A vehicle hitch assistance system includes comprising an imaging system, a steering system, a dead reckoning device and a controller. The controller determines a hitch location within a vehicle exterior image received from the imaging system and controls the steering system to guide the vehicle in a reverse direction to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the hitch location, including by tracking the location of the vehicle using information received from the dead reckoning device.

A viewing device for a vehicle has: a monitor that displays a captured image of a vehicle rear side; and a control device that carries out display control that compresses the captured image such that a compression rate gradually becomes higher from a vehicle inner side toward outer sides, and displays an image on the monitor.

A video processing unit generates a conversion video having the same angle of view as an angle of view of a mirror image by converting a camera video. The video processing unit causes the generated conversion video to be displayed in a display region such that the conversion video is superimposed on the mirror image.

A view system (100A, 100B) for a vehicle (1) has an image capture unit (10, 10A, 10B) for capturing image data of a portion around a vehicle (1), an image processing unit (20A, 20B) for processing the captured image data, and an image reproduction unit (30, 30A, 30B) for reproducing the processed image data. Included are an image sensor (11) and an optical element having a distortion curve. The image data are distorted dependent on the position of the image sensor according to the distortion curve. The image processing unit (20A, 20B) is adapted for taking at least one partial portion (12, 12′) from the image data of the image sensor (11), wherein the geometry of the partial portion (12, 12′) is dependent on the position of the partial portion (12, 12′) on the image sensor (11).

A vehicle image processing device includes a camera that images surroundings of a vehicle and outputs video data. An image extraction unit extracts an image from the video data when a predetermined operation for instructing image acquisition is performed, and an image processing unit processes the extracted image in accordance with a field of view of the user in a vehicle interior. A display processing unit and a display device display the processed image on a screen arranged at a position aligned with a line of sight of the user.

A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a front portion of a vehicle, a display screen and a processor for processing image data captured by the camera. The processor performs first, second and third image manipulations on first, second and third portions of the image data to generate first, second and third region manipulated image data. The display screen displays first, second and third images derived from the manipulated image data at respective display regions. The displayed images are discontinuous at a first seam between first and second display regions and discontinuous at a second seam between first and third display regions. An object present in first and second regions of the view of the camera is displayed as discontinuous at the first seam and an object present in the first and third regions of the view of the camera is displayed as discontinuous at the second seam.

A method for calibrating a vehicular vision system includes disposing a camera at a vehicle, disposing a processor at the vehicle, and disposing a video display screen in the vehicle so as to be viewable by the vehicle driver. The video display screen is operable to display video images derived from image data captured by the imager of the camera. Image data is captured by the imager of the camera and provided to the processor. The video display screen displays video images derived from image data captured by the imager of the camera. The processor generates a graphic overlay for display with the video images at the video display screen. Responsive to processing captured image data, the vehicular vision system is calibrated by adapting an orientation and position of the image data relative to the generated graphic overlay to a corrected orientation and position relative to the generated graphic overlay.

This camera monitoring system (20) is intended for providing to a user a view of a scene captured by a camera. To that end, the camera monitoring system (20) comprises a wide angle camera (22A, 22B) for capturing a wide angle image of a scene, a determination unit (28) for determining an area of interest in the scene, an image treatment system (24A, 24B) for providing an undistorted portion, including the area of interest, of the wide angle image, and a display (26A, 26B) for displaying a continuous displayed image of the wide angle image. The displayed image comprises the undistorted portion adjoining at least one distorted portion of the wide angle image.

A vehicular navigation apparatus may include: an input unit configured to receive an image; a display unit configured to display at least one of a navigation image and an input image; and a controller configured to receive the image from the input unit and to control operation of the display unit. Upon receiving the image from the input unit, the controller may be configured to extract a resolution of the input image and to determine whether the resolution of the input image is less than or equal to a reference resolution, and when the resolution of the input image is less than or equal to the reference resolution, the controller may be configured to control the operation of the display unit so as to simultaneously display the navigation image and the input image.

A camera for a vehicle includes: an imaging unit configured to image an exterior of the vehicle; and a controller configured to enlarge a region of interest of the imaging unit in response to a driving speed of the vehicle being higher than a reference speed, and reduce the region of interest of the imaging unit in response to the driving speed being lower than the reference speed.