An image control unit of an image display device provides, on display screens of a display unit, a captured-image-only region in which only a captured image is displayed when the display unit displays the captured image, and multiple-image regions in which the captured image or a different image that is different from the captured image is selectively displayed when the display unit displays the captured image. In an embodiment, the image control unit fixes a position of the captured-image-only region on the display screens.

Various arrangements for imaging a traffic light are presented. A distance to the traffic light from a vehicle may be determined. A camera mode may be selected based on the determined distance to the traffic light. One or more images from one or more cameras may be captured and received based on the selected camera mode. A state of the traffic light within the one or more received images may then be determined. The vehicle may then be driven autonomously based on the determined state of the traffic light.

A method for displaying information to a driver of a vehicle includes disposing a camera at a vehicle and disposing a bimodal display at a display region at a windshield of the vehicle. Responsive at least in part to determination that gaze of the driver is not at the display area or gaze of the driver is at the display region and the driver is not focusing at the display region for the threshold period of time, the bimodal display operates in a first mode, where the bimodal display is transmissive of visible light therethrough. Responsive at least in part to determination that gaze of the driver is at the display region and the driver is focusing at the display region for the threshold period of time, the bimodal display operates in the second mode, where images derived from captured image data are displayed at the display region.

A collision avoidance and/or pedestrian detection system for a large passenger vehicle such as commuter bus, which includes one or more exterior and/or interior sensing devices positioned strategically around the exterior and interior of the vehicle for recording data, method for avoiding collisions and/or detecting pedestrians, and features/articles of manufacture for improving same, is described herein in various embodiments. The sensing devices may be responsive to one or more situational sensors, and may be connected to one or more interior and/or exterior warning systems configured to alert a driver inside the vehicle and/or a pedestrian outside the vehicle that a collision may be possible and/or imminent based on a path of the vehicle and/or a position of the pedestrian as detected by one or more sensing devices and/or situational sensors.

A multiple camera control system includes at least two cameras shooting an image outside the vehicle when an ignition of the vehicle is turned on or a shift speed stage of the vehicle is a reverse speed stage, and an image output apparatus receiving the shot image from the cameras and selectively displaying the image received from the cameras according to a traveling direction indication signal of the vehicle and a shift speed stage information of the vehicle.

A collision avoidance and/or pedestrian detection system for a large passenger vehicle such as commuter bus, which includes one or more exterior and/or interior sensing devices positioned strategically around the exterior and interior of the vehicle for recording data, method for avoiding collisions and/or detecting pedestrians, and features/articles of manufacture for improving same, is described herein in various embodiments. The sensing devices may be responsive to one or more situational sensors, and may be connected to one or more interior and/or exterior warning systems configured to alert a driver inside the vehicle and/or a pedestrian outside the vehicle that a collision may be possible and/or imminent based on a path of the vehicle and/or a position of the pedestrian as detected by one or more sensing devices and/or situational sensors.

A system for bandwidth saving for wireless cameras using motion vectors includes wireless cameras disposed within the vehicle, and capturing input image data. A control module, having a processor, memory, and input/output (I/O) ports, executes control logic stored in memory. A first control logic receives, real-time input image data from the cameras. A second control logic processes the input image data to maintain (Wi-Fi) bandwidth utilization within the vehicle below a predetermined threshold and maintains and maximizes real-time image data streaming quality through semantic segmentation and background memorization. A third control logic generates an output including background and foreground image portions. The output is transmitted to a human-machine interface (HMI) within the vehicle and periodically replaces the background portion with a cached background scene that is transmitted to the HMI.

Disclosed is an automobile, including a vehicle body and a rearview system. A vehicle cabin is provided inside the vehicle body, the vehicle body includes a roof and a tailgate directly connected to the roof, and the tailgate is made of an opaque material; the rearview system is provided on the vehicle body and including an exterior rearview mirror, an interior rearview mirror module and a first camera module, the exterior rearview mirror and the first camera module are both located outside the vehicle cabin, the interior rearview mirror module is located in the vehicle cabin, the interior rearview mirror module includes an inner rearview display screen electrically connected to the first camera module and provided with an image display mode; and in the image display mode, the inner rearview display screen is configured to display driving environment behind the automobile captured by the first camera module.

A first user control interface receives an input. A controller executes control determined by an input via the first user control interface. A housing is capable of housing a recording medium. An acquisition interface acquires housing information related to whether the recording medium is housed in the housing. The controller disenables the input via the first user control interface when the housing information acquired by the acquisition interface indicates that the recording medium is housed.

A hit-and-run dash camera device is provided that has a plurality of sensors. The sensors may be triggered by specific distance and speed elements commonly found before, during, or after a hit-and-run collision. Triggering of the sensors causes at least one camera of the device to begin recording to capture a fleeing vehicle.