The present invention provides a system and method of displaying a representation of a road sign. The method comprises receiving information associated with the road sign, the information associated with the road sign comprising a front face of the road sign and a location of the road sign in a road system; receiving an image from a camera, the road sign being within the field of view of the camera; determining, using the image, an amount of the road sign that is obstructed; generating, in dependence on the amount obstructed, the representation of the road sign using the information associated with the road sign; and outputting the representation of the road sign for display.

A vehicle status management apparatus includes: a sound detector that is disposed in an object storage compartment of a vehicle and that detects a sound generated in the object storage compartment; a camera that obtains an image by photographing an inside of the object storage compartment; a display disposed in the vehicle; and a controller that controls the display to display the image of the inside of the object storage compartment which is obtained through the camera when the sound is detected.

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.

A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of imaging sensors disposed at the vehicle and a display screen disposed in the vehicle. A processing system is operable to process captured image data and to combine and/or manipulate captured image data to provide a three-dimensional representation of the exterior scene for display at the display screen. The processing system is operable to process the captured image data in accordance with a curved surface model, and is operable to process the image data to provide the three-dimensional representation as if seen by a virtual observer from a first virtual viewing point exterior of the vehicle having a first viewing direction. The processing system is operable to adjust the curved surface model when displaying the three-dimensional representation from a second virtual viewing point exterior of the vehicle having a second viewing direction to provide enhanced display of the images.

An exterior rearview system for an autonomous vehicle includes a housing adapted for mounting to an exterior side of a vehicle, the housing holding at least one of a reflective element or display screen for displaying to a driver a rear or side image of the vehicle, one or more lighting modules disposed in the housing and providing an adaptive lighting sector which is adaptively controlled, and a control system configured to receive input data related to at least one of a user's intention using a tracking sensor and a user's retaking control of the autonomous vehicle.

The present disclosure provides a device for processing an image based on a vehicle velocity. The device includes: an image receiver configured to receive a raw image obtained from at least one camera installed in the vehicle; a velocity receiver configured to receive a velocity of the vehicle; an image extraction unit configured to extract a partial image corresponding to the received velocity from the raw image; and a display for displaying the extracted partial image. The device provides the driver with an image of the surrounding of the vehicle adapted to the driving situation without installing a driving unit such as a separate motor in the imaging unit. The device also provides different top view images according to the velocities of the vehicle, and provides top view images with less image distortion than conventional top view images.

A driving assistance device includes a first periphery image provision unit and a second periphery image provision units. Each unit provides an image of a periphery of a vehicle to a vehicle occupant. Each unit includes a photographing unit, a display unit, and a control unit configured to control the display unit. The first control unit monitors a state of the second periphery image provision unit and performs processing that notifies information relating to a deterioration in performance of the second periphery image provision unit to a vehicle occupant. The second control unit monitors a state of the first periphery image provision unit and performs processing that notifies information relating to a deterioration in performance of the first periphery image provision unit to a vehicle occupant.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a camera monitor system providing areas of importance to a driver, to a corresponding vehicle and to a method for operating such a camera monitor system comprising at least two separate cameras arranged to record camera views of the surrounding of the vehicle being different for each camera and at least one monitor with a monitor screen suitably arranged to provide the recorded camera views on the screen at least to the driver of the vehicle, wherein the provided camera views and/or an arrangement of the different recorded camera views on the monitor screen depend(s) on a status of the vehicle, wherein a control unit is adapted to observe the status of the vehicle and to alter the arrangement of the camera views provided on the screen in dependence on the observed status of the vehicle.

A load-monitoring system includes a vehicle processor and a camera mounted in a trailer. The vehicle, via the processor, displays a first image of a trailer load, received from a trailer-mounted camera and receives selection of a monitoring point on the image, via a touch-sensitive user interface displaying the image or other selection mechanism. The vehicle also receives selection of a fixed point on the image, via the user interface. If the monitoring point moves more than a threshold amount, relative to the fixed point, for example, in subsequent images captured by the camera, the vehicle alerts the driver.

The control device includes an occupant imaging unit, a posture discernment unit configured to discern the posture of the occupant or a change in posture based on an image captured by the occupant imaging unit, a vehicle state acquisition unit configured to acquire a signal indicating the state of the vehicle or the state of the vicinity of the vehicle, a vehicle state discernment unit configured to discern the state of the vehicle or the state of the vicinity of the vehicle based on the acquired signal, a control content specifying unit configured to specify a display to be controlled and content to be displayed on the display based on the result of the discernment performed by the posture discernment unit and the vehicle state discernment unit, and a controller configured to control display change of the display to be controlled based on the result of the specification.