generates a series of exterior images, and a storage unit that stores a part of the series of exterior images when the predetermined occupant's condition change is detected by the detecting unit. The vehicle exterior image capturing device may further include an interior image capturing unit that continuously images the interior of the vehicle compartment and generates a series of interior images. In the latter case, the storage unit also stores a part of the series of interior images. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20140232872 | VEHICLE CAMERA IMAGE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN POOR VISIBILITY CONDITIONS BY CONTRAST AMPLIFICATION - A vision system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle and having an exterior field of view, and an image processor. The imaging sensor captures image data and the image processor is operable to process successive frames of captured image data. Responsive to a determination of a low visibility driving condition, the image processor increases the contrast of the captured images to enhance discrimination of objects in the field of view of the imaging sensor. The image processor may execute a first brightness transfer function on frames of captured image data to enhance the contrast of captured image data, and may execute a second brightness transfer function over successive frames of earlier captured image data and may execute a tone mapping of the earlier captured image data and the currently captured image data to generate a contrast enhanced output image. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20160253566 | ROAD VERTICAL CONTOUR DETECTION USING A STABILIZED COORDINATE FRAME | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160137129 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MIRROR-LESS DRIVING - A display system for a vehicle includes a rear view camera constructed and arranged to obtain images external to the vehicle and associated with a rear of the vehicle. At least one side view camera is constructed and arranged to obtain images external to the vehicle and associated with a side of the vehicle. A display is constructed and arranged to display the images to a driver of the vehicle so that the driver can see what is occurring at the rear and the side of the vehicle without using mirrors. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160137128 | Wireless Reception Device, Vehicle Rear Sensor Including the Same and Method for Sensing Rear Image - A vehicle rear sensor includes an imaging device including an image acquisition unit, an encoder configured to encode image information captured by the image acquisition unit and a first transmitter configured to transmit the encoded signal, and a wireless reception device including a receiver configured to wirelessly receive a signal, a controller configured to determine whether the received signal is an event signal and a second transmitter configured to send the event signal and the received signal to a display device. The event signal has at least one byte for identifying a mode. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160137127 | ROAD SIGN INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD IN VEHICLE - In a sign information display system or method, if a road sign is recognized by a sign recognition device, a display control device determines whether or not it will cause a sign information display device to display first sign information, which is information concerning the road sign, on the basis of a driving state of a front vehicle driving in front of the vehicle. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20130201335 | METHOD FOR VISUALIZING THE VICINITY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for visualizing a vicinity of a motor vehicle, includes recording the vicinity of the motor vehicle with a camera, displaying the camera image on a display, and providing another detected road user in the camera image with a framing of a defined color, wherein the color is a function of a speed of the detected road user relative to the motor vehicle and is indicative of whether or not the speed of the detected road user is critical. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20150092057 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION - Disclosed are image recognition apparatuses and methods which detect subject objects by configuring effective candidate regions for the subject objects in a target image. The apparatus includes an image inputting part receiving at least one image; an effective candidate region configuring part configured to receive a user input including information on reference positions of effective candidate regions and an upper limit and a lower limit of the effective candidate regions, and to configure the effective candidate regions based on the user input; and an effective region determining part configured to select an effective region meeting a preconfigured threshold among the effective candidate regions configured based on the user input. Therefore, since a complex conventional camera calibration procedure is not necessary, time and cost can be saved. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20120113259 | Track-side fault detection system and method and apparatus for implementing the same - A track-side fault detection system, includes a central station and at least one field station at the track side, with the field station including a control apparatus and at least two cameras. The cameras shoot a train when said train passes by and send the shot image data to the control apparatus. The control apparatus performs image processing of the image data of the cameras using a built-in GPU and sends the processed image data to the central station via a network. The central station detects a fault of the train according to the image data from the control apparatus of the field station. With the TFDS, the image data processing capability and efficiency can be significantly improved and the installation costs at the field stations can be significantly reduced. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20130120572 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM USING PROJECTOR AND METHOD THEREOF - A parking assistance system using a projector and a method thereof are provided. The parking assistance system includes a projector, a capture module, and a control unit. The projector projects an image to outside a vehicle. The capture module captures a projection region of the projector. The control unit controls the projector to illuminate the projection region, and controls a screen output of an image captured by the capture module. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120578 | DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE - A drive assist device includes: a overhead image generating unit that generates a vehicle periphery overhead image; a forward trajectory setting unit that sets a forward trajectory serving as an expected trajectory in the travel direction of the vehicle occurring when the turning based on a calculated steering angle; a reverse trajectory setting unit that sets a reverse trajectory serving as an expected trajectory in the travel direction of the vehicle or in the opposite direction as the travel direction of the vehicle occurring when turning based on a steering angle in the opposite direction as the calculated steering angle; and a image synthesizing unit that generates a drive assist overhead image for display in a monitor by synthesizing the forward trajectory and the reverse trajectory with the vehicle periphery overhead image. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120579 | LOAD DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DUMP TRUCK - A periphery monitoring device ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20140015972 | STAND ALONE BLIND SPOT DETECTION SYSTEM - A blind spot detection system for a vehicle having an external rearview device including a substrate having an at least partially transmissive portion. An imaging device positioned behind the at least partially transmissive portion and including a field of view that extends through the substrate at an angle away from the vehicle in the general direction of a vehicle blind spot. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20130229521 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNISING PULSING LIGHT SOURCES - The invention relates to a method and a device for recognising a pulsing light source, in which a sequence of individual images is acquired with a light sensitive sensor. In an evaluation unit, all or at least some of the picture points of each individual image are examined with regard to at least one predefined feature. A gray value of any picture point depends on two or more charge levels of at least one of the photodetectors of the sensor corresponding to the picture point at the ends of at least two integration intervals for the picture point. The at least two integration intervals for said picture point have different lengths. The examination comprises an examination of the picture points as to whether the picture points have gray values in a defined vicinity of one of at least one predefined gray value. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130107048 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE EQUALIZATION FOR SURROUND-VIEW VIDEO CAMERA SYSTEMS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130155236 | CAMERA-MIRROR SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A CAMERA-MIRROR system for a motor vehicle which comprises a side view mirror frame coupled to the motor vehicle. A mirror is carried in the side view mirror frame. A camera is mounted in the side view mirror frame adjacent to the mirror. A screen monitor is positioned inside the motor vehicle, the screen monitor being operationally coupled to the camera. The screen monitor will display a rear image captured by the camera to a driver of the motor vehicle. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20150085122 | VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vision system for providing exterior rear view for a vehicle driver, includes: an image capturing device supported by a hingeable support frame for hinging the image capturing device around a central axis of the vision system for adjusting the view of the vision system. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20140015975 | EXTERIOR MIRROR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An exterior mirror system for a vehicle includes driver-side and passenger-side exterior rearview mirror assemblies including respective driver-side and passenger-side light modules and driver-side and passenger-side cameras. The light modules provide a driver-side indicator and a passenger-side indicator. The driver-side light module and the passenger-side light modules are disposed at respective mirror housing portions and move therewith when the exterior mirror housing portion moves relative to the mounting portion between its normal operating position and its folded position. The driver-side camera and the passenger-side camera are part of a multi-camera vision system of the vehicle, and the multi-camera vision system has a display device that is operable to display images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The displayed images displayed by the display device may include an image portion derived from image data captured by at least one of the driver-side camera and the passenger-side camera. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015976 | VEHICULAR ACCESSORY SYSTEM - A vehicular accessory system includes an attachment element attached at an interior surface of a windshield of a vehicle and an accessory assembly having a housing that accommodates an accessory element. The accessory assembly includes structure used in attaching the accessory assembly to the attachment element. The accessory assembly includes circuitry disposed in the housing, and at least two electrical accessories of the accessory assembly share at least one component of the circuitry. One of the at least two electrical accessories includes a video camera and another of the at least two electrical accessories is selected from the group consisting of (i) a headlamp controller, (ii) a remote keyless entry receiver, (iii) a cellular phone and (iv) a vehicle status indicator. The video camera, when the accessory assembly is normally mounted in the vehicle, may have a field of view through the windshield of the vehicle. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20150296117 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING EXAMINATION OF A VEHICLE - Systems and methods are presented herein for facilitating traffic ticketing from inside of a law enforcement vehicle. An apparatus with an extendible elongate member is used in one embodiment. A distal end of the elongate member may include a communications unit capable of video, audio, lighting, and assisting with remote smell detection. The communications unit may also receive physical driver credentials in one embodiment. In another embodiment, the communications unit may dispense a traffic ticket. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150296108 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA DEVICE - A vehicle-mounted camera device that is mounted on a vehicle and captures a surrounding image from which lights are collected by a lens, in which the lens is set so as to have the surface having a contact angle less than or equal to 100°, preferably less than or equal to 60° so that water attached on the surface is made into a form of a film. For this reason, the surface of the lens has high hydrophilicity, and if water droplets are attached when it is raining, the water droplets extend over the surface of the lens to form a water film. Thus, if mud or other attached matter is attached on the surface of the lens, it is possible to remove the attached matter without delay, and it is possible to always keep the surface of the lens in a clean state. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150015711 | METHOD AND CAMERA ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING RAINDROPS ON A WINDSCREEN OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for detecting raindrops ( | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015712 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD - Herein provided are an object detection section | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015714 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD - A travel control device includes ultrasonic obstacle detection sensors detecting an obstacle entering a rear side of a vehicle and a distance to the obstacle, and an image obstacle detection unit detecting the obstacle entering the rear side of the vehicle by using an image of the rear side. If a distance to the obstacle detected by the sensors is equal to or less than an activation threshold for warning, the travel control device issues a warning, and sets the activation threshold larger as the vehicle speed of the vehicle becomes higher. If the vehicle is detected preparing to move rearward and the image obstacle detection unit detects the obstacle, the travel control device sets the activation threshold to a constant value regardless of the vehicle speed. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015715 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING AN ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a device for monitoring an environment of a vehicle, wherein the environment is captured by means of a plurality of image capturing units, the capture ranges ( | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015713 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH LIGHT BAFFLING SYSTEM - A vehicle vision system includes a bracket, a stray light shield and a camera module. The bracket is configured to attach at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield. The light shield includes a base portion and side walls that extend upward from the base portion so as to establish a pocket. The camera module includes a camera having an image sensor array and a lens, and the camera module is configured to mount at the bracket. The stray light shield, when the camera module is mounted at the bracket attached at the windshield, shields the image sensor array from light emanating from within the cabin of the vehicle. At least the base portion of the stray light shield comprises light traps structurally established thereat and configured to reduce incidence of extraneous light at the image sensor array. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015708 | TELEPRESENCE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING OUT OF RANGE MOTION - A telepresence system and method is disclosed for aligning a remote pan and tilt system with the position of a user's head and for displaying to the user a first portion of the field of capture of the remote pan and tilt system. The pan and tilt system moves to track the movement of the user's head. When the pan and tilt system is in a misaligned position with the position of the user's head the image displayed to the user is a second portion of the field of capture of the remote pan and tilt system. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150015709 | MONITORING A PARKING PERMIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - With a method according to the invention for monitoring a parking permit of a motor vehicle, it is determined whether the motor vehicle is in a parking situation in which a parking authorization pass is necessary for a parking permit, and on the occurrence of such a parking situation the presence of a parking authorization pass is checked for and a first information signal is output to a driver of the motor vehicle in the absence of the parking authorization pass. The invention also relates to a device for monitoring a parking permit of a motor vehicle. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20160140401 | ROAD SURFACE INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A road surface information acquisition apparatus a lane line recognizer configured to, based on a road surface image of a carpool lane forward of a vehicle acquired by a camera, recognize lane lines of the carpool lane. The apparatus further includes a determiner configured to, based on a lane partition line recognized by the lane line recognizer, determine a start point and an end point of the entrance and exit, and a lane-width calculator configured to, based on the lane lines recognized by the lane line recognizer, calculate a lane width of the carpool lane. The apparatus further includes a lane-width corrector configured to, based on determinations made by the determiner, correct the lane width calculated by the lane-width calculator. Based on a broken line as the lane partition line, the determiner determines the start point and the end point of the entrance and exit of the carpool lane. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20150035986 | CAMERA FOR MOUNTING ON A VEHICLE - A camera for mounting on a vehicle includes a front housing member, a rear housing member, a lens member mounted to the front housing member and an imaging element positioned to receive images from the lens member. A circuit board is mounted to the front housing member and is configured to send to another component signals relating to images received by the imaging element. The circuit board has at least one front electrical connector thereon. The rear housing member has at least one rear electrical connector extending therefrom, with the rear electrical connector electrically connected to the front electrical connector. The rear housing member has a rear alignment structure that aligns the rear electrical connector with respect to the front electrical connector. The rear housing member and the front housing member are unaligned and the rear housing member mates with the front housing member. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035985 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING AN IMAGE CORRECTION FUNCTION, CAMERA SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a camera system of a motor vehicle, in which images of an environmental region of the motor vehicle are captured by means of an image sensor of the camera system via an optic device and an image correction function is activated by means of a control unit of the camera system, in which a light fall-off in a boundary region of the images caused by the optic device is compensated for, wherein a current brightness level of the environmental region is captured by means of the control unit and the activation and deactivation of the image correction function are effected depending on the current brightness level. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150035981 | SIGN INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS - A sign information output apparatus includes an output instructor for instructing an information output section to stop output of sign information if a traveled distance measured in response to the detection of a sign exceeds a threshold value, and a threshold value changer for changing a threshold value depending on at least one of interval information with respect to an interval at which signs of one type are placed, speed limit information with respect to a speed limit of the road, and a speed of the vehicle. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150022664 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH POSITIONABLE VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT - A vehicle vision system includes a plurality of cameras disposed at a vehicle and having respective exterior fields of view and a display screen for displaying images derived from captured image data in a surround view format where captured image data is merged to provide a single composite display image from a virtual viewing position. A gesture sensing device is operable to sense a gesture made by the driver of the vehicle. A control provides a selected displayed image for viewing by the driver to assist the driver during a particular driving maneuver. The control is responsive to sensing by the gesture sensing device, whereby the driver can adjust the displayed image by at least one of (a) touch and (b) gesture to adjust at least one of (i) a virtual viewing location, (ii) a virtual viewing angle, (iii) a degree of zoom and (iv) a degree of panning. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150291095 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD IN COMBINATION WITH DRIVING BEHAVIOR - A lane departure warning system and method in combination with a driving behavior are provided. The system is disposed on a vehicle, and includes: at least one first information nation capture unit, for capturing environment information around the vehicle; at least one second information capture unit, disposed in the vehicle, for capturing in-vehicle image information; a processing unit, electrically connected to the first information capture unit and the second information capture unit, where the processing unit uses an environment determining unit to determine an environment condition of the vehicle according to the environment information, so that the processing unit performs an operation process according to the environment information of the first information capture unit and the in-vehicle image information of the second information capture unit, so as to generate an alarm signal; and a warning unit, for receiving the alarm signal to generate a warning action. