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.

Disclosed are a rear-side alert system and a method of controlling the same. The rear-side alert system may output an alert when there is a possibility of collision with an object detected in back of a host vehicle and determine a time point of the alert based on whether the object reaches a virtual alert deactivation line, so as to maintain the alert during a time interval in which there is the possibility of collision between the host vehicle and the object. Further, when the object does not pass through a boundary set on one side of the host vehicle, the rear-side alert system may set different alert the time points, thereby minimizing a time during which an unnecessary alert is output and improving reliability of the output of the alert by the rear-side alert system.

During autonomous driving of a vehicle, useful Information is presented to an occupant. An image generator in driving assistance device generates a first image representing an action the vehicle is capable of executing depending on a travel environment during autonomous driving and a second image representing a basis of the action. Image output unit outputs the first image and the second image generated by the image generator to notification device in the vehicle in association with each other. The action vehicle is capable of executing may be selected from among action candidates by a driver.

A method for computing a display of additional information for display on a display unit. The insertion of additional information supports the driver in the longitudinal guidance of a transportation vehicle. The insertion of the additional information takes place as an augmented reality display, so that the additional information is computed contact-analogously to one or more objects in the environment of the transportation vehicle. The position of a transportation vehicle traveling in front is detected. When the observer transportation vehicle is approaching the transportation vehicle in front, an animated graphic is displayed section by section in a periodically recurring manner starting from the observer transportation vehicle.

A radar for a vehicle includes: an antenna including a nonlinear patch array; a transmitter to externally transmit a transmission signal through the antenna; a receiver to signal-process a reception signal received from the antenna; and a processor to control to operate a portion of the nonlinear patch array and control to change at least one of a direction, an angle, or an intensity of a beam pattern output from the antenna based on image related information from a camera during vehicle driving, wherein when the vehicle enters a curved road, the processor detects lane region based on an image from the camera, calculates curvature information of the curved road using a pixel value of the lane region, and controls to change a direction of a beam pattern output from the antenna based on the curvature information. The radar beam pattern is configured to vary based on the camera image.

A driving assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes an imaging device, an ECU, and a head-up display device. When a position in which a straight line connecting a predetermined position and a position of a particular object intersects with a position estimating plane that is a virtual plane position on the same plane as a virtual display area is defined as a particular object estimation position, an indicator is a motion indicator moving such that a tip end of the indicator approaches the estimation position along a virtual straight line set in the virtual display area with lapse of time, and the ECU is configured to perform control such that a position shift amount of the estimation position shifted from the virtual straight line in a width direction of a vehicle on the position estimating plane is equal to or less than a predetermined value in a predetermined pre-collision time.

An electronic device and method of controlling an operation of a vehicle are provided. The method includes obtaining a video sequence including a plurality of frames from a camera installed on the vehicle; detecting, from the plurality of frames, an object included in the plurality of frames; obtaining position information regarding the object with respect to each of the plurality of frames; determining whether an event related to driving of the vehicle has occurred by analyzing time-series changes in positions of the object in the plurality of frames; generating a notification message about the event based on a result of the determining; and outputting the generated notification message, wherein the detecting of the object, the obtaining of the position information, the determining of whether an event has occurred, and the generating of the notification message are performed using a plurality of learning models.

A display control device includes: a turn signal installed in a vehicle; indicators for displaying a lighting state of the turn signal to an occupant of the vehicle; and a controller for controlling the lighting state of the turn signal and a lighting state of the indicators. The controller makes timing of starting to turn on the turn signal and timing of starting to turn on the indicators different from each other.

The present invention enables recognition of traffic light lamp color in place of or in addition to simply displaying the traffic light lamp color in a color image. A projection unit projects, towards a part subject to projection, display light L that can display an image at a variable display distance. A lamp color information acquisition unit acquires a lamp color of a traffic light which a vehicle will be driving through. A display distance adjustment unit changes the display distance of the image based on the lamp color acquired by an information acquisition unit.

A computing device in a vehicle can determine a plurality of lane change maneuvers based on the time to collision. The computing device can determine a field of safe travel to execute the lane change maneuvers without braking to a stop and display the field of safe travel to an occupant.