An image display apparatus has: an imaging device (11L, 11R) that is placed at a door (15L, 15R) of a vehicle (1) and that is configured to image an external circumstance of the vehicle; a displaying device (14) that is configured to display an external image captured by the imaging device; and a controlling device (132, 133) that is configured to control an display aspect of the display when the display displays the external image, the controlling device is configured to control the display aspect such that the display aspect when the door is in an opened state is different from the display aspect when the door is in a closed state.

A method and an apparatus are for adapting image processing based on a shape of a display device for a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes: a capture device configured to capture a shape of a display device, an extrinsic camera parameter of a camera, an intrinsic camera parameter of the camera, and a of view of the camera; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate a reprojection surface and a correspondence table based on the captured shape of the display device, the extrinsic camera parameter, the intrinsic camera parameter, and the field of view; and an image processing device configured to perform adapted image processing that is adapted based on the reprojection surface and the correspondence table.

A system for detecting command gestures made by a finger of a motor vehicle driver, including at least one interface pad, a light source that emits an infrared optical beam toward the interface pad, an imaging sensor, in order to capture images steered by the interface pad away from the driver, the interface pad including a base frame and a movable plate that is movable between a rest position and at least one activation position, the base frame including a first inclined edge and the movable plate including a second inclined edge, the first and second inclined edges forming a zone of contrasts of interest as seen by the imaging sensor, and being separated by a space or brought closer together depending on the position of the movable plate, and generating a contrast effect in the images of the interface pad that are captured by the imaging sensor.

A control device is intended to be embedded in a motor vehicle including a passenger compartment and at least one passenger service equipment item. The control device is provided to be coupled to each passenger service equipment item and includes a detection module configured to detect at least one passenger in the passenger compartment, a classification module configured to classify the detected passenger in at least one passenger category, and a generating module configured to generate, as a function at least of said passenger category, a command of the at least one passenger service equipment item.

A processor for a vehicle camera system, the processor arranged to: receive image data captured by a camera, the image data providing a field of view surrounding a host vehicle; determine the presence of an obstruction in the field of view; receive inputs from one or more other sensors; determine the presence or absence of obstructions in a field of view of the one or more other sensors, wherein each determined presence or absence carries an associated confidence score and wherein each confidence score contributes to a confidence total; and control a display to display the image data based on the detection of the obstruction in the field of view provided by the image data and based on a comparison of the confidence total to a confidence threshold.

An imaging device suitable for a motor vehicle and a method of providing the same is disclosed herein. The imaging device has an optical assembly arranged using a plurality of lenses and an image sensor to convert light rays received by the optical assembly. Specifically, the optical assembly comprises of a plurality of lenses stacked together. The optical assembly and image sensor are aligned using an active alignment process with six degrees of freedom in a x, y and z-axis, which determines a position of the optical assembly relative to the image sensor.

A vehicle includes a controller programmed to, responsive to detecting a barcode displayed outside the vehicle via an exterior sensor, decode the barcode, and project an image representing an information decoded from the barcode on a windshield of the vehicle, the image overlaying the barcode from a perspective of a user.

An image capture device is mounted in a vehicle. The image capture device includes: an image capture unit; and a setting unit that sets an image capture condition for each region of the image capture unit each having a plurality of pixels, or for each pixel, based upon at least one of a state exterior to the vehicle and a state of the vehicle.

A display system may include a camera configured to capture an image of a calibration reference associated with an automobile, a display, and a controller in communication with the camera and the display. The controller may be configured to selectively adjust a color temperature of the display based on the image of the calibration reference.

The present invention is a single camera or multiple cameras on telescoping pole that can be mounted on top surface of vehicles such as automobiles, trucks, buses, trains, airplanes, toys etc. For easier explanation of the invention, focus is given on the application of the camera system on automobiles (cars). Four cameras mounted in different directions on the pole give wider field of view for safe operation of the vehicle. The camera system also includes a radar. The telescoping pole helps to raise the cameras unit with radar(LDAR) above the top surface of the vehicle. The first camera points to the front direction of the car, the second camera points to the rear direction of the car, the third camera points to a blind spot on the left side of the car and the fourth camera points to a blind spot on the right side the car. The inventions can be easily modified to a single or dual camera on top of pole for a cheaper alternative camera system, first camera can be mounted on the pole to show front view and the second camera may be mounted on the pole to show the rear view. The system can also keep cameras that point to the blind spots and ignore cameras facing the front and rear views.