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20130120577 | VIDEOMETRIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OFFSHORE AND OIL-WELL DRILLING - A crane control system for determining a suitable real-time operating regime for a crane arranged to lift cargo from a marine vessel, the system includes an imaging means associated with the crane, a processing means, and a memory means. The imaging means is arranged to capture images of the vessel when it is located generally below the crane and within the operational range of the crane. The processing means is operable to calculate from the captured images movement parameters characterising the movement of the vessel relative to the crane. The memory contains performance data representative of the performance characteristics of the crane and cargo data representative of the weight of individual items of said cargo. The processing means is further configured to compare the calculated movement parameters to the performance data and the cargo data and to determine from said comparison a safe operating regime for the crane. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120574 | STATE MONITOR APPARATUS - In a state monitor process, it is determined whether a stop state, which requires a stop of a function of a state monitor apparatus, takes place based on detection signals from sensors, namely, it is determined whether an installed position of the state monitor apparatus is displaced from a fixing position or prespecified position. When the installed position of the state monitor apparatus is not displaced from the fixing position, it is determined that the stop state does not take place, permitting a light emitter to irradiate a defined irradiated area with near-infrared lights to capture an image of a driver. When the installed position of the state monitor apparatus is displaced from the fixing position, it is determined that the stop state takes place, executing a restriction process including a reduction process to reduce an emission of the near-infrared lights and a warning output process. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20140139677 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PARKING A VEHICLE - A method for assisting a reverse parking maneuver of a motor vehicle equipped with a rear-view camera system into a longitudinal parking space, wherein the image of the surroundings to the rear of the motor vehicle is displayed on a display of the motor vehicle. For the determination of the parking position on both sides of the vehicle, two 3D symbols, in particular 3D cuboids, are respectively blended into the image of the rear-view camera system, wherein the distance between two 3D symbols corresponds to one side of a minimum parking space for the motor vehicle. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20130107050 | OBSTACLE ALARM DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130100286 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING VEHICLE LOCATION - A system and method for detecting a traffic signal violation. In one embodiment a system includes a video image capture device, an image rectifier, and a vehicle position predictor. The image rectifier is configured to provide a rectified image by applying a rectification function an image captured by the video image capture device. The vehicle position predictor is configured to provide a prediction, based on the rectified image, of whether a vehicle approaching an intersection will enter the intersection. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130235205 | METHOD FOR MONITORING WOOD HARVESTING, AND A SYSTEM - A method and a system for monitoring wood harvesting. According to the method, image data, measuring device data and location data are generated on wood harvesting at a forest working site. The produced data is conveyed from a forest machine ( | 09-12-2013 |
| 20150360625 | DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF A VEHICLE - A device and a method for determining a position of one or more structural elements of a vehicle the position of which can be changed and a change in the position of which alters external dimensions of the vehicle. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20130113936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A PARKING LOT BASED ON INTELLIGENT IMAGING - To manage a plurality of parking spaces, one or more images are acquired, with each parking space appearing in at least one image. Periodically acquired images of occupancy and identity are used in directing a customer to a parked vehicle. Periodically acquired images of just occupancy are used in controlling respective environment aspects, such as illumination and ventilation, of the parking spaces. For these purposed, the images are classified automatically as “vacant” or “occupied”, and are displayed along with their classifications so that the classifications can be corrected manually. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20100066833 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus - A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes: a plurality of imaging units which capture an external region of a present-vehicle and output images; a display unit which is installed in an interior of the present-vehicle; an image combined unit which combines the images output from the imaging units and outputs a combined image; and a display control unit which displays the combined image output from the image combined unit on the display unit, wherein at least one of the imaging units is installed at a retractable side mirror of the present-vehicle, and the image combined unit extracts extracted images of an extraction range determined for respective images output from the imaging units, combines the extracted images to generate the combined image, and changes the extraction range and a boundary position between the extracted images constituting the combined image depending on extension and retraction of the side mirror. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20150077563 | Display system for a vehicle - The invention relates to a display system ( | 03-19-2015 |
| 20130169810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FRAUD DETECTION - A system and method of preventing fraud in a retail establishment having a drive through window using a point-of-sale (POS) system, a vehicle sensor and customizable algorithms. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20140320654 | DEVICE WITH A CAMERA UNIT - The invention relates to a device with a camera unit, serving to take pictures of the outside of a motor vehicle, and a lid element movable via a drive between a closed position, in which the lid element covers an opening of the device and an open position, in which the lid element exposes the opening, wherein in the closed position of the lid element the camera unit is inaccessible from the outside behind the lid element and in the open position of the lid element pictures can be taken. According to the invention provision is made for the lid element to be an actuating element for the camera unit in order to move the camera unit between an idle position and an operating position. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140320652 | MID-INFRARED VEHICLE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM - A method of warning a driver of a vehicle of an obstacle that is more than one kilometer from the vehicle includes emitting MIR laser energy from the vehicle. The laser energy has a wavelength approximately between 3500 nanometers and 5000 nanometers. A phase conjugate lens is used to orthogonally direct a portion of the laser energy that is reflected by the obstacle to an image-capturing device or sensor within the vehicle. An image of the obstacle is displayed to the driver. The image is based on the laser energy directed to the image-capturing device. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20110169954 | MANEUVERING ASSISTING APPARATUS - A laser irradiator L_N (N: 1 to 4) is arranged in an automobile and radiates a laser beam obliquely downward. A camera C_N arranged on the automobile has a viewing field VW_N corresponding to a radiating direction of the laser irradiator L_N. A CPU determines whether or not a change amount of a reflection position of the laser beam radiated by the laser irradiator L_N exceeds a reference, based on output of the camera C_N. The radiating direction of the laser irradiator L_N is changed by the CPU when a determined result is updated from a negative result to a positive result. A manner of changing in the reflection position of the laser beam radiated by the laser irradiator L_N is detected by the CPU based on the output of the camera C_N parallel to a changing process for the radiating direction. The CPU outputs a different notification corresponding to the detected result toward a driver of the automobile. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20140176717 | DEVICES TO EQUIP VEHICLES WITH CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION BACKUP SYSTEM - A mechanism to secure a closed circuit camera to a vehicle includes a securing mechanism and a locking system, wherein locking the locking system provides power to the camera, allowing it to communicate with a monitor within the vehicle to allow a driver to see the camera's transmissions. The communication includes a synchronization protocol, such as Bluetooth® SSP, that ensures the camera and monitor are communicating exclusively with one another, avoiding cross-talk or other interference from nearby systems. The securing mechanism can take the form of various clamping devices, magnets, suction devices or other appropriate means to secure the assembly to the vehicle. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140347490 | VEHICLE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a semiconductor device in which a layer to be peeled is attached to a base having a curved surface, and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a display having a curved surface, and more specifically a light-emitting device having a light emitting element attached to a base with a curved surface. A layer to be peeled, which contains a light emitting element furnished to a substrate using a laminate of a first material layer which is a metallic layer or nitride layer, and a second material layer which is an oxide layer, is transferred onto a film, and then the film and the layer to be peeled are curved, to thereby produce a display having a curved surface. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347488 | VIDEO DISPLAY MIRROR AND VIDEO DISPLAY MIRROR SYSTEM - A video display mirror is provided with a half mirror, a monitor, and an interlocking mechanism. The half mirror is used so that a vehicle passenger can look toward the rear of the vehicle. The monitor is disposed near the half mirror toward the front of the vehicle. The interlocking mechanism moves in relation to a video image being displayed on the monitor and changes the angle of a reflection surface of the half mirror from the position of the half mirror when the rear of the vehicle is viewed. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347487 | METHOD AND CAMERA ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING RAINDROPS ON A WINDSCREEN OF A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method and a camera assembly for detecting raindrops ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140347484 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION OF VEHICLE - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing the surrounding environment information of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a first information extraction unit for collecting sensing information about a surrounding environment of a vehicle and extracting lane information and object information based on the sensing information. A second information extraction unit acquires an image of the surrounding environment of the vehicle, and extracts lane information and object information based on the image. An information integration unit matches and compares the lane information and the object information extracted by the first information extraction unit with the lane information and the object information extracted by the second information extraction unit, determining ultimate lane information and ultimate object information based on results of comparison, and providing the ultimate lane information and the ultimate object information to a control unit of the vehicle. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20110187861 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED SURVEILLANCE DEVICE - A vehicle-mounted surveillance device which includes at least one camera and a device body equipped with a clock, wherein an image taken by the camera is electrically converted into image data, time data is generated based on a time obtained by the clock, and the time data is embedded in the image data so that record data is generated and sequentially recorded on an external recording medium, the device further including a time correction unit which is located on the device body and includes a time signal receiving circuit which receives a radio wave embedded with time information, the time correction unit automatically correcting the time of the clock based on the periodically received time information. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20140139671 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE CAMERA CALIBRATION - A method and apparatus for providing a vehicle camera calibration includes choosing overlap images from among the image information captured by a camera mounted on a vehicle, and filtering images having the same vehicle attitude from among the chosen overlap images on a basis of a map coordinate system and status information of the vehicle, picking out objects in the filtered images, separating stationary objects from the picked out objects, and predicting an angular misalignment with respect to the separated stationary objects. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139670 | AUGMENTING ADAS FEATURES OF A VEHICLE WITH IMAGE PROCESSING SUPPORT IN ON-BOARD VEHICLE PLATFORM - Systems and methods directed to augmenting advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) features of a vehicle with image processing support in on-board vehicle platform are described herein. Images may be received from one or more image sensors associated with an ADAS of a vehicle. The received images may be processed. An action is determined based upon, at least in part, the processed images. A message is transmitted to an ADAS controller responsive to the determination. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20130070095 | FAST OBSTACLE DETECTION - Systems and methods for detecting obstacles using a single camera positioned on an apparatus in motion over an area of motion, or stationary over a moving area of motion. In an example method, a video stream of images is captured of the area of motion. The images in the video stream may be corrected for lens distortion prior to further processing. An Nth image frame is selected from a sequence of N images in the video stream. A set of N−1 difference images is calculated by subtracting each of the N−1 previous images from the Nth image. The N−1 difference images are added to one another to generate a combined difference image. A perspective transformation is performed on the combined difference image to generate a transformed image. The transformed image is analyzed to detect edges of obstacles in the transformed image. A signal indicating detection of an obstacle in the area of motion may then be generated. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070096 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND OBJECT DETECTION PROGRAM - An object detection device ( | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070098 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus is provided with an imaging device and a device that transforms captured image to digital image. A first edge extraction mask is applied to detect multiple horizontal edges. The apparatus further includes a detector that detects upper end of the head of the object by detecting a horizontal edge having a highest edge intensity out of the multiple horizontal edges. A second edge extraction mask is used to detect the lower end of the head of the physical object by detecting multiple vertical edges and matching the positional variation of the multiple vertical edges with predetermined patterns. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130070097 | Video with Map Overlay on Pedestrian Carried Device - A system and method for placing reference locators on a streaming video image taken from a camera mounted on a vehicle. Sensors monitoring the camera field of view and direction of the optical axis along with sensors monitoring the vehicle's position are used to generate a video overlay having various indicia. The calculated positions of the indicia may be compared to the position of landmarks taken from the video image to compensate for any inaccuracies in the calculated position taken from the various sensors. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20120140080 | VEHICULAR VIDEO MIRROR SYSTEM - A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having an electrochromic reflective element and a video display screen disposed to the rear of the reflective element. The video display screen, when actuated, emits light that passes through a transflective mirror reflector of the reflective element to be visible to a driver of the vehicle viewing the reflective element. The video display screen includes a thin film transistor liquid crystal display element that is back lit by a plurality of white light emitting light emitting diodes. A camera having a field of view rearward of the vehicle is mounted at the rear of the vehicle and, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a video output of the camera is displayed by the video display screen as video images so as to assist the driver in reversing the equipped vehicle. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140076 | FORWARD COLLISION WARNING TRAP AND PEDESTRIAN ADVANCED WARNING SYSTEM - A method for providing a forward collision warning using a camera mountable in a motor vehicle. The method acquires multiple image frames at known time intervals. A patch may be selected in at least one of the image frames. Optical flow may be tracked between the image frames of multiple image points of the patch. Based on the fit of the image points to a model, a time-to collision (TTC) may be determined if a collision is expected. The image points may be fit to a road surface model and a portion of the image points is modeled to be imaged from a road surface. A collision is not expected based on the fir of the image points to the road surface model. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140074 | ELECTRONIC MIRROR - An electronic mirror includes a first display section, a second display sections and a half mirror disposed between the display sections. The first display section displays a surrounding image captured by an imaging device in a display region. The second display section displays a frame image that has a shape taken along an outer periphery of the display region. A distance between the first display section and a point of the half mirror is greater than a distance between the second display section and the point the half mirror so that the frame image is offset relative to the outer periphery of the surrounding image when viewed in the half mirror. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140073 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus includes an image-capturing part that is installed on a vehicle and captures an image of a periphery of the vehicle, an image generator that generates a bird's-eye image including the vehicle and the periphery of the vehicle viewed from a virtual viewpoint based on the image captured by the image-capturing part, and a transmitter that transmits the bird's-eye image to a terminal. The image generator changes the virtual viewpoint based on a change request from the terminal and generates the bird's-eye image viewed from the virtual viewpoint after changing the virtual viewpoint. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140072 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - A parameter memory of an object detection apparatus retains a plurality of parameters used for a detection process for each of a plurality of detection conditions. A parameter selector selects a parameter from amongst the parameters retained in the parameter memory, according to an existing detection condition. Then an object detector performs the detection process of detecting an object approaching a vehicle, based on a captured image captured by a camera out of a plurality of cameras disposed at different locations of the vehicle, by using the parameter selected by the parameter selector. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120013742 | VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A FIELD OF VIEW DEPENDENT UPON DETECTING AN OBJECT - A vision system in a vehicle and a method for operating the system. The system displays a field of view that is a portion of an image of an area proximate to the vehicle. The system includes an object detection means that provides an indication of an object being present in the area proximate to the vehicle. The field of view is selected at least in part based on the detection of the object, such as directing the field of view toward the object so the vehicle driver can more easily discern the presence of the object in a display. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013741 | APPARATUS FOR USE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A VEHICLE - An apparatus for use in association with a vehicle having a windshield ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20140247355 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM CAMERA WITH INTEGRATED PHYSICAL LAYER COMPONENTS - A vision system for a vehicle includes an imager for a vehicular camera and a data receiving device operable to receive image data captured by the imager. A data transfer system communicates captured image data from the imager to the data receiving device. The data transfer system includes a single differential data line. The single differential data line may use a bi-directional high speed serial differential signaling protocol and a mixed signal PHY interface at each of a plurality of nodes of the single differential data line. