A vehicle includes a room mirror provided to be rotatable and providing a display mode, and a memory for storing an image capable of being displayed on the room mirror in the display mode, wherein, when the room mirror is rotated toward a front glass, the room mirror is converted into the display mode and displays the image stored in the memory.

A display system for use in a vehicle is disclosed including an imager configured to capture images corresponding to a field of view rearward of the vehicle. The imager is in communication with a processing unit configured to receive data representative of the captured images from the imager. A display is in communication with the processing unit which is configured to display images based on the data representative of the captured images received by the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive vehicle operating data from the vehicle and data corresponding to a detection of an object in proximity of the vehicle. In response to the vehicle operating data and the object detected, the processing unit is configured to control the field of view of the at least one imager.

A vehicular collision avoidance system includes a first image processor that processes image data captured by a forward-viewing camera to detect vehicles and determine vehicles present in the occupied lane and adjacent lane, and a second image processor that processes image data captured by a rearward-viewing camera to detect the presence of vehicles and determine vehicles present in the occupied lane and adjacent lane. Information relating to the vehicles is wirelessly transmitted between the vehicles. Responsive at least in part to at least one of (i) image processing of image data captured by the forward-viewing camera and/or rearward-viewing camera, (ii) sensor data sensed by at least one other sensor, and (iii) information transmitted to or from the equipped vehicle via the car2car (v2v) communication system, the collision avoidance system is operable to determine imminence of collision with the equipped vehicle by another vehicle present exterior the equipped vehicle.

There is disclosed a viewing system coupled to a motor vehicle having a frame having a roof, at least one support, and a body with the at least one support supporting the roof over the body. The system can comprise at least one camera, at least one screen coupled to the support. In addition each camera is coupled to the at least one support and wherein said at least one screen is in communication with the first set of cameras, wherein said at least one screen displays images presented by the first set of cameras. This device can provide additional view in the blind spot of the vehicle.

A vision system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle. One of the cameras functions as a master camera and others of the cameras function as slave cameras. Responsive to processing of captured image data, the vision system is operable to synthesize a composite image derived from image data captured by at least two of the cameras, at least one of which is a slave camera. Operating parameters of the master camera are used by slave cameras. An electronic control unit sends via Ethernet connection operating parameters to a slave camera so that image sections of the composite image, when displayed to a driver of the vehicle by a display device of the vehicle, appear uniform in at least one of (i) brightness at the borders of the sections and (ii) color at the borders of the sections.

A vision display system for a vehicle includes a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the vehicle. A display device includes a video display screen disposed in the interior cabin of the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle. When the vehicle is at a traffic stop and the engine is turned off under stop and go operation, the video display screen displays video images derived from image data captured by the rear backup camera within two seconds of shifting of a vehicle transmission of the vehicle into reverse gear. After the engine of the vehicle restarts under stop and go operation, the video display screen displays video images derived from image data captured by the rear backup camera within two seconds of shifting of the vehicle transmission of the vehicle into reverse gear.

A vehicle rearview mirror system is described. A display device constructs an image by an image signal having been output from an image receiving unit of a vehicle-mounted camera and then causes a display screen to display the constructed image. A vehicle mirror main body incorporates the display device. A posture of the vehicle mirror main body is altered between a posture when a driver watches a vehicle rear side appearing in a half mirror and a posture when the driver watches an image which is displayed on the display screen. An operating lever member is employed to alter the posture of the vehicle mirror main body. A power supply switch switches on or off the display device in conjunction with operation of the operating lever member.

A vehicle camera system comprising: a camera arranged to capture image data from a field of view surrounding a host vehicle; a display arranged to display the image data; and a processor arranged to: determine the presence of obstructions in the field of view; and control the display to display the image data in dependence on the detection of obstructions in the field of view.

Provided is a vehicle periphery monitoring device that can appropriately recognize a monitored subject that is present at a periphery of a vehicle and notify a driver, while suppressing computational amount and the amount of memory usage. In a case where a monitored subject W detected in a past captured image is not detected in a latest captured image (NO in FIG. 2B/STEP 7), an alert process unit 13 to 16 estimates whether or not the monitored subject W is present in a notification region D2 in a real space based on the past captured image (FIG. 2B/STEP11 to FIG. 2B/STEP 13 and FIG. 2B/STEP 15 to FIG. 2B/STEP 16) and notifies the driver when the monitored subject W is estimated to be present in the notification region D2 (FIG. 2B/STEP 14).

An image display method for vehicle rearview mirrors is provided. The method includes obtaining at last two images to be displayed by an image obtaining module, and displaying the at least two images in a split-screen manner on at least one rearview mirror of the vehicle rearview mirrors.