B60R2300/302

VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM
20230326218 · 2023-10-12 ·

A vehicular control system includes a camera, a radar sensor and a processor operable to process image data captured by the camera and radar data captured by the radar sensor. Responsive at least in part to determination that the equipped vehicle will not complete a turn at an intersection before an estimated time to arrival of a detected approaching vehicle at the intersection elapses, the system determines that it is not safe to proceed along the projected path of travel. The system determines that it is safe for the equipped vehicle to proceed along the projected path of travel responsive at least in part to (i) determination that the equipped vehicle will complete the turn at the intersection before the estimated time to arrival of the approaching vehicle at the intersection elapses and (ii) determination that no object is present in the projected path of travel of the equipped vehicle.

Apparatus, system and method for enhanced driver vision based on road level characteristics

A system, apparatus and method for enhancing a driver's field of view in a vehicle. Sensor data may be generated, via one or more first sensors, relating a pitch angle of the vehicle and received in a processing apparatus, which further determines if the pitch angle of the vehicle exceeds a configured pitch angle threshold for a configured period of time. One or more control signals may be transmitted to activate one or more cameras configured to capture image data at least in a front area of the vehicle if the processing apparatus determines that the pitch angle exceeds the configured pitch angle for the configured period of time. The captured image data may then be displayed on a display unit.

Camera position detection apparatus, camera unit, camera position detection method, and medium
11783505 · 2023-10-10 · ·

A camera position detection apparatus detects imaging positions of a plurality of cameras that are mounted on a vehicle and that include acceleration sensors, where the imaging positions indicate positions at which the cameras capture images with respect to the vehicle. The camera position detection apparatus includes a reference camera information acquisition unit that acquires information on the imaging position of a reference camera that is a part of the cameras, an acceleration acquisition unit that acquires information on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor for each of the cameras, and an imaging position detection unit that detects an imaging position of a setting target camera that is the camera different from the reference camera among the cameras.

Vehicular system for controlling vehicle

A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, the system determines a camera-derived path of travel of the vehicle along a road. Responsive at least in part to a geographic location of the vehicle, the system determines a geographic-derived path of travel of the vehicle along the road. Control of the vehicle along the road is based on diminished reliance on the determined geographic-derived path of travel when a geographic location reliability level of the determined geographic-derived path of travel is below a threshold geographic location reliability level. Control of the vehicle along the road is based on diminished reliance on the determined camera-derived path of travel of the vehicle when a camera reliability level of the determined camera-derived path of travel is below a threshold camera reliability level.

Vehicular lane keeping system

A vehicular lane keeping system includes a forward-viewing camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle and an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU is operable to (i) process map data relating to a current geographic location of the vehicle and (ii) process vehicle information relating to current operation of the vehicle in a traffic lane of a road. Responsive to (i) processing of image data captured by said forward-viewing camera and (ii) processing of the map data and (iii) processing of the vehicle information, the vehicular lane keeping system determines a path of travel for the vehicle that keeps the vehicle in the traffic lane during situations where lane markings are not readily determinable. The vehicular lane keeping system determines the path of travel even when no lane markings are present on the road. The vehicular lane keeping system maintains the vehicle along the determined path of travel.

Vehicle video system
11756307 · 2023-09-12 · ·

Images are obtained using cameras mounted on a vehicle, and at least a portion of the obtained images are displayed on a screen. Motion of the vehicle can be controlled such that it moves toward a physical destination selected from images obtained using cameras mounted on a vehicle.

Display controller, display system, mobile object, image generation method, and carrier means

A display controller controls a display device provided for a mobile object to display a display image including at least one item of contents of data. The display controller includes an image data acquisition unit configured to obtain image data from an imaging device configured to capture an image around the mobile object, and a display-image generation unit configured to generate the display image. The display-image generation unit changes a display mode of the at least one item of contents of data included in the display image to increase visual recognizability of a desired item of contents of data included in the at least one item of contents of data to a level at least higher than visual recognizability of an area in the image data not including the desired item of contents of data.

METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADAPTING A VIEW ANGLE OF A REAR VISION SYSTEM
20230278494 · 2023-09-07 ·

A method for automatically adapting a view angle of a displayed image on a side screen of a rear vision system of a vehicle, said rear vision system having a side camera adapted to generate said displayed image according to a varying view angle between a minimal and maximal value, the method comprising following steps: obtaining instant GPS location data; obtaining a map; determining the location of the vehicle on the map at each determined interval; adapting the view angle of the displayed image in function of the location of the vehicle on the map, the view angle being set on a default value outside the merging portions and the view angle being varied according to a widening pattern along a merging portion.

Methods and systems for interpreting traffic scenes

A vehicle for interpreting a traffic scene is provided. The vehicle includes one or more sensors configured to capture an image of an external view of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain the captured image of the external view of the vehicle from the one or more sensors, segment a plurality of instances from the captured image, determine relational information among the plurality of instances, and generate a hyper graph including a plurality of nodes representing the plurality of instances and a plurality of edges representing the relational information among the plurality of instances.

Image processor and image processing method for parking frame estimation on a road surface

An image processor includes a line extraction portion configured to extract a line from an image generated from a vehicle surrounding image captured at a predetermined timing, a tracking determination portion configured to determine whether the extracted line fulfills a predetermined condition or not, a comparing portion configured to compare the line that is determined as fulfilling the predetermined condition with a line that is extracted by the line extraction portion from another image generated from another vehicle surrounding image captured at a predetermined timing in the past to obtain degrees of similarity and coincidence thereof, a parking area line determination portion configured to determine the line as a parking area line when the degrees of similarity and coincidence are equal to or more than a given value, and a parking frame setting portion configured to set a parking frame using the line determined as the parking area line.