Communications: electrical – Land vehicle alarms or indicators
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-03
2008-09-09
Lee, Benjamin C. (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
Land vehicle alarms or indicators
C340S693900, C340S937000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07423521
ABSTRACT:
In a vehicular visual assistance system, an image picked up by an image pickup device is processed by an image processing device, and displayed on a display monitor. The image pickup device is mounted on a lower part of a door mirror housing, and is capable of picking up an image of a region that is continuous in the fore-and-aft direction. The imaged region includes part of a front region directly viewed by a vehicle driver, and part of a rear region indirectly viewed by the vehicle driver via a door mirror. The image processing device displays, on the display monitor, an imaged region for which at least front and rear boundaries thereof of the viewed regions overlap. Thus, it is possible to avoid a blind spot from occurring between the direct and indirect views and the image based on the picked up image, thereby improving visibility.
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Kukita Tomoyuki
Sakamoto Hiroshi
Blackman Willaim D.
Carrier Joseph P.
Carrier Blackman & Associates
Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock
Lee Benjamin C.
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