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140247353 | Viewing System For Monitoring The Area Surrounding A Vehicle - A viewing system for displaying to a driver inside a vehicle cabin an outside field surrounding the vehicle includes a deflection device, a recording device, a carrier arm and a reproduction device. The carrier arm is attached to an outer wall of the vehicle. The recording device is disposed in a first part of the carrier arm, and the deflection device is disposed in the second part of the carrier arm. The recording device is separated by a distance from the deflection device. The deflection device is disposed farther from the outer wall of the vehicle than is the recording device. The reproduction device is disposed inside the vehicle, and the deflection device is disposed outside the vehicle. The deflection device reflects an image of the outside field surrounding the vehicle onto the recording device, the recording device records the image, and the reproduction device displays the image. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20110193960 | VEHICULAR LAMP WITH A BUILT-IN CAMERA - A vehicular lamp includes a light source that illuminates a vehicle periphery; a camera that images the vehicle periphery; and a shield structure configured to protect an image from the camera from light of the light source. The shield structure may include a shield ring configured to shield a light receiving portion of the camera from light of the light source; a light guide member that guides the light of the light source in a direction away from the light receiving portion of the camera; a control circuit that operates the camera only at a timing when the light source, flashing in a short cycle, is off; and an image processing circuit that removes a colored light component of the light source from image data of the camera. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120154587 | CAMERA ARRANGEMENT AND DOOR HANDLE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A camera arrangement for a motor vehicle for surveillance of at least a part of surrounding located laterally next to the motor vehicle with respect to driving direction is described. The camera arrangement comprises at least one camera capturing real time images of an area under surveillance. The at least one camera is arranged or integrated in at least one door handle of at least one door of the motor vehicle. Also a door handle of a motor vehicle is described. Within the door handle a camera for surveillance of at least a part of surrounding located laterally next to the motor vehicle with respect to driving direction is arranged or integrated. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130229517 | VEHICLE SPEED MEASUREMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM UTILIZING A SINGLE IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT - A vehicle speed measurement method and system for identifying a violating vehicle utilizing single image capturing unit. A vehicle image can be captured by the image capturing unit in order to estimate speed of the vehicle utilizing an ALPR unit. The license plate characters can be located and extracted from the captured image. A distance of the license plate from the image capturing unit can be calculated utilizing a physical character height from a reference point of the image capturing unit and a pixel character height generated by the ALPR unit. A position of the license plate in the field of view of the image capturing unit along with the distance information can be be utilized to determine a height of the license plate from a road surface. The height of the license plate can be employed to accurately estimate the vehicle speed. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20120140079 | Entry Control Point Device, System and Method - The present invention provides an entry control device, system and method which can recognize a vehicle by its undercarriage image only. The present invention compares a new vehicle undercarriage image with those stored in a reference database to facilitate the automatic search of a vehicle's undercarriage. The present invention can compare the new undercarriage image to the same or similar undercarriage image previously entered in the reference database, highlighting any anomalies such as, for example, foreign objects, explosives, drugs, paraphernalia and other illegal and/or harmful substances and devices. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140078 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging array sensor and a control. The imaging array sensor is disposed at least partially within an exterior rearview mirror assembly that is attached at a side of a vehicle. The field of view of the imaging array sensor encompasses at least one of a rearward field of view, a sideward field of view and a forward field of view. The control may utilize edge detection in processing captured image data. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data by the control, the control determines an object of interest present in the field of view of the imaging array sensor. A portion of the equipped vehicle is present in the field of view of the imaging array sensor and the control may be operable to determine that the portion of the equipped vehicle is not an object of interest. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120140075 | Traffic Signals and Related Methods - Traffic signals include displays and controllers for displaying information relating to the general condition of the traffic signal. The information can include a time remaining in seconds until the next change in the general condition. Traffic signal systems are adaptable to facilitate passage of emergency vehicles through intersections, including traffic signal systems with flat panel screens. The displays can be flat panel screens displaying information in multiple information formats. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130229520 | VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS MONITORING APPARATUS - In an image captured by an infrared camera mounted in a vehicle, a featured image portion group including first and second high luminance image portions lined up side by side vertically or horizontally and a third high luminance image portion located below the first and second high luminance image portions is defined. The featured image portion group has a feature indicating that a similarity of one of a luminance distribution and a shape between the first high luminance image portion and the second high luminance image portion is higher than between the third high luminance image portion and at least one of the first and second high luminance image portions. If the featured image portion group is found in the captured image, it is determined that at least the third high luminance image portion is the image of a component of a traffic signal structure. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229523 | VEHICLE IMAGING SYSTEM - A vision system for a vehicle includes an image sensor and image processor. The image sensor is disposed at the vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle for capturing image data of a scene forward of the vehicle. The field of view encompasses at least a portion of a road surface ahead of and in the direction of travel of the vehicle. The image processor processes captured image data. Responsive to image processing of captured image data by the image processor, the vehicle vision system determines the presence of an animal on the road surface within the field of view. At least in part responsive to determination of the animal on the road surface within the field of view, the vehicle vision system at least one of (a) generates an alert and (b) controls the vehicle. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130033604 | CAMERA UNIT MOUNTING METHOD AND CAMERA UNIT - A camera mounting method and a camera for capturing images around a vehicle to assist the driver in safe driving. An imaging lens is mounted to a side mirror so that the angle (Ψ) that the optical axis of the imaging lens makes with a direction perpendicular to the ground directly below the camera satisfies the following equation | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033600 | Image Processing Device - An image processing device which performs a tracking control with respect to a moving object which is travelling forward, based on the controlled variable of the own vehicle includes, an image processing unit which specifies an area of a moving object from an input image, sets the specified area of the moving object as a reference image area after starting tracking control, and sets an area of the moving object after a predetermined time as a comparison image area; a comparison unit which compares the set reference image area and the comparison image area with each other, and calculates travelling information relating to the moving object; and a controlled variable calculation unit which calculates a controlled variable of the own vehicle from travelling information which is calculated in the comparison unit. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20150294169 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH DRIVER MONITORING - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera and a control. The camera is disposed in the vehicle and has a field of view encompassing a portion of a windshield of the vehicle. The control includes an image processor operable to process image data captured by the camera. The control, responsive to processing of captured image data by the image processor, is operable to determine a driver's head and eyes and gaze direction via reflection at the windshield of the vehicle. The vision system may include an illumination source that emits illumination towards the windshield to enhance determination of the driver's head and eyes and gaze direction. The control, responsive to processing of captured image data by the image processor, may be operable to determine precipitation at the windshield. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150085117 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A driving assistance apparatus is provided. The driving assistance apparatus comprises a video capturing apparatus and a display apparatus. The video capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing device and a case. The case is adapted to be disposed in front of a side rear-view mirror of a vehicle and on the body shell of the vehicle. In this way, the lens of the image capturing device is towards the backwards direction of the vehicle. The display apparatus comprises a base and a display device. The base of the display apparatus is disposed inside the vehicle and within a predetermined space defined by the side rear-view mirror. When the driving assistance apparatus is on, the image capturing device continuously captures a plurality of image frames and the display device displays each of the image frames based on the selection display-region. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085124 | DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING THE ALERTNESS OF A DRIVER - A system and method for estimating the alertness of the driver in a moving vehicle is disclosed. A display instrument is switched over in order to display a message relating to the movement of the vehicle. An eye movement of the driver in reaction to the switch-over is detected. The driver's alertness is assessed on the basis of the detected eye movement. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20140204210 | Retrofitting Kit For Parking Guidance - A method for ascertaining a relative position between a vehicle and an object located laterally to the vehicle, and a retrofitting kit having components to carry out this method. The object is initially detected in that the vehicle passes the object at least once. Subsequently, the vehicle movement is detected by a camera system which is situated in the vehicle and which generates video images at different recording points in time. Then, the detected vehicle movement is linked to the installation position of the camera system in the vehicle, the position of the at least one object detection sensor and a reference point. Next, the relative position change of the vehicle relative to the previously detected object is determined. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20130038736 | OPTICAL UNIT, VEHICLE MONITOR, AND OBSTRUCTION DETECTOR - Disclosed is an optical unit wherein a rotating reflector rotates about a rotation axis in one direction, while reflecting light emitted from a light source. The rotating reflector is provided with a reflecting surface such that the light reflected by the rotating reflector, while rotating, forms a desired light distribution pattern, said light having been emitted from the light source. The light source is composed of light emitting elements. The rotation axis is provided within a plane that includes an optical axis and the light source. The rotating reflector is provided with, on the periphery of the rotation axis, a blade that functions as the reflecting surface. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038734 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a driving support apparatus includes a display device, a camera mounted on a vehicle, a vanishing line drawing processing unit that receives image information from the camera and generates a vanishing line by forming a set of vanishing points existing on a plane including the optical axis of the camera, the optical axis of the camera and the running direction of the vehicle being in parallel with each other, a vanishing point being defined as a virtual intersection point located at infinity of the optical axis of the camera and the running direction of the vehicle, and an image processing unit that converts the image information of the camera and the vanishing line into video signals, superimposes one of the video signals on the other and outputs the video signals to the display device. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038731 | MOVEABLE BACKUP CAMERA - A camera that is movable is provided for a vehicle. It can be placed at the rear of a vehicle or at the rear of a towed trailer to capture images that might not be within the driver's field of view. Captured images are modulated onto a radio frequency signal, which is broadcast and picked up by a mating radio frequency receiver, typically located inside the towing vehicle. Captured-picture information on the radio frequency signal is recovered and used to generate an image on a display device that can be seen by the driver. An attaching device is provided to the camera to allow the camera to be attached to the vehicle or a trailer and its location changed as needed. The camera thus provides a method and apparatus for wirelessly conveying to the driver, images in an otherwise obstructed field of view. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20150294465 | VEHICLE POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A system for calculating the sensitivity of a camera in a vehicle control system includes an internal parameter system, a controller, and a storage device. The internal parameter system is configured to determine an image coordinate of a first pixel in an image. The controller is configured to determine a point on the ground corresponding to the first pixel in the image based on external parameters. The controller is further configured to move the vehicle in a virtual world a predetermined distance, identify a second pixel in the image to which the point of the ground corresponds after the vehicle is moved in the virtual world, and calculate the sensitivity of the camera based on the distance between the position of the first pixel and the position of the second pixel. The storage device is configured to store the sensitivity of the camera. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20130128049 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a first imager disposed at a left side of the vehicle, a second imager disposed at a rear of the vehicle and a third imager disposed at a right side of the vehicle. The first, second and third imagers have respective fields of view and the first imager is spatially separated from the second imager and the third imager is spatially separated from the second imager. A display system has a single display screen that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle. The display screen is operable to display an image derived from image data captured by the first, second and third imagers. The display screen displays an image synthesized from image data captured by each of the first, second and third imagers. The displayed image approximates a view from a single virtual camera location. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128047 | TOUCH TYPE DISPLAY MIRROR - A touch type display mirror apparatus, may include a touch panel though which a user inputs a first signal, a photosensitive panel arranged on a rear surface side of the touch panel, and a display panel arranged on a rear surface side of the photosensitive panel and including a signal processing unit processing the first signal that may be input from the touch panel, wherein the signal processing unit may be connected to an angle-adjustable rear view camera and adjusts a shooting angle of the angle-adjustable rear view camera according to a second signal that may be input from the touch panel. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128046 | CAMERA EQUIPPED HELMET - A method and an article of manufacture are disclosed configured to allow viewing of scenes not directly in the field of view of the viewer. In various embodiments, a helmet is equipped with a video camera, facing in a direction other than the direction of view of the user of the helmet, and a display visible to the user to display the images captured by the video camera. The helmet may be used while riding a bicycle, a motorcycle, a horse, while walking, and the like. In some embodiments, the video camera transmits data wirelessly and the direction of its view is adjustable. In some embodiments, a storage device is integrated in the helmet to allow recording of the images and sounds captured by the video camera for future download to another recording medium or a computing device. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128044 | VISION-BASED SCENE DETECTION - A method of distinguishing between daytime lighting conditions and nighttime lighting conditions based on a captured image by a vision-based imaging device along a path of travel. An image is captured by a vision-based imaging device. A region of interest is selected in the captured image. A light intensity value is determined for each pixel within the region of interest. A cumulative histogram is generated based on light intensity values within the region of interest. The cumulative histogram including a plurality of category bins representing the light intensity values. Each category bin identifies an aggregate value of light intensity values assigned to each respective category bin. An aggregate value is compared within a predetermined category bin of the histogram to a first predetermined threshold. A determination is made whether the image is captured during the daytime lighting conditions as a function of the aggregate value within the predetermined category bin. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20120133767 | Image-Processing Camera System and Image-Processing Camera Control Method - An image pickup device that acquires images is controlled by an image pickup device controller that accepts image acquisition requests from multiple application programs, and an application scheduler selects application programs to be executed. Information indicative of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates required for each of the multiple application programs is stored and used to select multiple concurrently executable application programs on the basis of the image data volumes and image data acquisition rates. An image acquisition scheduler determines the timing and intervals at which the multiple executable application programs repeat receiving image data from the image pickup device, without overlapping in terms of time. In addition, an operations section, which explicitly presents concurrently executable application programs to a user and commands the startup of these programs, is displayed on a navigation screen menu. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133769 | VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS AWARENESS SUPPORT DEVICE - Provided is a vehicle surroundings awareness support device capable of providing a prompt for a driver to intuitively direct their attention, without the driver feeling hassled. Captured images comprising a plurality of frames taken sequentially by an onboard camera for imaging the surroundings of the vehicle are received; an optical flow is computed on the basis of feature points contained in the plurality of frames imaged at different times; moving objects in the surroundings of the vehicle are detected on the basis of the optical flow; and a display for showing movement trajectories for the moving objects is superimposed on the captured images on the basis of the optical flow. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133766 | VEHICLE REARVIEW BACK-UP SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle rearview back-up system includes a backup camera, a display, a calculator, a storage unit, a detector, and a moving unit. The backup camera captures an image of a parking spot when the vehicle is backed-up to a predetermined position. The display displays the captured image and an outlined parking spot in the captured image defined by the driver. The calculator calculates an imaging ratio between the size of the captured image and the size of the outlined parking spot. The display displays a vehicle image in a predetermined region according to the calculated imaging ratio. The detector detects moving direction and moving distance of the vehicle. The moving unit moves the vehicle image in the display according to the moving direction and moving distance of the vehicle, and the calculated imaging ratio for implementing the back-up process of the vehicle. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20150291096 | DRIVING RECORDER CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN CORRECTING SHOOTING POSTURE AND CORRECTION METHOD OF THE SAME - A driving recorder capable of assisting in correcting a shooting posture and a correction method of the same are provided. The driving recorder includes: an image capturing unit, a gravity sensing unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The gravity sensing unit senses an orientation of the driving recorder and generates angle information; the storage unit stores shooting angle logic tables to correspond to a variety of orientations of the driving recorder; and the processing unit selects a corresponding shooting angle logic table from the storage unit according to the angle information, and generates an actuation signal, so as to adjust a shooting angle of the image capturing unit. