A display controller is provided that controls a camera capturing an image of an area diagonally behind a vehicle and including an imaging element that receives light from an image-capturing target through an optical system, the display controller including a processor that calculates a shift amount of a reference position of the imaging element with respect to an optical axis of the optical system, performs a control to move the reference position of the imaging element in a direction away from the optical axis according to the shift amount, and generates a display image based on the image captured by the camera so as to cause the display image to be displayed on a display device.

Examples of techniques for road feature detection using a vehicle camera system are disclosed. In one example implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing device, an image from a camera associated with a vehicle on a road. The computer-implemented method further includes generating, by the processing device, a top view of the road based at least in part on the image. The computer-implemented method further includes detecting, by the processing device, lane boundaries of a lane of the road based at least in part on the top view of the road. The computer-implemented method further includes detecting, by the processing device, a road feature within the lane boundaries of the lane of the road using machine learning.

A vehicle camera includes an image sensor and a variable lens. The variable lens includes a liquid crystal layer that includes liquid crystal molecules having an arrangement that depends on a voltage applied to the liquid crystal layer. The variable lens is configured to, based on the arrangement of the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer, alter light that is introduced into the image sensor.

Disclosed are a system and a method of recognizing a travelled lane of a vehicle, which recognize a currently travelled lane by using an image obtained through a camera of a vehicle or information received from a road system. Further, the system and the method detect whether the vehicle changes a lane by using sensing data of the vehicle, current location information, road map data, and the like, and when it is confirmed that the vehicle changes a lane or enters a new lane, the system and the method make the vehicle immediately recognize a currently travelled lane by combining information about the change of a lane or the new lane with information about the first recognized travelled lane. Accordingly, the present invention may make a vehicle recognize a travelled lane even when it is difficult to recognize a lane by a camera, and rapidly obtain information about the change of a lane and an entry lane, thereby determining a final lane. Further, the present invention provides a corresponding vehicle and surrounding vehicles with information about the final lane, so that the information may be utilized in an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) or a V2V application service.

The present application relates to a method and apparatus for determining a preferred off-road vehicle path including a lidar operative to generate a depth map of an off road surface, a camera for capturing an image of the off road surface, a processor operative to receive the depth map, determine a vehicle path in response to the depth map and a host vehicle characteristic, combine a graphical representation of the vehicle path with the image to generate an augmented image, and a display to display the augmented image to a host vehicle operator.

A method for operating a vehicle camera system including receiving a first image from at least one video camera, identifying a first object in the first image, determining a distance between a vehicle component and the identified object, modifying the first image by incorporating a human machine interface (HMI) within the first image, wherein the human machine interface includes a display configured to communicate the distance between the object and the vehicle component, and displaying the modified image to a vehicle operator.

A drive support display device supporting a drive of a self-vehicle based on a detection result by an object detector regarding a nearby area of the self-vehicle. The device receives object information from an external source, the object information identifying a nearby object existing in the nearby area of the self-vehicle, determines whether the nearby object is detected by the object detector, and provides a warning indicator when the determination section determines that the nearby object is an undetected nearby object that is not detected by the object detector. As a result, the undetected nearby object, which is already identified as existing somewhere nearby the self-vehicle but is invisible therefrom, may be emphasized in an image provided by the drive support display device.

The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance system (2) for a motor vehicle (1), in which a driver-specific blind spot (3) in the surroundings (4) of the motor vehicle (1) is determined, wherein at least one boundary edge (8, 9) of a driver-specific field of vision (5) of a motor vehicle driver is determined as a function of a movement behaviour of the motor vehicle driver's head and/or as a function of the visual faculty of the motor vehicle driver, and the dimension (a2) and/or a local position of the driver-specific blind spot (3) in the surroundings (4) of the motor vehicle (1) is determined as a function of the determined boundary edge (8, 9) of the driver-specific field of vision (5).

A cyclist protection apparatus for a vehicle includes including a front section that protrudes forward from a boarding section and includes an upper surface formed by a hood. The cyclist protection apparatus includes a hood latch and a cyclist airbag device. The hood latch is capable of releasing a closed state of the hood such that a front of the hood is openable. The cyclist airbag device is configured to be disposed in the front section below the hood and deploy a cyclist airbag. The cyclist airbag device is configured to deploy the cyclist airbag forward from below the hood in either one of a state where the front of the hood is open and a state where the front of the hood is openable.

A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus is configured to be provided in an own vehicle and to perform image display related to information on a situation of surroundings of the own vehicle. The own vehicle includes a windshield. The vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes an image generator and an image display. The image generator is configured to generate an image expressing an environment of the surroundings of the own vehicle. The image includes an own vehicle forward image having a view substantially equivalent to a view of a forward region of the own vehicle that is viewable by an occupant of the own vehicle through the windshield at a time of normal driving of the own vehicle. The image display is configured to be disposed on forward side of the occupant of the own vehicle and faces the occupant, and to display the image generated by the image generator.