Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators – Of relative distance from an obstacle
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-31
2008-10-07
Nguyen, Hung T. (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Of relative distance from an obstacle
C340S436000, C340S438000, C340S425500, C340S932200, C340S933000, C340S937000, C348S142000, C348S148000, C348S151000, C701S001000, C701S023000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07432799
ABSTRACT:
By applying an observing-point conversion and s synthesis to images captured by respective cameras capturing the surroundings of a vehicle and by placing a figure representing the vehicle on the synthesized image, an overhead-image generating unit generates an image to be obtained when captured at an observing point above the vehicle, a figure representing the vehicle, and an overhead image showing the surroundings of the vehicle in an overhead viewing manner, and displays the overhead image on a display device via a display processing unit. When an obstacle is detected by obstacle sensors, the caution-image generating unit extracts an image of those stored in an image memory, in an area including a part of the vehicle and the obstacle, generate a caution image, and displays the caution image at a position on the overhead image via the display processing unit corresponding to the position of the obstacle.
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Alpine Electronics Inc.
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Nguyen Hung T.
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