Techniques for vehicle collision avoidance are disclosed. Driver position data identifying a position of a driver with respect to a reference point is received from position sensor. The driver position data is compared by a processor against a predefined position threshold. A rear-view display mounted in a rear-view mirror housing is activated to display signals received from a wide-view rear facing camera when a result of comparing the driver position data against a predefined position threshold indicates that the driver position is at least equal to the predefined position threshold.

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a camera monitor system providing areas of importance to a driver, to a corresponding vehicle and to a method for operating such a camera monitor system comprising at least two separate cameras arranged to record camera views of the surrounding of the vehicle being different for each camera and at least one monitor with a monitor screen suitably arranged to provide the recorded camera views on the screen at least to the driver of the vehicle, wherein the provided camera views and/or an arrangement of the different recorded camera views on the monitor screen depend(s) on a status of the vehicle, wherein a control unit is adapted to observe the status of the vehicle and to alter the arrangement of the camera views provided on the screen in dependence on the observed status of the vehicle.

A vehicle body structure, comprising an image capturing apparatus configured to capture an image of a left-rearward area and a right-rearward area of a vehicle, and a display apparatus including a left-side display unit configured to display the left-rearward area and a right-side display unit configured to display the right-rearward area, wherein when viewed in a vehicle body front-and-rear direction, the left-side display unit and the right-side display unit are respectively fixed at a left-side end part and a right-side end part of a vehicle cabin forward structure so as to be positioned higher than a center of a steering wheel and lower than an upper end of the steering wheel.

In a camera system, a captured image of a rear of a vehicle is acquired, an optical image having a high-resolution region and a low-resolution region is formed on an imaging unit, a first image is generated by cutting out a first region from an image region corresponding to the high-resolution region in an image read from the imaging unit, a second image is generated by cutting out a second region from an image region different from the first region, the first image and the second image are generated such that at least a portion of a lower end of the second region is positioned below a lower end of the first region, and at least a portion of an upper end of the second region is positioned below an upper end of the first region, and at least one of the first image and the second image is output for display.

The present invention relates to the field of onboard circuit technologies, and provides an onboard vehicle-powered wireless rearview AHD transmission apparatus. A wireless receive end of a transmission processing apparatus is wirelessly connected to a signal transmit end of an AHD camera, and the transmission processing apparatus receives and processes a rearview image signal to generate an AHD video signal for output. As such, stable signal transmission is implemented without installing inside a vehicle a data cable that runs through the vehicle or modifying the inside of the vehicle, thereby reducing a cost and facilitating installation.

A protective warning system for a vehicle is provided. A device comprises: a long-range camera and a stereoscopic camera positioned in a housing to image external objects in a rear-facing direction when the housing is mounted to a vehicle. A controller detects, using images from the long-range camera, an external object in the rear-facing direction and process stereoscopic images from the stereoscopic camera to determine when the external object is located with a first zone or a second zone extending in the rear-facing direction, the second zone being closer to the stereoscopic camera than the first zone. In response to determining that the external object is located with the first zone or the second zone, the controller controls the one or more notification devices to provide one or more first or second notifications associated with a first or second urgency level.

A method for guiding reversing of a vehicle includes displaying, via a video display screen of the vehicle, and responsive to the vehicle being shifted into reverse gear, video images derived from image data captured by a rear backup camera of the vehicle. Responsive to actuation of an input by the driver of the vehicle, an alignment overlay is generated and electronically superimposed on the displayed video images to assist the driver in reversing the vehicle toward a trailer hitch of a trailer. The alignment overlay extends longitudinally rearward from a central region of the vehicle displayed in the displayed video images. The input is an actuatable input other than the vehicle being shifted into reverse gear. The alignment overlay is adjusted responsive to change in steering angle of the vehicle while the driver is executing the reversing maneuver of the vehicle.

An imaging assembly includes an image acquisition circuit provided in a rear portion of a moving body. The image acquisition circuit includes an optical circuit and an image capturing circuit. The optical circuit forms an image in a first region and an image in a second region on the peripheral side having a lower image capturing magnification than the first region. A light receiving surface of the image capturing circuit includes a region in which light is incident along the optical axis of the optical circuit through the first region, and a region in which light is incident through the second region. The image acquisition circuit is disposed so that the optical axis of the optical circuit passes through an opening provided in the moving body, and light from the rear end of the moving body is incident on the image capturing surface.

Improved safety device for vehicles, including at least one video camera, with possible zoom and tilt function that can be installed in one or more portions of the external surface of a vehicle, oriented so that its lens is facing in the opposite direction to that of the vehicle, or in the same direction in case of reverse, during which the possible tilt and zoom function is activated; at least one processing unit, to which the camera is operatively connected, which sends images selectively and at the request of the driver to a display of the vehicle, operationally connected to the processing unit by means of wiring or wireless connections; a control, operationally connected to the processing unit, operable by the driver and able to selectively activate the camera, and therefore the rear view function on the display.

An imaging assembly for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The imaging assembly may include an image sensor configured to capture image data and an electro-optic element configured to selectively control a range of wavelengths corresponding to light in a near infrared (NIR) range of light entering the image sensor. The electro-optic element may include a first portion configured to absorb the range of wavelengths entering the image sensor and a second portion configured to absorb the range of wavelengths entering the image sensor in a first state and to transmit the range of wavelengths entering the image sensor in a second state. The second portion may be electrically isolated from the first portion. A controller may be in communication with the image sensor and the electro-optic element. The controller may be operable to switch the second portion between the first state and the second state.