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20120154592 | Image-Processing System and Image-Processing Method - A vehicle-periphery-image-providing system may include an image-capturing unit, a viewpoint-change unit, an image-composition unit, an object-detection unit, a line-width-setting unit, and a line-selection unit. The image-capturing units, such as cameras, capture images outside a vehicle periphery and generate image-data items. The viewpoint-change unit generates a bird's-eye-view image for each image-data item based on the image-data item so that end portions of the real spaces corresponding to two adjacent bird's-eye-view images overlap each other. The image-composition unit generates a bird's-eye-view-composite image by combining the bird's-eye-view images according to a predetermined layout. The object-detection unit detects an object existing in the real space corresponding to a portion where the bird's-eye-view images of the bird's-eye-composite image are joined to each other. The line-width-setting unit sets the width of the line image corresponding to the joining portion. The line-selection unit adds a line image having the set width to an overlap portion of one of the bird's-eye-view images. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130235201 | Vehicle Peripheral Area Observation System - To provide a vehicle peripheral area observation system that can, with a simple configuration, detect a pedestrian who has a possibility of hitting against the vehicle by removing an appearance motion due to water vapor or a light source fluctuation. A water vapor region is detected from motion information and luminance information from videos captured with an on-vehicle camera, and recognition of a moving object in the water vapor region is invalidated for a given period of time. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20120098968 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes a camera, an image processor and a control. The field of view of the camera is in a forward direction of travel of the equipped vehicle, and the camera is operable to capture frames of image data. The image processor is operable to process the image data. The control is operable to adjust a light beam emanating from a forward facing light of the equipped vehicle responsive to image processing of frames of image data. The control, responsive to the image processing, is operable to control at least one of (a) adjustment of a beam direction of a light beam emanating from the forward facing light, (b) adjustment of a visible intensity of a light beam emanating from the forward facing light and (c) adjustment of a range of a light beam emanating from the forward facing light. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120002053 | DETECTING AND RECOGNIZING TRAFFIC SIGNS - A computerized system mountable on a moving vehicle. The computerized system includes a camera. The camera captures in real time image frames of the environment in the field of view of the camera and transfers the image frames to an image processor. The image processor is programmed for performing traffic sign recognition and for performing another driver assistance function. Information is exchanged between the traffic sign recognition and the other driver assistance function. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002052 | OBSTACLE DETECTION APPARATUS, OBSTACLE DETECTION SYSTEM HAVING SAME, AND OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD - There is provided an obstacle detection apparatus capable of detecting an obstacle present at the rear of a vehicle even in a low illumination environment, without the need for a sensor other than an imaging apparatus. An obstacle detection apparatus ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002051 | VEHICULAR REAR VIEW CAMERA DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH LIFECHECK FUNCTION - A vehicular display system having a camera for producing a video signal and a display device for displaying the video signal. The display device includes an integrity check to detect a defective video signal and alert the driver if a defective video signal has been detected. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002049 | VEHICLE HAVING SCANNING IMAGER WITH FIXED CAMERA AND MULTIPLE ACHROMATIC PRISM PAIRS - A vehicle including a scanning imaging system includes a vehicle body having an outer surface, a propulsion source, and an optical window secured to the outer surface of the vehicle positioned on an optical axis for transmitting electromagnetic radiation received from a portion of an area of interest to the scanning imaging system. The scanning imaging system includes a first achromatic prism pair having prisms with different materials that have different refractive properties, and a second achromatic prism pair having prisms with different materials that have different refractive properties, both positioned on the optical axis. A camera fixed in location is optically coupled to form images from the electromagnetic radiation after being bent by the achromatic prism pairs. A motor including a controller independently rotates the first and second achromatic prism pairs about the optical axis for scanning within the area of interest. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20130141574 | VEHICLE OCCUPANCY DETECTION VIA SINGLE BAND INFRARED IMAGING - What is disclosed is a method for vehicle occupancy detection using a single band infrared imaging system. First, an infrared image of a vehicle intended to be processed for human occupancy detection is captured using a single band infrared camera set to a predefined wavelength band. A candidate sub-image is identified within the captured image. A cumulative histogram is formed using the reflectance values of each pixel in the candidate region. A threshold reflectance value is then determined from the cumulative histogram using a pre-defined cumulative occurrence fraction value which corresponds to a value equivalent to an average sized human face. Embodiments for setting the threshold reflectance value are disclosed. Thereafter, human occupants can be distinguished in the image from the vehicle's interior by comparing pixel reflectances in the sub-image against the threshold reflectance value. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20120105640 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - An information display system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly disposed at the interior cabin of a vehicle and a video display screen disposed in the interior rearview mirror assembly. The video display screen is operable to display video images captured by a backup camera of the equipped vehicle for assisting the driver during a reversing maneuver. A transmitter is disposed at the interior rearview mirror assembly, and a graphical user interface generates instructions for operation of the transmitter. The video display screen is operable to selectively display video images captured by the backup camera and instructions from the graphical user interface. When the equipped vehicle is executing a reversing maneuver, the information display system displays the video images captured by the backup camera. The graphical user interface interactively operates with the user input for display of instructions for operation of the transmitter. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20150097956 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE - A parking assistance device includes: a ground object detection unit configured to, in a predetermined detection region set in advance in at least a portion of the vehicle periphery, perform detection of a ground object defining a parking stall in which garage parking is to be performed; an end portion specification unit configured to specify an end portion of the ground object detected by the ground object detection unit, the end portion being located on an entrance side of the parking stall; and a target parking stall setting unit configured to set, based on the end portion on the entrance side specified by the end portion specification unit, a corner portion of a rectangular parking frame that defines a target parking stall in which the vehicle is to be parked, and set the parking frame to extend from the corner portion in the depth direction of the parking stall. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20130093894 | COUNTER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - Vehicle mounted cameras are used as counter surveillance devices to detect surveillance of a protected vehicle. These cameras are located in forward and rearward looking locations in the protected vehicle and are in communication with vision processing software that a.) identifies license tags of surrounding vehicles, which are then run through various data-bases of friends and foes, and b.) records surrounding vehicle movements in an attempt to identify trailing vehicles that (for instance) remain within a certain distance of the protected vehicle for long periods of time, or fit other criteria. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093892 | RECOGNITION OF A ROAD ILLUMINATION - In a method for recognizing a road illumination, light reflected at a road surface is taken by a camera and a modulation over time of the brightness of the reflected light is detected. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093891 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT DETECTORS - In the field of vehicle occupant detectors there is a need for an improved vehicle occupant detector which is able to consistently identify the number of occupants in vehicles having windscreens with different infrared transmission characteristics. A vehicle occupant detector comprises a first infrared illuminator that is operable at a first infrared wavelength to illuminate an interior of a vehicle, and a second infrared illuminator that is operable at a second infrared wavelength to illuminate an interior of a vehicle. The vehicle occupant detector also includes a first infrared detector to capture a first image of the interior of the vehicle illuminated at the first infrared wavelength, and a second infrared detector to capture a second image of the interior of the vehicle illuminated at the second infrared wavelength. The first and second infrared detectors have the same infrared detection characteristics. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE DRIVING STATUS INFORMATION-BASED DRIVING CONCENTRATION - A method and system for determining driving concentration which is capable of analyzing a driver's driving concentration on the basis of variation of a steering angle and driving status information of a vehicle acquired from a front camera sensor. The method includes storing output data of a steering angle sensor and a front camera sensor mounted in a vehicle at a predetermined time interval, calculating a quantitative index include a value for recognizing a vehicle status based on information stored in a storage unit, statistically processing the calculated value to output status information which is an index for determining driving concentration, and comparing the information calculated in the statistically processing to the predetermined reference data and determining the driving concentration according to the comparison result. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093887 | Obstacle Detection System and Obstacle Detection Method Thereof - An obstacle detection system and a method thereof The obstacle detection system comprises an object detection module used to generate a detected distance and a detected direction of a external obstacle; a camera module used to capture a camera image including an obstacle image; a calculation module used to calculate a first region for the obstacle image in the camera image; and an object search module used to execute a first image processing on the camera image within the first region to obtain the obstacle image. If no obstacle is found within the first region, the calculation module is used to calculate a second region. The object search module is used to execute a second image processing within the second region to obtain the obstacle image. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A VEHICLE-BASED DIGITAL IMAGERY SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER VEHICLE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and a vehicle identification computer for identifying a vehicle are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, camera(s), mountable to a first vehicle, capture an image of at least a part of a second vehicle. The captured image includes vehicle identification indicia. An image file comprising the image and a tag are generated and transmitted to a vehicle identification computer. The vehicle identification computer identifies the second vehicle based on the vehicle identification indicia. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140211009 | LENS ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM CAMERA - A vehicular vision system includes a camera having an image sensing array and a lens assembly. The camera is disposed at a vehicle and has a field of view exterior of the vehicle, and the image sensing array is operable to capture image data. The lens assembly images light onto the image sensing array and the lens assembly includes a plurality of optic elements disposed along an optic path generally perpendicular to the image sensing array. The plurality of optic elements includes (i) an outer wide angle glass optic, (ii) a doublet optic comprising two optic elements that are bonded together and (iii) at least one intermediate plastic optic disposed between the doublet optic and the outer wide angle glass optic, with the doublet optic disposed closer to the image sensing array than the outer wide angle glass optic. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150363653 | ROAD ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A road environment recognition system includes: an imaging device configured to capture a view in a traveling direction of a vehicle; an image processing region calculation unit configured to set a region in an image captured by the imaging device as an image processing region, the region including a central part and at least a part of a characteristic object present on a road, if any, in a traveling direction of the vehicle and having a predetermined angle with the central part being defined as a center, and to decrease the image processing region as the vehicle approaches the characteristic object; and a characteristic object detection unit configured to detect the characteristic object based on image information of the image processing region. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20140168441 | VEHICLE OCCUPANT DETECTION DEVICE - A vehicle occupant detection device for capturing as an image the behavior of a vehicle occupant, who is seated on a seat of a vehicle, by an image capture unit and detecting the position of a specific portion of the vehicle occupant. When the presence of the vehicle occupant is determined, a control unit controls the image capture unit so that image capture is performed in a high-speed mode in which image capture intervals are relatively small, and when it is determined that the occupant is not present, image capture is performed in a low-speed mode in which image capture intervals are relatively large. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168439 | INFRARED CAMERA SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MARITIME APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for some embodiments infrared camera systems for maritime applications. For example in one embodiment, a watercraft includes a plurality of image capture components coupled to the watercraft to capture infrared images around at least a substantial portion of a perimeter of the watercraft; a memory component adapted to store the captured infrared images; a processing component adapted to process the captured infrared images according to a man overboard mode of operation to provide processed infrared images and determine if a person falls from the watercraft; and a display component adapted to display the processed infrared images. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20130147958 | PERIMETER MONITORING DEVICE FOR WORK VEHICLE - A perimeter monitoring device for a work vehicle is configured to monitor a surrounding of the work vehicle and display a monitored result on a display device. The perimeter monitoring device includes cameras, a bird's-eye image display unit, obstacle detecting sensors, a camera image specifying unit, and a camera image displaying unit. The camera image specifying unit is configured to specify one or more camera images in which one or more of obstacles are captured when the one or more of obstacles are detected by the obstacle detecting sensors. The camera image displaying unit is configured to display a relevant camera image in alignment with the bird's-eye image on the display device when a plurality of camera images are specified by the camera image specifying unit, the relevant camera image being ranked in a high priority ranking based on a priority order set in accordance with travelling states. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147957 | DETECTION OF OBSTACLES AT NIGHT BY ANALYSIS OF SHADOWS - A driver assistance systems mountable in a host vehicle while the host vehicle is moving forward with headlights on for detection of obstacles based on shadows. The driver assistance system includes a camera operatively connectible to a processor. A first image frame and a second image frame are captured of a road. A first dark image patch and a second dark image patch include intensity values less than a threshold value. The first and the second dark image patches are tracked from the first image frame to the second image frame as corresponding images of the same portion of the road. Respective thicknesses in vertical image coordinates are measured of the first and second dark image patches responsive to the tracking. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147956 | ACTUATING DEVICE FOR A DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS - An actuating device is provided for a device for monitoring the vehicle surroundings, which actuating device is functionally connected to the device for monitoring the vehicle surroundings. A calibration of the device for monitoring the vehicle surroundings is able to be initiated by means of the actuating device, the initiation of the calibration being correlated with a weather parameter detected by the actuating device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130093893 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging device having a forward field of view exterior of the vehicle. The imaging device is operable to capture multiple frames of image data, and the multiple frames of image data include repeating frame sets. A particular frame set of the repeating frame sets has at least two frames. An image processor operable to process image data captured by the imaging device. A control, responsive to processing of captured image data, controls, at least in part, an intelligent headlamp control feature of the vehicle and a lane departure warning feature of the vehicle. One frame of a particular frame set is processed by the image processor for the intelligent headlamp control feature and no other frame of the particular frame set is processed by the image processor for the intelligent headlamp control feature. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20160057354 | VEHICULAR SURROUNDING-MONITORING CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicular surrounding-monitoring control apparatus is mounted in a vehicle having an imaging unit capturing an image of surrounding and a display. The vehicular surrounding-monitoring control apparatus includes: an extraction section extracting, as an object region, an image region corresponding to each object from a captured image obtained by the imaging unit; a determining section determining whether a plurality of objects are coordinated into a group on the basis of positional relations of the object regions and types of the objects; and a display control unit displaying, when the objects are determined to be coordinated into a group, displaying a symbol image, which is specific to the group and expresses the presence of the group, so as to be superimposed on the captured image in the display. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057324 | Monitoring System for a Motor Vehicle, Plug-On Module - A driver monitoring system for a motor vehicle has: at least one camera device including a cylindrical lens holder having at least one lens; at least one lighting element configured as an infrared radiator, and at least one plug-on module having a plate-shaped bearer on which the at least one lighting element is situated, the at least one plug-on module being configured to be plugged onto the lens holder. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20120162430 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM WITH FORWARDLY-VIEWING CAMERA - A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an attachment element at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield and an interior rearview mirror assembly that includes a housing having a mount for attaching the mirror assembly to the attachment element. An interior rearview mirror head is pivotable about the housing by a single ball and socket pivot joint and is adjustable by a driver of the vehicle about the single pivot joint to adjust a rearward field of view. The housing houses a forwardly-viewing camera and, with the interior rearview mirror assembly attached at the attachment element, the forwardly-viewing camera views through the vehicle windshield. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes a control that may receive an input and/or deliver an output via a bus communication, and that may at least partially control a braking system and/or a traction control system of the equipped vehicle. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162427 | VISION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vision display system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras having exterior fields of view, a first display screen disposed in an interior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle, and a second display screen disposed at or in a console or instrument panel of the vehicle. The cameras include a rearward viewing camera, a forward viewing camera, a driver side viewing camera and a passenger side viewing camera. The second display screen has a diagonal dimension that is greater than a diagonal dimension of the first display screen. The first display screen is operable to display images captured by the rearward viewing camera during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle and the second display screen displays a surround view image formed as a composite image derived from image data captured by the rearward, forward, driver side and passenger side viewing cameras during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162429 | Image Processing Method for a Driver Assistance System of a Motor Vehicle for Detecting and Classifying at Least one Portion of at Least one Predefined Image Element - In an image processing method for a driver assistance system for detecting and classifying a portion of a predefined image element having a road sign in a digital image captured by an image sensor of the driver assistance system, first scale-invariant image features and their relative geometric arrangement with respect to one another are computed based on at least one image region of the digital image to be searched, after which a classifier compares the first scale-invariant image features and their relative geometric arrangement with respect to one another to stored and/or learned second scale-invariant image features and their relative geometric arrangement with respect to one another which are computed based on the at least one predefined image element. