A method for displaying lane information for a vehicle, includes obtaining a digital map; defining localization information of the vehicle; obtaining a route plan of the vehicle; determining a driving lane according to the localization information of the vehicle and the route plan of the vehicle; obtaining coordinates information of lane markings of the driving lane from the digital map; receiving image data from a camera mounted on the vehicle; transforming the lane markings of the driving lane from a coordinate system of the digital map to a coordinate system of the camera; generating a lane guide sign indicating the lane markings of the driving lane in the coordinate system of the camera based on the lane markings of the driving lane transformed to the coordinate system of the camera; and superimposing the lane guide sign of the lane markings of the driving lane on the image data received from the camera.

Provision of a sense of distance by motion parallax and provision of various visual fields are satisfactorily realized.

A display image is generated by superimposing a vehicle interior image on a captured image obtained by capturing an image on a rear side from a vehicle. The display image is generated on the basis of reference visual field setting information set by a setting unit. For example, the reference visual field setting includes a display position setting, a display size setting, a compression setting in all or part of a horizontal direction, a compression setting in all or part of a vertical direction, and the like. For example, the image showing the vehicle is a computer graphics image. For example, a change is made in a superimposed positional relationship between the captured image and the image showing the vehicle in accordance with motion of a viewpoint of a driver.

The disclosure includes embodiments for concealing a distracting object. A method according to some embodiments includes analyzing environment data to identify a distracting object that is viewable by a driver, wherein the environment data is generated by a sensor set of a first vehicle and the environment data describes an environment including the first vehicle. The method includes determining a risk value of concealing the distracting object from the driver. The method includes responsive to the risk value failing to meet a threshold value, overlaying a concealing graphic on the distracting object while the first vehicle is being operated.

A method of monitoring a vehicle bottom condition is provided. in which forward, left-side, right-side, and rear images of a vehicle are received from a camera unit of the vehicle, and traveling distance information of the vehicle is received from a sensor unit of the vehicle. The images received from the camera unit based on the traveling distance information received from the sensor unit are stored. A vehicle bottom image is then generated based on the stored image, the generated vehicle bottom image is matched with a surround view monitoring (SVM) image of the vehicle, and the SVM image matched with the vehicle bottom image is output.

In relation to a HUD apparatus having an AR function, the shift between an object and a virtual image (AR image) is reduced. The HUD apparatus extracts a predetermined object based on an image taken by an external camera, acquires object information including an object position in space, viewpoint position information of a driver and the amount of movement of the viewpoint position in space based on an image taken by an internal camera, and information including a position of a virtual image region in space. The HUD apparatus generates the image to be superimposed on the object, and corrects a display position of the image in the virtual image region including at least a position in a horizontal direction, and performs conversion processing at the time of the correction so that a virtual image region is set as a display position of the image after correction.

A vehicle cruise control device includes: an arithmetic circuitry and a device circuitry that controls actuation of traveling devices mounted in a vehicle. The arithmetic circuitry is configured to recognize a vehicle external environment; set a route to be traveled by the vehicle; determine a target motion of the vehicle to follow the set route; and generate an image to be displayed for driving assistance, by using an image taken by the camera and information on the recognized vehicle external environment. The control circuitry is configured to control actuation of one or more traveling devices mounted in the vehicle, based on the target motion determined.

A method of aligning a tow vehicle with a trailer positioned behind the tow vehicle is provided. The method includes determining a point cloud map of a rear environment of the tow vehicle. The rear environment includes the trailer. The method also includes determining a front face plane of the trailer based on the point cloud map. The method also includes determining a normal line of the front face plane. The method also includes determining a path from the tow vehicle to the trailer such that a fore-aft axis of the tow vehicle is aligned with the normal line of the front face plane.

A system and method provide rearward viewing for a vehicle driver. The rearward viewing system includes left side and right side video cameras for obtaining video image rearwardly outwardly from the sides of the vehicle. Left side and right side electronic image displays display portions of the images. A vehicle interior driver monitoring camera senses an upper body position of a driver. An electronic processor is configured to receive an upper body position and determine portions of the left side video images to display on the left side electronic image display, and to determine portions of the right side video images to display on the right side electronic image display. Additional movements of a driver adjust a field of view of the left side video images by changing portions thereof that are provided to the left side electronic image display. Right side and rearview images are also adjusted.

This image generation device is provided with: an image acquisition unit that acquires a rear-side image of the rear side of a vehicle; and an image generation unit. When the rear-side image includes an overlapped portion where an image region, in which an auxiliary line for assisting in the backward driving of the vehicle is overlaid, overlaps an image region in which a specific target is positioned, the image generation unit generates, in at least the overlapped portion, an image in which the auxiliary line is not overlaid or is overlaid in a semi-transparent state; and when the rear-side image does not include the overlapped portion, the image generation unit generates an image in which the auxiliary line is overlaid on the rear-side image.

A training method for a driver assistance method of a vehicle. The method includes: recording a sequence of camera images during a training run of the vehicle, guided by a user, along a desired trajectory; determining a driving corridor for the driver assistance method along the desired trajectory based on image processing of the recorded sequence of camera images; displaying the recorded sequence of camera images and/or a surrounding environment model determined based on the recorded sequence of camera images on a display, at least the determined driving corridor being displayed as an overlay superimposed on the display; and storing the driving corridor in an electronic memory of the vehicle, a recording of an input by the user for adapting a boundary of the determined driving corridor during the displaying and an adapting of the determined driving corridor based on the recorded input being carried out.