In a method for determining a transition between two display images, a two-dimensional initial image is mapped by first and second mapping functions respectively onto first and second mapped images, and the first and second mapped images are mapped respectively onto a first display image. The initial image is mapped by an interpolating mapping function onto an interpolating mapped image in the model space, wherein the interpolating mapped image is determined by interpolation of the first and second mapped images as a function of an interpolation parameter. The initial image, mapped by the interpolating mapping function onto the interpolating mapped image, is mapped onto an interpolating display image which transitions from the first display image to the second display image through variation of the interpolation parameter.

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).

An improved video-based rear-view mirror system for vehicles including motorcycles (but also with application to other vehicles including cars, trucks, bicycles, and so on) includes at least one digital display screen configured to be mounted in a side-mirror positioned unit; and at least one camera unit coupled to the digital display screen, such that the digital display screen is configured to display video data captured by the camera unit; wherein the system is configured such that the video data displayed by the at least one display screen is tuned to provide a side-mirror proxy view.

A display system of a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras configured to capture images of front, rear, rear left, and rear right sides of the vehicle and generate image data. The system further includes a plurality of display panels configured to receive and display the image data, and at least one sensor configured to sense a pupil of a driver and at least one of a position, a body direction, or a head height of the driver. A processor determines a position of a field of view of the driver on the basis of the pupil position data and the posture data and generates a display correction value on the basis of the position of the field of view. A display correction device adjusts a horizontal tilt and a vertical tilt of each of the plurality of display panels on the basis of the display correction value.

A vehicle image processing system including a control unit and a display unit. The control unit processes an image of the exterior of the vehicle. The display unit displays at least a part of the image. The control unit operates the display unit in first and second modes. The first mode displays at least a part of the image, and the second mode displays at least first and second adjacent regions. The second region is located at least in a lateral end of the display unit, where in the first region the display unit displays part of the image displayed in the first mode, and in the second region the display unit removes the part of the image not displayed in the first region.

There is provided an on-vehicle display controller including a video data acquiring unit configured to acquire captured video data obtained through imaging by an imager that is configured to image surroundings of a vehicle, a detecting unit configured to detect at least one following vehicle in the captured video data, an identifying unit configured to identify a lower part of the following vehicle detected by the detecting unit, a display video data generating unit configured to set a clipping area of the captured video data so as to include the lower part of the following vehicle identified by the identifying unit, and generate display video data by performing clipping the clipping area from the captured video data, and a display controller configured to cause a display used in the vehicle to display the display video data generated by the display video data generating unit.

An around view monitoring apparatus includes: a plurality of cameras; and at least one processor configured to process a plurality of images acquired through the plurality of cameras, wherein one or more of the plurality of cameras include a lens unit configured to form, in each of the acquired images, a first focal length in a first region and a second focal length different from the first focal length in a second region.

A visual field support image generation device for generating a visual field support image of a vehicle has a camera that captures an image from the vehicle and a processing section. The processing section covers the image captured by the camera to generate the visual filed support image. The image is covered by compressing the captured image so that a compression ratio of the captured image in a horizontal direction becomes higher than a compression ratio of the captured image in a vertical direction by using a depth vanishing point included in the captured image as the center.

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.

Methods and apparatus are provided for real time video upscaling in a vehicle display system. The apparatus includes a camera for capturing an image having a first resolution, a display operative at a second resolution, a sensor for detecting a condition, and a processor for selecting a scaling algorithm in response to the first resolution, the second resolution and the condition, the processor further operative to scale the image from the first resolution to the second resolution to generate a rescaled image and for coupling the rescaled image to the display.