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162428 | HOUSING FOR EXTERIOR IMAGING DEVICE OF VEHICLE - This disclosure relates to a housing for preventing impurities such as dust from adhering to a lens of an imaging device such as a video camera and a UV or laser emitter/detector mounted to an exterior of a vehicle, and more particularly, to a housing for an exterior imaging device of a vehicle, which may prevents impurities such as dust, water drops and frost from adhering to a lens of an imaging device by using an air flow which is naturally supplied while the vehicle is driving, and which may remove impurities adhered to the lens so that the imaging device may give a clear image quality. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162426 | METHOD OF DETERMINING EXPOSURE CONTROL VALUE FOR VEHICLE-MOUNTED CAMERA - The method is for determining an exposure control value for controlling exposure of a camera mounted on a vehicle to take images in the vicinity of the vehicle. The method includes a detection step of detecting a target from a taken image which the camera has taken in a state where the target is disposed within a image-taking area of the camera, a measurement step of measuring brightness of the target in the taken image, and a calculation step of calculating the exposure control value to such a value that the brightness of the target becomes equal to a target brightness appropriate for recognizing the target. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162422 | Fuel Dispenser System and Method Utilizing Vehicle Presence Detector - A system and method for activating and deactivating components of a fueling environment based on data transmitted by a sensor, such as a rangefinder or light curtain, configured to monitor an area adjacent to each fuel dispenser. The system and method also instruct the environment's components to perform other tasks based on data transmitted by the sensor. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20130128043 | Lawn Mower - A vegetation cutting apparatus including a movable carriage having a conveyance system for facilitating conveyance of the carriage over ground. The conveyance system can have conveyance members for facilitating such conveyance. A cutting system can be mounted to the carriage for cutting vegetation. The cutting system can include at least one cutting member which is positionable laterally around the periphery of at least one conveyance member for enabling cutting of vegetation laterally around the at least one conveyance member. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140211007 | OBJECT DETECTOR - An object detection circuit detects an object moving in a periphery of a vehicle by use of a shot image. A state judgment part changes a parameter relevant to a detection function so as to change whether the detection function of the object detection circuit is to be enabled or disabled while the object detection circuit is kept activated. Thus, even when the detection function of the object detection circuit is disabled, the object detection circuit is kept activated. Therefore, since there is no need to restart the object detection circuit in order to enable the detection function of the object detection circuit, a detection result by the object detection circuit is promptly obtained. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20130027560 | Color mask for an image sensor of a vehicle camera - A color mask for an image sensor of a vehicle camera, the color mask having a matrix configuration of filter pixels having different spectral transmission behaviors, some filter pixels being transparent filter pixels, which are at least essentially uniformly transparent for optical light, and additional filter pixels being color pixels having a wavelength-selective transmission behavior, the color mask having a color pattern as a repeating configuration of filter pixels having a specific transmission behavior. The color mask has a central area having a first color pattern and a lower area and/or an upper area having a second color pattern, the first color pattern and the second color pattern being different, and the first color pattern containing transparent filter pixels. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027559 | VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - A method for collision avoidance for a machine is disclosed. The method includes detecting an obstacle with an obstacle detection system and generating a corresponding signal. The obstacle detection system includes an operator input device. The method also includes providing an obstacle detection warning in response to the signal. The method further includes determining with a controller whether the operator input device has been activated in response to the obstacle detection warning. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027557 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A substance detection apparatus and method including a light source to emit light to a planar transparent member having a proximal first face and a distal second face opposite the first face, the light from the light source first striking the first face of the planar transparent member. The substance detection apparatus and method including an image capture lens, a polarization filter, an image sensor, and a substance detection processor. The light emitted from the light source is reflected at the substance present on the second face of the planar transparent member, and the image sensor receives light reflected from the substance, via the image capture lens and the polarization filter, to capture an image of the substance present on the second face of the planar transparent member. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20100123778 | Integrated Visual Display System - A motor vehicle with an integrated visual display system for displaying proximity location information on an external object while the motor vehicle is parked or moving is provided. The integrated visual display system is operable to display information from a plurality of proximity sensors on a single display screen. The plurality of proximity sensors can be part of an autonomous and/or cooperative collision warning system. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20130141580 | ROAD VERTICAL CONTOUR DETECTION - The driver assistance system includes a camera operatively connectable to a processor. The driver assistance system is operable while the host vehicle is moving to detect a deviation in vertical contour of a road. A first image frame and a second image frame are captured in the field of view of the camera. Image motion is processed between respective images of the road derived from the first image frame and the second image frame. The vertical contour of the road is estimated using a road surface model of the road and the deviation in the vertical contour is computed from the road surface model. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141578 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITY - A vehicle vision system includes at least one camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle, and includes a control having an image processor for processing image data captured by the at least one camera. The control, responsive at least in part to image processing of captured image data by the image processor, is operable to carry out one or more actions based on the detection of selected elements in the image data captured by the at least one camera. The control may control the operation of an additional component in the vehicle aside from the camera. The vision system may include a forward facing camera, a rearward facing camera and/or a sideward facing camera. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141576 | DETERMINING THREATS BASED ON INFORMATION FROM ROAD-BASED DEVICES IN A TRANSPORTATION-RELATED CONTEXT - Techniques for ability enhancement are described. Some embodiments provide an ability enhancement facilitator system (“AEFS”) configured to enhance a user's ability to operate or function in a transportation-related context as a pedestrian or a vehicle operator. In one embodiment, the AEFS is configured to perform vehicular threat detection based on information received at a road-based device, such as a sensor or processor that is deployed at the side of a road. An example AEFS receives, at a road-based device, information about a first vehicle that is proximate to the road-based device. The AEFS analyzes the received information to determine threat information, such as that the vehicle may collide with the user. The AEFS then informs the user of the determined threat information, such as by transmitting a warning to a wearable device configured to present the warning to the user. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130147954 | PARKING LOT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN WORKING COOPERATION WITH INTELLIGENT CAMERAS - A parking lot management system that works in cooperation with intelligent cameras is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of intelligent cameras connected to each other via a wired/wireless mesh network, a license plate recognition unit which can recognize a license plate of a vehicle entering and exiting a parking lot, a server for storing and managing information about the vehicle, a parking information board and a vehicle information about the position terminal which provide a user with parking information, and a personal computer for controlling all information. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20150360619 | ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A solution that offers increased comfort for the user and increases the value of the vehicle is obtained with an assembly for a vehicle, having a carrier housing, which has a through-hole, a drive unit, which is attached to the carrier housing, a camera unit, which can move between a standby position and an active position and a protective lid, which can move between an open position and a closed position. An actuating element is movably coupled to the drive unit and forces the protective lid into its open position when the vehicle is driven in reverse and the camera unit is in the active position. The camera unit assumes a collision monitoring position when the vehicle is being driven forwards, in which position the protective lid is disposed in its closed position, and in which the camera unit is disposed at a monitoring opening formed in the protective lid, for filming the following or preceding traffic. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20130265428 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SETTING PARKING POSITION BASED ON AV IMAGE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method of setting a parking position based on an around-view (AV) image. After the continuous AV images of the parking space are obtained in cooperation with an around-view monitoring (AVM) system, a parking space, designated by a driver in various designating schemes, is set to a parking position, allowing the driver to select the parking space and easily identify a surrounding space limitations of the selected parking space. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20150085126 | Lawn Mower - A vegetation cutting apparatus including a movable carriage having a conveyance system for facilitating conveyance of the carriage over ground. The conveyance system can have conveyance members for facilitating such conveyance. A cutting system can be mounted to the carriage for cutting vegetation. The cutting system can include at least one cutting member which is positionable laterally around the periphery of at least one conveyance member for enabling cutting of vegetation laterally around the at least one conveyance member. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085125 | Visual System - A visual system ( | 03-26-2015 |
| 20160080699 | OBJECT VISUALIZATION IN BOWL-SHAPED IMAGING SYSTEMS - Technologies for visualizing moving objects on a bowl-shaped image include a computing device to receive a first fisheye image generated by a first fisheye camera and capturing a first scene and a second fisheye image generated by a second fisheye camera and capturing a second scene overlapping with the first scene at an overlapping region. The computing device identifies a moving object in the overlapping region and modifies a projected overlapping image region to visualize the identified moving object on a virtual bowl-shaped projection surface. The projected overlapping image region is projected on the virtual bowl-shaped projection surface and corresponds with the overlapping region captured in the first and second fisheye images. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20150085119 | TIME TO COLLISION USING A CAMERA - Computing a time-to-contact (TTC) of a vehicle with an object. The object includes a light source. The system mountable in the vehicle includes a camera and a processor configured to capture images of the object. The processor is operable to track a spot between the images to produce a tracked spot. The spot includes an image of the light source. The processor is operable to compute time-to-contact (TTC) responsive to changes in brightness of the tracked spot. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20140146175 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HIGH LAMP OF VEHICLE - According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for controlling high lamp in a vehicle includes a camera photographing a subject in front of the vehicle, a brightness measurer measuring brightness from an image of the subject in front of the vehicle photographed by the camera, and a controller controlling the high lamp using a brightness data measured by the brightness measurer. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140146176 | MOVING BODY DETECTION DEVICE AND MOVING BODY DETECTION METHOD - A moving-body-detecting device is provided with an image capture unit, an image conversion unit, a three-dimensional-object-detecting unit, a turn detecting unit, and a control unit. The image capture unit captures images of the rear side of a vehicle. The image conversion unit performs viewpoint conversion of the captured images into bird's-eye view images. The three-dimensional-object-detecting unit generates differential waveform information based on a differential image of bird's-eye view images taken as different points in time, and detects three-dimensional objects based on the differential waveform information. The control unit suppresses detection of the three-dimensional object based on the differential waveform information, in cases in which turning of the vehicle has been detected as compared with cases in which the vehicle is not turning. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20130155241 | SURROUNDING AREA MONITORING DEVICE FOR WORK VEHICLE - A surrounding area monitoring device for a work vehicle includes a first imaging unit, a bird's-eye view image creating unit, and a display unit. The first imaging unit is mounted on the work vehicle and configured and arranged to capture an image of a first region in a surrounding area of the work vehicle to obtain a first image data. The birds-eye view image creating unit is configured to create a bird's-eye view image of the surrounding area of the work vehicle by projecting the first image data on a predetermined virtual projection plane. The display unit is configured and arranged to display the bird's-eye view image. The virtual projection plane includes a shape that increases in height from a ground surface as a distance from the work vehicle decreases. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130155239 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH IMPROVED DYNAMIC RANGE - An image sensor having improved dynamic range includes a signal that is read out for a selection of pixels which act as a calibration to govern the choice of exposure levels to be applied to the rest of the array. In this way, the sensor is operable to adapt to variations in scene intensity. The pixels in the array are vertically and horizontally addressed so as to enable accounted for small areas of intensity variation across an imaged scene. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20150022663 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE THEFT DETECTION AND PREVENTION USING A SMARTPHONE AND VIDEO-BASED PARKING TECHNOLOGY - Methods and systems for preventing vehicle theft. A video stream of a parking area wherein a vehicle is parked can be captured, the video stream provided by a theft notification service to which the vehicle is pre-registered. The vehicle in the video stream can be identified. The video stream is then analyzed to detect motion with respect to the vehicle. An alert can then be generated if motion is detected. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150291097 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL REGION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY MEANS OF A CAMERA SYSTEM OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE, CAMERA SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for detecting an object in an environmental region of a motor vehicle by a camera system of the motor vehicle is disclosed. A first image of the environmental region is provided by a camera of the camera system with illumination of the environmental region using a light source of the motor vehicle such that a shadow of the object caused by the illumination is depicted in the first image. A second image of the environmental region is also provided by the camera in an inactive state of the light source, in which the illumination is omitted. Then, a subtraction image is generated by subtracting one of the images from the other image by an image processing device of the camera system. Then, an edge image is generated from the subtraction image, and the object is detected based on edges of the edge image by the image processing device. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150360614 | PROCESS FOR REPRESENTING VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS INFORMATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a process for representing vehicle surroundings information of a motor vehicle, wherein the process comprises the following steps:
| 12-17-2015 |
| 20150360613 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LOCATION OF VEHICLES - An apparatus for identifying the location of vehicles includes a camera module continuously photographing peripheral images of a vehicle, an AVM module displaying the peripheral images and an AVM image generated based on the peripheral images, and a control module distinguishing each of the peripheral images and the AVM image as a text recognition image and a text non-recognition image. It updates and stores the distinguished peripheral images and AVM image. When the vehicle is turned off, the control module transmits the text recognition image and the text non-recognition image stored before the turn-off to a predetermined mobile terminal. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150360618 | Field of Vision Display Device for a Sun Visor of a Vehicle - A display device adapted to be releasably mounted on a sun visor of a vehicle. The device includes a forwardly facing camera and a computer device such as a “tablet” including a display screen. The display screen is supported by the sun visor and is viewable by the driver or passenger of the vehicle. The field of vision obstructed by the visor when the visor is deployed is displayed on the display screen so that the entire field of vision is available to the driver. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20140152826 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A BRIGHT CITY CONDITION - An imaging system and method is provided that generates image data. A processor is configured to process the image data and to generate a signal in response to analysis of the image data and a selected mode of operation. The processor selects either a village mode or a non-village mode as a mode of operation depending on whether at least one characteristic in the image data meets village detect conditions. The processor monitors an ambient light level over a period of time and modifies the village detect conditions when the ambient light level reaches a threshold that indicates that the driver's eyes have adapted to a bright ambient light level. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20120026330 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH A CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system for a motor vehicle includes: a camera, which includes an image sensor for outputting image signals, and camera optics for detecting a first environment and for imaging the first environment on the image sensor at a first subject distance. The camera system has camera supplementary optics, which are at least partially provided in the optical path in front of the camera optics, the camera optics and the camera supplementary optics jointly forming an optics system by which a second environment, e.g., a region of a surface of a window, is able to be imaged or focused on the image sensor at a second object distance that differs from the first object distance. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026333 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE AND VEHICLE PERIPHERY IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - From a plurality of imaging units ( | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VEHICLE SPEED BASED ON MOVEMENT OF VIDEO CAMERA - A digital video camera is placed on a vehicle. The video camera is attached to the vehicle and is directed to a surface at a certain angle to the surface. The camera angle can change while vehicle is in motion. The camera angle is constantly measured by angular sensor (i.e., inclinometer). Images of the surface are projected onto a video matrix and transformed into a sequence of digital frames that are formed at a pre-set time interval. A speed of the video camera relative to the surface is calculated as a ratio of an off-set between the adjacent frames and the time interval between the frames. Then a known relative speed of the vehicle can be corrected by multiplication of the height of the camera (above the surface) by a coefficient that equals a ratio of the known vehicle speed and the measured camera speed. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026334 | IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD - An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to capture image data of a subject and to store the captured image data in an image-capturing operation; a speed detector configured to detect speed information; and a controller configured to control the image-capturing unit so that, in an automatic image-capturing process that is not based on a shutter operation of a user, a distance moved by the image-capturing apparatus is computed on the basis of information from the speed detector, and the image-capturing operation is performed in response to the fact that a computation result indicating that the image-capturing apparatus has moved a predetermined distance is obtained. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026332 | Vision Method and System for Automatically Detecting Objects in Front of a Motor Vehicle - A vision method for automatically detecting objects in front of a motor vehicle, comprises the steps of detecting images from a region in front of the vehicle by a vehicle mounted imaging means; generating from said detected images a processed image, containing disparity or vehicle-to-scene distance information; comparing regions-of-interest of said processed image to template objects relating to possible objects in front of the motor vehicle; calculating for each template object a score relating to the match between said processed image and the template object; and identifying large scores of sufficient absolute magnitude of said calculated scores. The vision method further comprises the steps of applying an algorithm adapted to identify groups of said large scores, and assigning an identified group of large scores to a single match object. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20150085118 | METHOD AND CAMERA ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING RAINDROPS ON A WINDSCREEN OF A VEHICLE - The invention concerns a method for detecting raindrops on a windscreen of a vehicle, in which an image of at least an area of the windscreen is captured, wherein at least one object its extracted from the captured image, and wherein ambient light conditions are determined (S | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085116 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING A CAMERA FIELD OF VIEW IN A VEHICLE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for enhancing a field of view of a camera in a vehicle. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for executing computer executable instructions by one or more processors for enhancing a field of view associated with a camera in a vehicle. The method includes capturing image information from one or more objects or one or more occupants in the vehicle; processing the image information; receiving trigger information associated with one or more of the image information, the one or more objects, or the one or more occupants associated with the vehicle; configuring one or more reflective surfaces, based at least in part on the received trigger information, wherein configuring comprises positioning the one or more reflective surfaces with respect to the camera field of view; and adjusting the position of the one or more reflective surfaces based at least on the processing of the image information. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150085123 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A CONDITION OF AN OPERATING IMPLEMENT IN HEAVY LOADING EQUIPMENT - A method and apparatus for monitoring a condition of an operating implement in heavy equipment is disclosed. The method involves receiving a trigger signal indicating that the operating implement is within a field of view of an image sensor, and in response to receiving the trigger signal, causing the image sensor to capture at least one image of the operating implement. The method also involves processing the at least one image to determine the condition of the operating implement. A visual or audio warning or alarm may be generated for preventing significant damage to the processing equipment and avoid safety hazards involved. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20140211012 | Tracking Traffic Violations within an Intersection and Controlling Use of Parking Spaces Using Cameras - Tracking traffic violations within an intersection and use of a destination location are disclosed. Initially, two or more first images from a first camera having a first field of view are received. Next, a first unique identifier of a first vehicle and a violated traffic restriction within the intersection are determined based on the two or more first images. Next, two or more second images from a second camera having a second field of view are received. A second unique identifier and a first characteristic of a second vehicle are determined based on the two or more second images. Next, two or more third images from a third camera having a third field of view are received. That the second vehicle is stopped in a destination location at a first time and that the second vehicle has left the destination location at a second time are determined based on the two or more third images. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPLEMENTING AN INSTRUMENT PANEL BY UTILIZING AUGMENTED REALITY - An approach is provided for complementing various devices and/or instruments by utilizing augmented reality and providing an adaptive user interface to a user at a user device. A user device determines one or more information items associated with at least one instrument panel of at least one vehicle. Then the user device determines one or more representations of the one or more information items and causes, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more information items at the user device, wherein the user device may complement and/or may be substituted for the at least one instrument panel. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211008 | MOTORCYCLE HAVING A VIDEO CAMERA MOUNTED THEREON FOR MONITORING A ROAD SURFACE, AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A motorcycle has a video camera attached thereto in such a manner as to shoot sharp images. A motorcycle includes a camera adapted to shoot a road surface. The camera is arranged below an engine or a swing arm and more rearward than the center of a crankshaft of the engine. The swing arm pivotally supports a rear wheel with a rear edge portion thereof. The camera is fastened to, and supported either by a lower portion of the engine or by a lower portion of a vehicle body frame connected to the engine. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150365603 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE AREA OF AN IMAGE FROM A VEHICLE CAMERA FOR A VEHICLE - A method is provided for controlling an image area of an image from a vehicle camera for a vehicle. The method includes a step of ascertaining positional information, which represents a road position of the vehicle relative to a road section on which the vehicle is traveling, using vehicle sensor data of the vehicle. In addition, method includes a step of generating a control signal for controlling the image area of the image from the vehicle camera, the generating utilizing the positional information. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20130242100 | HEADLIGHT CONTROLLER, OPTICAL UNIT AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT - A headlight controller, an optical unit and a vehicle headlight can include a headlight controller and an optical unit. The headlight controller can include a system controller and a camera photographing vehicles located in a forward direction thereof, and the system controller can be configured to output a control signal to provide various favorable light distribution patterns by using image data output from the camera in accordance with traffic conditions. The optical unit can be configured to emit beam lights each having a light-emitting angle using lights emitted from first and second white LEDs via a projector lens so that the beam lights can be used as a high and low beam without movable parts. Thus, the disclosed subject matter can include providing vehicle headlights that can form various favorable light distribution patterns by utilizing the characteristics of the controller and the optical unit in accordance with the traffic conditions. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130107054 | INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20160057393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WARNING AN OBSTACLE OF A VEHICLE - An apparatus for warning an obstacle of a vehicle includes an image obtaining device configured to take an image around the vehicle through image sensors. An image segmentation device is configured to segment a current reference image obtained in blocks of an object. A motion estimator is configured to estimate two dimensional motion information of the object. A variation estimator is configured to estimate distance information between the object and the vehicle. A relative motion estimator is configured to estimate three dimensional relative motion information of the object by combining the two dimensional motion information and the distance information. A collision time estimator is configured to estimate a collision time between the object and the vehicle by using the three dimensional relative motion information. An image processor is configured to adjust a brightness of a corresponding segmented block. A display is configured to display the image. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160057392 | COMPUTING DEVICE FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A computing device for a vehicle comprising: a display screen; a central processing unit configured to run an operating system and at least one application operable to output an internal video signal adapted to be displayed on the display screen; a camera interface configured to receive a video input from one or more external cameras and to output corresponding external video signals for display on the display screen; a multiplexing unit configured for receiving the internal video signal and the one or more external video signals, the multiplexing unit comprising a display output coupled to the display screen and being configured for selectively forwarding one of the internal video signal and the one or more external video signals on the display output towards the display screen; and a controller unit configured for controlling the selective forwarding of the multiplexing unit based on controller input received by the controller unit. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20140211015 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMAGE DATA OF PROPERTY - Video drive-by data provides a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. A video and data server farm incorporates a video storage server that stores video image files containing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location, a database server that processes a data query received from a user over the Internet corresponding to a geographic location of interest, and an image processing server. In operation, the database server identifies video image files stored in the video storage server that correspond to the geographic location of interest contained in the data query and transfers the video image files over a pre-processing network to the image processing server. The image processing server converts the video drive-by data to post-processed video data corresponding to a desired image format and transfers the post-processed video data via a post-processing network to the Internet in response to the query. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140211016 | Profiling and Tracking Vehicles Using Cameras - Profiling and tracking vehicles using cameras is disclosed. Initially, two or more first images from a first camera having a first field of view are received. A first static characteristic of a first vehicle is determined based on at least one of the two or more first images. Next, a desired static characteristic of a vehicle of interest is received. The desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest is compared with the first static characteristic of the first vehicle. In response to the comparison, it is determined that the desired static characteristic of the vehicle of interest is approximately equal to the first static characteristic of the first vehicle. In response, it is determined that the vehicle of interest is present in the first field of view of the first camera. Finally, it is indicated that the vehicle of interest is present in the first field of view. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20160057342 | VEHICLE EVENT RECORDER SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS HAVING INTEGRATED CELLULAR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - Vehicle event recorder systems are arranged to be in constant communication with remote servers and administrators via mobile wireless cellular networks. Vehicle event recorders equipped with video cameras capture video and other data records of important events relating to vehicle use. These data are then transmitted over special communications networks having very high coverage space but limited bandwidth. A vehicle may be operated over very large region while maintaining continuous communications connections with a remote fixed server. As such, systems of these inventions may be characterized as including a mobile unit having: a video camera; a microprocessor; memory; an event trigger; and mobile wireless transceivers, and a fixed network portion including: mobile wireless cellular network, a protocol translation gateway, the Internet and an application-specific server. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20120069186 | Parking-Assist Apparatus and Method - A parking-assist system for a car comprises at least one sensor suitable to be attached to a car and configured to create output signals, a wireless s transmitter connected to the sensor; and a device equipped with a wireless receiver. The device is configured to wirelessly receive the signals from the sensor via the wireless transmitter, and provide an indication of the signals. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069183 | VEHICLE DETECTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a vehicle detection apparatus includes a line segment extraction unit, candidate creation unit, evaluation unit, and specific part detection unit, and the line segment extraction unit extracts a plurality of line-segment components constituting an image of a vehicle from the image formed by photographing the vehicle. The candidate creation unit carries out polygonal approximation configured to create a closed loop by using a plurality of line-segment components to create a plurality of candidates for an area of a specific part of the vehicle. The evaluation unit carries out a plurality of different evaluations for each of the plurality of candidates. Further, the specific part detection unit detects one of the plurality of candidates as the specific part based on evaluation results of the evaluation unit. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069181 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, MOVING OBJECT CONTROLLING APPARATUS HAVING OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTING APPARATUS HAVING OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, AND SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An object identification device includes an image capturing device to capture images polarized in different directions. A noise removal unit removes noise in the polarized images using a noise removing parameter. An index value computing unit computes an object identification index value for identification-processing areas in the polarized images using data of noise-removed polarized images. An object identification processing unit conducts object identification by determining identification processing areas corresponding to an identification target object based on the object identification index value. An environment information obtaining unit obtains environment information. An environmental condition determination unit determines an environmental condition based on the environment information. A parameter storage unit stores noise removing parameters prepared for mutually exclusive environmental conditions. The noise removal unit reads a noise removing parameter from the parameter storage unit to conduct noise removal. A method of identifying an object and a spectroscopic image capturing apparatus are also provided. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20160012725 | AROUND VIEW SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | 01-14-2016 |
| 20120062746 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus capable of detecting, simultaneously and with high precision, headlights of oncoming cars, taillights of cars ahead, and pedestrians at night, the image processing apparatus comprising: means that obtains first exposure data at a first shutter speed; means that obtains second exposure data at a second shutter speed that is slower than the shutter speed; means that obtains third exposure data at a third shutter speed that is slower than the first shutter speed; means that converts the first exposure data into a visible grayscale image; means that outputs the visible grayscale image; means that converts the second exposure data into a color image; means that outputs the color image; means that converts the third exposure data into an infrared grayscale image; means that outputs the infrared grayscale image; means that detects a headlight based on the visible grayscale image; means that detects a taillight based on the color image; and means that detects a pedestrian based on an image obtained by processing the infrared grayscale image and the color image. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062745 | LANE DEPARTURE SENSING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING IMAGES THAT SURROUND A VEHICLE - A method and an apparatus for sensing a lane departure using images that surround a vehicle. The lane departure sensing method includes receiving images that are taken during driving by a plurality of cameras installed in a car, through respective channels connected to the cameras; modifying the obtained images into top-view images to generate a plurality of modified images; compositing the plurality of modified images to generate images that surround a vehicle; extracting a lane from the images that surround the vehicle, and yielding the information on a distance between the vehicle and the extracted lane or the information on an angle between the travel direction of the vehicle and the lane, so as to determine a lane departure; and giving a warning if the lane departure is determined. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062744 | REAR VISION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A rear vision system includes a video camera for capturing video images and a video display disposed in the cabin of the vehicle for displaying the video images captured by the camera. The video camera has a field of view that at least encompasses a vehicle hitch connector of the vehicle. The display displays the video images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle and/or connecting the vehicle hitch connector of the vehicle to a tow hitch connector of a trailer. A graphic overlay may be superimposed on the displayed video images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle to guide or assist the driver when executing a reversing maneuver and/or when connecting a tow hitch connector of a trailer to the vehicle hitch connector of the vehicle. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062742 | Black box having function of lane recognition and method of processing image using the same - There are provided a black box having a function of lane recognition and a method of processing an image using the same. The black box having a function of lane recognition includes: an image photographing module having a first angle of view and photographing a first image taken towards the front of a vehicle; an image storing module compressing and storing the photographed first image; an image cropping module cropping a second image within a second angle of view smaller than the first angle of view of the photographed first image; and a lane departure sensing module extracting a lane from the cropped second image and sensing the lane departure of the vehicle based on the extracted lane, thereby making it possible to reduce cost and efficiently utilize the internal space of a vehicle. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062741 | VEHICLE CAMERA SYSTEM - This innovation discloses the use of cameras in lieu of side-view minors on the outside of a truck cab. In operation, the images can be captured via aerodynamically positioned cameras and displayed upon monitors (e.g., LCD (liquid crystal display), LED (light emitting diode)) within the dash area of the driver. In one aspect, the monitors can be manually repositioned (or tilted) thereby effecting movement of the cameras. Other aspects can employ joysticks or buttons to move the camera positions. Yet other aspects include a peripheral view option. Still other aspects include a step light-up option. Still further, the camera assembly can include an object detection/warning system that notifies the driver of objects and other obstructions in the path of the truck. Moreover, video and/or images can be captured, for example for accident recovery or security scenarios. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20130250107 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions that cause the processor to execute, capturing an image including vehicle side information, dividing the image into a plurality of areas, and defining a first divided area image including a center of a side end of the image and a second divided area image not including the center of the side end of the image; smoothing the first divided area image using a first filter, or smoothing the second divided area image using a second filter having a greater coefficient than that of the first filter; extracting a plurality of feature points from the first divided area image or the second divided area image; calculating an optical flow from the plurality of feature points of the first divided area image or the second divided area image. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20100097469 | INTERIOR MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH DISPLAY - An interior rearview mirror system and assembly includes a variable reflectivity reflective element and a video display screen disposed behind the reflective element and operable to display images viewable through the reflective element by a person viewing the interior rearview mirror assembly when it is normally mounted in a vehicle. The video display screen may be operable to brighten or enhance the intensity of images displayed by the video display screen responsive to a dimming condition of the variable reflectivity reflective element. The mirror system may include an image sensor and a decoder that decodes an output signal of the image sensor. The decoder has a microprocessor operable to control the video display screen, such that the captured image data are processed and images are displayed via operation of a common microprocessor. A compass chip may connect to a vehicle wire harness that extends from a vehicle headliner. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097468 | MICRO-DIFFRACTIVE SURVEILLANCE ILLUMINATOR - An active infra-red surveillance illuminator uses a statistically mono-directional micro-diffractive material overlaid on a bank of light emitting diodes (LEDs) to refract light from the LEDs onto a target image. This delivers energy distribution profiles out to a distance to match the aspect ratios of current wide-angle target and wide-angle camera surveillance systems. The distribution of refracted light is elliptical. This distribution can vary by using different diffractive material in conjunction with various numbers, brightness and angles of the LEDs in an LED bank. The effective range of the illuminators is greatly extended with this type of illumination. By limiting infrared (IR) radiation down to a 10 degree vertical window it renders the IR illumination much more effective for surveillance imaging by providing much more effective power on wide, ground-level scenes, and particularly enables multi-lane license plate capture. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20130100287 | Blind Spot Detection System and Blind Spot Detection Method Thereof - A blind spot detection system and method thereof applicable to a transportation vehicle. The blind spot detection system comprises a plurality of detection modules, a processing module and a display module. When the transportation vehicle moves at a speed less than a predetermined speed or at a stop moving state, each detection module is used to detect a plurality of blind spot images around the transportation vehicle. The processing module is connected to each detection module and used to receive the plurality of blind spot images and execute an image processing for detecting and identifying a moving object in the plurality of blind spot images, and to generate a mark pattern corresponding to the moving object. The display module is connected to the processing module and used to display the plurality of blind spot images and the mark pattern in a blind spot display mode. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20160101733 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING VEHICLE DRIVING FOR USING SMART PHONE - A system and a method for assisting vehicle driving are provided. The system may select and use an imaging device among a plurality of imaging devices within a smart phone possessed by a driver or a passenger in a vehicle and assist in driving. A system includes a smart phone configured to capture an image in front of a vehicle and an inner image of the vehicle using the plurality of imaging devices within the smart phone and select one of the plurality of imaging devices. The system also includes a controller configured to analyze image information provided from the plurality of imaging devices to operate the smart phone or control the vehicle. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160101735 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVING AID CAMERA - A cleaning device ( | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160101734 | UNDER VEHICLE IMAGE PROVISION APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - An under vehicle image provision apparatus includes a plurality of bottom view cameras mounted to a bottom of a vehicle, a processor configured to generate an under vehicle image including tires of a vehicle based on images accessed from the bottom view cameras, and a display unit configured to display the under vehicle image. As such, an image showing the underside of the vehicle may be provided. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20120075471 | CAMERA FOR A VEHICLE - A camera for a vehicle is described. The camera has at least one optoelectronic image converter, a camera housing in whose interior the image converter is accommodated, a camera optical element, which is accommodated in an optical mounting reference surface of the camera housing and is provided for imaging a primary detection area on the image converter, and a camera position reference surface for positioning the camera in relation to a vehicle window. At least one receiving surface for at least one light-guiding device e.g., one or a plurality of mirrors, is formed on the camera housing for deflecting light from at least one additional detection area to the camera optical element. The optical mounting reference surface, camera position reference surface, and receiving surface are preferably formed on a single housing component, e.g., an upper shell. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20150360612 | AROUND VIEW MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an around view monitoring (AVM) apparatus, including: a plurality of cameras which is mounted on a vehicle; a video composing unit which receives a plurality of videos from the plurality of cameras and composes the plurality of videos to generate an around view video; a brightness correcting unit which receives the around view video and corrects and outputs the brightness of the around view video based on an average brightness value and a variance of the brightness values for every region which is included in the around view video; and a video display unit which displays the around view video whose brightness is corrected. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20140340520 | SYSTEMS AND TOOLS FOR DETECTING RESTRICTED OR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES - Systems and tools for detecting the presence of a substance of interest is presented. The system utilizes a hyperspectral imaging camera to obtain images of an enclosed area, such as a vehicle. Vehicles can include cars, trucks, trains, or boats. The system also includes a processor and storage device. The processor receives the images taken by the hyperspectral imaging camera. Next, the processor determines whether such images contain certain substances. These substances include alcohol, carbon monoxide, illegal substances, and hazardous chemicals. The storage device is electrically coupled to the processor, and is used to store certain data information such as detection events, substance detected, and the time of detection. Such information can be sent over the internet, or streamed live to a laptop at a remote location. The present embodiment can be used by law enforcement to monitor vehicles of interest, and become an important part of public safety. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340518 | EXTERNAL SENSING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, METHOD OF CORRECTING AXIAL DEVIATION AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A driving support device has a lane marking recognition unit that recognizes at least two lane markings based on a taken image; a deviation angle calculation unit that calculates a deviation angle based on at least the two lane markings; an obstacle recognition unit that recognizes an obstacle position based on the taken image; a camera deviation angle correction unit that corrects the obstacle position recognized by the obstacle recognition unit by the deviation angle; a radar deviation angle correction unit that corrects the obstacle position detected by a radar by the deviation angle; and a driving support processing unit that executes a driving support process based on the corrected obstacle positions. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20130314539 | Monitoring of the Close Proximity Around a Commercial Vehicle - A system for capturing and displaying not directly-viewable spaces near a vehicle includes an apparatus for image capturing and an apparatus for image display. The apparatus for image capturing captures at least two arbitrary points Q and R. A ground plane is spanned by the Cartesian coordinates xv and yv, and xv lies in the vehicle middle plane. The display displays an image that includes an image Q′ of the point Q and an image R′ of the point R on a display plane spanned by the Cartesian coordinates xv′ and yv′, with xv′ lying on a reproduction of the vehicle middle plane. A projection QR,xv of the vector QR onto xv and a projection Q′R′,xv′ of a vector Q′R′ onto xv′ have the same direction, and a projection QR,yv of the vector QR onto yv and a projection Q′R′,yv′ of a vector Q′R′ onto yv′ have the same direction. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130063599 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT PROCESSING DEVICE, VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE AND VEHICLE DEVICE - A vehicle driving support processing device, including a first data acquisition unit that acquires left rear image data, a second data acquisition unit that acquires right rear image data, and a lane departure detection unit having a lane departure detection state and a lane departure detection inhibition state, wherein the lane departure detection unit in the lane departure detection state estimates a first distance between a left-side boundary and the vehicle based on the left rear image data, estimates a second distance between a right-side boundary and the vehicle based on the right rear image data, and performs a signal generation operation to generate a signal for a warning or for controlling a steering gear or a braking device, and for transmitting a signal to other vehicles. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20140036076 | Method for Controlling Vehicle Use of Parking Spaces by Use of Cameras - A method of tracking the use of at least one destination location, the method including identifying a vehicle by use of identification images captured by an identification camera, such as by processing of images of license plates, determining characteristics of the vehicle visible in the identification images, and determining usage of a destination location, such as a parking spot, based on a camera monitoring the destination location capturing images of the vehicle having characteristics corresponding to those determined for the identification images. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036084 | VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH VARIABLE FOCUS CAPABILITY - A vehicular camera has a lens assembly, a housing and an image sensor. The lens assembly has at least one adjustable lens and a lens adjustment structure. The lens assembly has an effective focal length and an optical axis associated therewith and an effective distance from the image sensor. A controller may be operatively connected to the lens adjustment structure for controlling the operation of the lens adjustment structure. The lens adjustment structure is controllable to adjust at least one of an effective focal length and an effective distance of the lens assembly to the image sensor, so as to control the distance at which an object in the field of view of the camera appears in focus on the image sensor. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140036079 | External Camera Device That Thermally Couples Camera Optics To A Vehicle's Ventilation System - An external camera device for a motor vehicle prevents condensation on the camera optics by thermally coupling the optics to an air stream from the vehicle's ventilation system. The camera optics are disposed adjacent to an optical window in a camera holder that is attached to an outer surface of the motor vehicle. A flow channel guides the air stream through the camera holder. An inlet of the flow channel is connected to the ventilation system, and the flow channel is thermally coupled to the camera optics. The device is mounted onto the vehicle through a mounting surface of the camera holder. The inlet of the flow channel passes through the mounting surface. The outlet of the flow channel can either pass through the mounting surface or exit adjacent to the optical window, in which case a fluid-guide element guides the air stream from the outlet towards the optical window. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140232869 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH DIRT DETECTION - A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and having an image sensor and a lens. When the camera is disposed at the vehicle, the lens is exposed to the environment exterior the vehicle. The camera has an exterior field of view exterior the vehicle and is operable to capture image data representative of a scene occurring in the field of view of the camera. An image processor is operable to process multiple frames of image data captured by the camera, and wherein, responsive to processing multiple frames of captured image data, the image processor is operable to detect contaminants, such as water droplets or dirt, at the lens of the camera. Responsive to the image processor detecting contaminants at the lens of the camera, the vision system generates an alert and may trigger a function. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20150138362 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Emergency Services Notification Through A Centralized Parking Services Server - A computer-implemented system and method for managing a multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces through a centrally-located server is provided. A plurality of smart parking devices that are each physically proximate to and which correspond to at least one of the parking spaces is interfaced with the server. Further, a plurality of vehicle occupancy sensors that are also each physically proximate to and which correspond to at least one of the parking spaces is interfaced with the server. Use of the parking spaces are managed. Occupancy of each of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle is sensed through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor. Use of the parking space is processed based on an identity of a driver of the motor vehicle through the nearest smart parking device. Emergency services for an individual are notified through one of the smart parking devices upon request. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138360 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SELF-PROPELLED INDUSTRIAL MACHINE - This invention has an object to assist for traveling operation of a self-propelled industrial machine to display underneath image of the self-propelled industrial machine on a monitor of a display device mounted in a operator's cab. The display device of the self-propelled industrial machine according to the present invention is provided for a dump truck, which comprises cameras having field of view to underneath of the dump truck, a symbol image storage section to store a symbol image which is symbolized the dump truck, a superposing process section to make transparent with a predetermined transparent ratio in the symbol image as a transparent region and to superpose an image taken by the camera on the area corresponding to the transparent region as underneath image, and a monitor mounted in a cab of the dump truck for displaying the symbol image composed by the superposing process section. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150138358 | OBSTACLE MAP GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR - An obstacle map generation apparatus using an ultrasonic sensor comprises a sensor controller configured to control one ultrasonic sensor of a plurality of ultrasonic sensors to transmit an ultrasonic wave, and control the ultrasonic sensors to receive reflected waves; a signal aligner configured to align the reflected waves received by the ultrasonic sensors; a signal summer configured to sum signals aligned by the signal aligner; an obstacle determiner configured to determine that an obstacle exists if signal strength summed by the signal summer exceeds a threshold; and an obstacle map generator configured to generate an obstacle map based on determining result of the obstacle determiner. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20130265431 | OUTSIDE VIEW MONITOR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A monitor system is used for a vehicle equipped with a camera for capturing an image of a predetermined area outside the vehicle, a display device for displaying the captured image to a driver, and a mirror for reflecting the predetermined area. The monitor system includes a failure detector for detecting a failure of a function that allows the display device to display the captured image, a report device for causing the display device to display failure information when the failure detector detects the failure, and a state detector for detecting whether the mirror is in a state where the mirror reflects the predetermined area such that the driver views the predetermined area on the mirror. When the mirror is in the state, the report device causes the display device to delete or zoon out the displayed failure information. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20120147187 | VEHICLE DETECTION DEVICE AND VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD - A vehicle detection device having an imaging device to capture two respective polarized images from two polarized light beams having different polarization directions contained in light received from an imaging area including a road surface on which one's own vehicle is traveling and a vehicle traveling on the road surface and a polarization difference calculation device to calculate a polarization difference indicating the ratio of a luminance difference between the two respective polarized images to the luminance total thereof for respective identification processing areas formed by dividing the two respective polarized images taken by the imaging device, and a vehicle area detection device to conduct a vehicle area detection process of detecting a vehicle area displaying the vehicle in the imaging area based on the polarization difference of the respective identification processing areas calculated by the polarization difference calculation device. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120069187 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A technology for intuitively recognizing a positional relation between a vehicle and an object is provided. In an image display system, in a display image provided to a driver, the side region of the vehicle in a direction indicated by a direction instructing device is displayed in large size. Accordingly, the object that may contact with the vehicle is easily found out, so that a minor crash accident can be effectively prevented. Since a synthetic image viewed from a virtual viewpoint directed from a rear position of the vehicle toward the front side of the vehicle is displayed, the side area of the vehicle is displayed in the same visual field direction as the direction of the visual field of the driver. Accordingly, the driver can intuitively recognize the positional relation between the vehicle and the object, without undertaking complicated determination such as conducting coordinate transformation in his/her mind. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069184 | REAR VIEW DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle rear view mirror device with at least one optical sensor is suggested, which is connected to at least one image evaluation circuit board and to at least one display. This optical sensor is connected to the image evaluation circuit board via a receiver circuit board, and the image evaluation board is connected to the display via a receiver circuit board. The connection cables transfer serial data, and the connection length is 1 to 10 m. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069182 | VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A vehicle image display apparatus and method acquires captured images of an area around a vehicle captured by cameras at a plurality of positions on an outer portion of the vehicle, generates a single image based on the captured images and displays a composite image including the single image superposes with a first image showing boundary regions of the captured images in the single image and a second image showing end regions of the vehicle. When the composite image is displayed for the first time after an input operation is given to an ignition key of the vehicle, the first and second images are highlighted for a time period after the composite image starts to be displayed. After the time period elapses, the first image is non-highlighted and the second image is highlighted. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20130215270 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - In an object detection apparatus, an image obtaining part obtains, continuously in time, captured images captured by a vehicle-mounted camera capturing images of a vicinity of a host vehicle. A first detector detects an object by using the plurality of captured images obtained by the obtaining part at different time points. The first detector stores, as a template image, an area relating to the object detected by the first detector and included in one of the plurality of captured images that have been processed, in a memory. Moreover, a second detector detects an object by searching for a correlation area, having a correlation with the template image, included in a single captured image obtained by the image obtaining part. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20120092498 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MIRROR DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD - A display system for a vehicle includes a first camera and a second camera adapted to be mounted to the vehicle. A mirror assembly is provided having a display screen and a view divider such as a parallax barrier. A controller is operatively connected to the cameras and to the display screen and is operable to cause the recorded images to appear as a single three-dimensional image when the images are viewed through the view divider. A method of providing an image of an object that is rearward of a vehicle is also provided. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20140028849 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND RAINDROP DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A driving assistance system | 01-30-2014 |
| 20120105642 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a vehicle-mounted video display device that allows a vehicle occupant to intuitively ascertain the orientation of the video being displayed on a display in the vehicle among multiple videos of the vehicle perimeter captured by multiple cameras, was captured a video displayed in the vehicle interior, and thereby allowing the vehicle occupant to ascertain the situation around the vehicle at a glance. A central processing device ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105637 | Multi-Level Video Processing Within A Vehicular Communication Network - A system for performing multi-level video processing within a vehicle includes a pre-processing module for determining an encoding mode and enabling one or more levels of encoding based on the encoding mode. The pre-processing module further receives a video stream from a camera attached to the vehicle via a vehicular communication network and encodes the video stream based on the encoding mode to produce a packet stream output. The system further includes a video decoder for receiving the packet stream output and decoding the packet stream output in accordance with the encoding mode to produce a decoded video output. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20140152830 | MULTI-IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a multi-image processing apparatus. The multi-image processing apparatus is such that a subject is photographed by a camera to obtain an image, and the image is branched out and performed with respectively different image processes. According to the multi-image processing apparatus according to the present invention can reduce the number of cameras that are mounted. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20130286207 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGING PROCESSING SYSTEM - An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor; a signal processing unit repeatedly performing processing different from each other in a given number of sequential frames to imaging signals obtained by the image sensor to thereby obtain image data of respective frame; and an image data output unit sequentially outputting the image data of respective frames. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20150029338 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIRD'S-EYE VIEW HAVING FUNCTION OF AUTOMATICALLY CORRECTING IMAGE - The present invention discloses a bird' s-eye view image-producing device having a function of automatically calibrating an image. The bird's-eye view image-producing device automatically corrects a change in camera location due to a passenger getting into an automobile even if a driver does not perform a separate calibration step to produce the bird's-eye view image. The bird's-eye view image-producing device may include: a first camera and a second camera for taking images of perimeters of a vehicle to generate a first image and a second image, a tilt calibrating unit for calibrating a tilt of the first camera caused by the passenger's weight, by comparing an image acquired through the first camera when the vehicle starts with a reference image for the first camera taken before a passenger has gotten into the vehicle; and a bird's-eye view image producing unit for producing a bird's-eye view image having a perspective that views the perimeter of the vehicle from an upper part of the vehicle by combining a first image with the second image, the first image being taken by the first camera that is calibrated with regard to the tilt. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029337 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE MODULE - An electronic device module includes a metallic casing having at least one boss formed therein, an electronic device unit placed inside the casing, connector terminals for external device connection electrically connected to the electronic device unit, and a metallic ground shell disposed so as to surround the connector terminals, having a front surface covered with a metal coated layer and including at least one boss insertion portion formed, a head of the at least one boss inserted into the at least one boss insertion portion and the coated layer positioned on a periphery of the corresponding at least one boss insertion portion being welded to each other to electrically connect and fix the ground shell to the casing. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150029336 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER - A video recorder mounted on a car windscreen. Sidewalls of a housing form an enclosed internal cavity housing a video camera. One sidewall of the housing is substantially flat, providing a fastening side for mounting the housing to the windscreen either directly or through a gasket, or through a gasket with a firm plate for forming a detachable fixation of the recorder to the windscreen. The housing fastening side, the gasket and the plate each have an opening of the same form and arrangement as the window. An optical axis of a video camera lens is directed through the cavity to the window, wherein an external radiation passing into the cavity and falling on the lens can be acquired by a camera image sensor for obtaining an image. Such a construction avoiding stray external light sources hitting the lens and avoids distortion of the received image from the external sources. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20130278771 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE WHEEL ASSEMBLY - Various techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using small form factor infrared imaging modules to monitor various components of a vehicle wheel assembly. For example, a vehicle-mounted system may include one or more infrared imaging modules, a processor, a memory, a display, a communication module, and a vehicle speed sensor. The vehicle-mounted system may be mounted on, installed in, or otherwise integrated into a vehicle that has one or more wheel assemblies. The one or more infrared imaging modules may be configured to capture thermal images of desired portions of the wheel assemblies. Various thermal image analytics and profiling may be performed on the captured thermal images to determine the operating condition of various components of the wheel assemblies and to detect abnormalities. Monitoring information may be generated based on the detected condition and abnormalities, and presented to a driver or other occupants onboard the vehicle in real time. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20120081550 | CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system comprising a circuit board having a first end with a first camera electrically connected thereto and a second end with a second camera electrically connected thereto; and a frame having a first frame member, a second frame member, and a mount for attaching the system to the vehicle; wherein the circuit board is disposed between the first and second frame members; and wherein the first frame member is coupled to the second frame member at a first connection location proximate the first end and at a second connection location proximate the second end to reduce the deflection of the first and second ends of the circuit board relative to the mount to maintain the alignment of the first and second cameras. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120169875 | REARWARD VIEW ASSISTANCE APPARATUS - A rearward view assistance apparatus in a vehicle includes an imaging device that acquires a vehicle rearward image by taking a rearview from the vehicle, a control circuit that sets a cropped image by cropping part of the vehicle rearward image in response to a state of a vehicle, and a display device that is provided in a passenger compartment and displays the cropped image. The control circuit preferably overlays a lower portion of the cropped image with a mask. The control circuit preferably displays an indication corresponding to a rear portion of the vehicle on the cropped image. The rearward view assistance apparatus is thus provided to view rearward from the vehicle even when passengers are present on the seats in the second and third rows. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20140036077 | Method for Controlling Vehicle Use of Parking Spaces by Use of Cameras - A method of tracking the use of at least one destination location, the method including identifying a vehicle by use of identification images captured by an identification camera, such as by processing of images of license plates, determining characteristics of the vehicle visible in the identification images, and determining usage of a destination location, such as a parking spot, based on a camera monitoring the destination location capturing images of the vehicle having characteristics corresponding to those determined for the identification images. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140028848 | DRIVE VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD, DRIVE VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEM, AND SUMMARIZED MOVING IMAGE CREATING DEVICE - A drive video recording device is provided. The drive video recording device creates a summarized moving image in which the inputted video is culled such that a playback speed of the video of the time period during which the amount of information is smaller is faster than a playback speed of the video of the time period during which the amount of information is larger, and stores the summarized moving image in a storage section. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20120154591 | IMAGING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A vehicular imaging and display system includes a rear backup camera at a rear portion of a vehicle, a video processor for processing image data captured by the rear camera, and a video display screen responsive to the video processor to display video images. During a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle, the video display screen displays video images captured by the rear camera. During forward travel of the equipped vehicle, the video display screen is operable to display images representative of a portion of the field of view of the rear camera to display images representative of an area sideward of the equipped vehicle responsive to at least one of (a) actuation of a turn signal indicator of the vehicle, (b) detection of a vehicle in a side lane adjacent to the equipped vehicle and (c) a lane departure warning system of the vehicle. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154590 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING MONITOR APPARATUS - From a captured image capturing an image of the surrounding of a vehicle, there are generated a display screen including an image to be displayed when the vehicle is under a stopped state and a display screen including an image to be displayed when the vehicle is under a non-stopped state (not under the stopped state). And, these generated display screens are displayed on a monitor. The area of vehicle surrounding shown by the image displayed when the vehicle is under the non-stopped state is narrower than the area of vehicle surrounding shown by the image displayed when the vehicle is under the stopped state. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154589 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING MONITOR APPARATUS - From a captured image capturing an image of the surrounding of a vehicle, there are generated a first image having a rectangular shape and a second image having a non-rectangular, parallelogram shape. A display screen is generated and displayed which comprises the first image and the second image laid side by side, with image contents of the first and second images being continuous with each other and also with adjacent sides of the first and second images being parallel with each other. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154588 | LANE DEPARTURE WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A lane departure warning system and method. The lane departure warning system includes an image sensing unit, an edge extracting unit, a lane recognizing unit, a lane type determining unit, a lane color detecting unit, a lane pattern generating unit, and a lane departure determining unit. The image sensing unit senses a plurality of images. The edge extracting unit emphasizes edge components necessary for lane recognition. The lane recognizing unit detects straight-line components. The lane type determining unit determines a type of the lane. The lane color detecting unit detects a color of the lane from an image signal value. The lane pattern generating unit generates a lane pattern. The lane departure determining unit determines lane departure in consideration of the type and the color of the lane and a state of a turn signal lamp. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20110090339 | IMAGING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - An imaging system for a vehicle includes an imaging array sensor and a control. The imaging array sensor comprises a plurality of photo-sensing pixels and is disposed at an exterior rearview mirror assembly at a side of the vehicle with a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The imaging array sensor is operable to capture an image exterior of the vehicle. The control may process the captured images and may determine that the imaging array sensor is misaligned when the imaging array sensor is disposed at the exterior rearview mirror assembly at the side of the vehicle. The control, responsive to a determination of misalignment of the imaging array sensor, may at least partially compensate for the determined misalignment of the imaging array sensor. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090338 | VEHICULAR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - A rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly including a control. The interior rearview mirror assembly may include a video display device operable to display video information for viewing by a driver of the equipped vehicle through an electrochromic reflective element of the interior rearview mirror assembly. The control may include a digital signal processor disposed in the interior rearview mirror assembly. The interior rearview mirror assembly may include a vehicle bus node. When the interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the equipped vehicle, the vehicle bus node may be connected to a vehicle bus of the equipped vehicle, and at least one of (a) the control conveys signals to the vehicle bus via the vehicle bus node and (b) the vehicle bus conveys signals to the control via the vehicle bus node. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120105639 | BUNDLING NIGHT VISION AND OTHER DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (DAS) USING NEAR INFRA RED (NIR) ILLUMINATION AND A ROLLING SHUTTER - A system mountable in a motor vehicle. The system includes a camera and a processor configured to receive image data from the camera. The camera includes a rolling shutter configured to capture the image data during a frame period and to scan and to read the image data into multiple image frames. A near infra-red illuminator may be configured to provide a near infra-red illumination cone in the field of view of the camera. The near infrared illumination oscillates with an illumination period. A synchronization mechanism may be configured to synchronize the illumination period to the frame period of the rolling shutter. The frame period may be selected so that the synchronization mechanism provides a spatial profile of the near infra-red illumination cone which may be substantially aligned vertically to a specific region, e.g. near the center of the image frame. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20140152822 | User Display Providing Obstacle Avoidance - A visual display for use by a user for navigation and obstacle avoidance. A typical user employs the invention in operating a vehicle. The user may be located in the vehicle but will more typically be remotely located. The display may include a conventional video feed. A visual arch metaphor is also provided. If used in conjunction with a video feed, the arch metaphor preferably extends from the left side of the video, over the top of the video, and on to the right side of the video. A ranging device mounted on the vehicle collects ranging data around the vehicle. As an example, the ranging device might collect 180 degrees of ranging data extending from the vehicle's left side, across the vehicle's front, and over to the vehicle's right side. The ranging data is correlated to a predefined color scale. The ranging data is also correlated to a position on the arch metaphor. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152821 | PEDESTRIAN DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A pedestrian detection system and method includes: dividing an image to a plurality of granules, and counting magnitude difference value of each granule in diagonal orientation to obtain features of HOGG. And the HOGG and the HOG captured can work together to improve the detection rate and reduce the false alarm rate, which is the ultimate goal of the vision based pedestrian detection. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20120113261 | BLIND-SPOT IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND BLIND-SPOT IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A see-through side view monitor system (A | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113258 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CAMERA SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A camera system for a motor vehicle includes an image sensor for outputting image signals and multiple optical elements. The optical elements include a switchable optical element which is part of a first camera optical system in the first switching state and part of a second camera optical system in a second switching state. Optical elements form the first camera optical system for detecting a first surrounding and for imaging the first surrounding on the image sensor with the aid of a first object distance, and optical elements form the second camera optical system for detecting a second surrounding and for imaging the second surrounding on the image sensor with the aid of a second object distance which differs from the first object distance. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20140152828 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMOTIVE VIDEO EVENT RECORDERS - Video event recorders are coupled to a vehicle power source via an on-board diagnostic system including its power bus, data bus, and scanner port connector. Video event recorders are provided with a power input arranged in conjunction with a standard ODBII type “D” connector. Systems further include an extension cable between the connector and the vehicle event record to accommodate mounting needs associated with each. In advanced versions, both OBD power and data networks are coupled to the vehicle event recorded such that data relating to vehicle diagnostic systems can be captured in a triggered event along with video data. In addition, some versions are provided with special detection mechanism to determine the use state of a vehicle and adjust application of power accordingly. Thus an “in-use” detector is coupled to the vehicle and/or OBD systems to provide feedback which helps to conserve power and regulate the power connections. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152823 | Techniques to Obtain Information About Objects Around a Vehicle - Method for monitoring an area surrounding a host vehicle or objects external of the vehicle includes projecting light into an area of interest external to the vehicle from one or more light sources on the vehicle, detecting reflected light at at least one camera on the vehicle at a position different than the position from which the light is projected and at a position from which light reflected from any objects in the area of interest in the exterior of the vehicle is received and analyzing the reflected light relative to the projected light to obtain information about a distance between the vehicle and objects located in the area of interest and/or motion of the objects located in the area of interest. Then, one or more actions are undertaken on the vehicle based on the information about the distance and motion of the external object. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152824 | Parking Management System Including Rail - A parking management system including a rail is described. A camera module takes images of a parking area, has a chargeable battery, and moves along the rail using a motor and wheels. A charging and AP module charges the camera module, receives image information from the camera module, and is movable using a motor, a running rail and gears. A server processes the image information received from the charging and AP module. A computer is connected to the server, and contains management software which executes a parking situation search using a database of the server. The camera takes images from the parking area while moving along the rail, and is positioned on the charging rail so as to be charged from the charging and AP module. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140049646 | METHOD OF OBTAINING DATA RELATING TO A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE - A method of obtaining data relating to a driver assistance system installed on a vehicle, including capturing sensory data (such as images) external to the vehicle via a sensor of the driver assistance system, buffering a first group of vehicle signals and storing a pre-event value for a signal of the first group in a pre-event buffer, and analyzing the sensory data to detect one or more types of probability events. After a probability event is detected, the method includes monitoring a second group of vehicle signals for a post-event time period after the occurrence of the detected probability event, and during the post event time period processing signals of the second group with a predetermined function to generate a post-event signal value, and recording data in a memory, with the recorded data including the type of detected probability event, a pre-event signal value and a post-event signal value. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20160103315 | VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM CAMERA WITH ENHANCED WATER REMOVAL - A vision system of a vehicle includes a camera configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes an imager and a lens. The imager includes a pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements. With the camera disposed at the vehicle, the lens has an outer surface that is exposed to an environment exterior of the vehicle, and the outer surface of the lens includes a central portion and a lower portion, with the lower portion below the central portion when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. A water removal element is disposed at the lower portion of the lens. The water removal element is configured to cause a water droplet that collects at the lower portion of the outer surface of the lens to drain from the outer surface of the lens. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20140218530 | Traffic Event Detection System for Vehicles - Platforms and techniques are described in which a traffic event detection system includes a camera connected to a central processor unit (CPU), and a video display with sound speaker also connected to the CPU. The camera is mounted outside the vehicle on an extendable and/or rotatable support, and captures images of traffic in front of the vehicle at a height generally above that of vehicles that may be ahead of the vehicle mounted with the detection |
