The invention relates to a method for: displaying an environment (16) of a vehicle (10), the vehicle (10) having a camera-based environment detection system (14) for detecting the environment (16) of the vehicle (10); and moving the vehicle (10) to a target position (24) in the environment (16). The method comprises the steps: providing images of the environment (16) of the vehicle (10) using the camera-based environment detection system (14); generating a bird's eye view of an environment image (26) based on the images of the environment (16) of the vehicle (10) provided using the camera-based environment detection system (14); determining at least one target position (24) in the environment (16) of the vehicle (10); displaying the at least one target position (24) in a first superimposition plane which covers the environment (16) of the vehicle (10); and superimposing the first superimposition plane on the environment image (26). The invention also relates to a corresponding driving assistance system (10) designed to perform the above method.

A vehicular display apparatus that displays an image on a windshield of a vehicle has an attention target detector configured to detect an attention target to which attention of a driver of the vehicle needs to be drawn, and calculate a distance from the attention target to the vehicle, and a display controller configured to perform display control that displays an attention mark on the windshield in a superimposed manner such that, from a point of view of the driver, the attention mark is displayed close to the attention target detected by the attention target detector, the attention mark being displayed to draw the attention of the driver to the attention target. The display controller sets a base point at a position of the attention target on the windshield, sets a display position of the attention mark at a position which is a predetermined distance away from the base point.

An image processing apparatus includes an input interface to acquire an image, and first to fourth controllers. The first controller performs image processing on the image. The second controller performs correction on an optical distortion in the image. The third controller performs recognition on the image. The fourth controller superimposes a result of the recognition onto the image and outputs a resulting image. The first controller can perform first and second image processing. The second controller can perform first and second correction processing. The third controller receives an input of the image, and outputs information indicating a location of a recognized object. The fourth controller receives an input of the image, and superimposes a drawing indicating the location of the recognized object onto a corresponding location in the image.

Methods and systems for aligning a vehicle with a trailer. One system includes an image sensor configured to collect a plurality of images. The system also includes an electronic processor configured to receive the plurality of images from the image sensor. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a three-dimensional model of an area surrounding the vehicle using the plurality of images. The electronic processor is also configured to control the vehicle to automatically perform a vehicle maneuver to align the vehicle with the trailer based on the three-dimensional model of the area surrounding the vehicle. The electronic processor is also configured to determine when the vehicle is aligned with the trailer and stop the vehicle from automatically performing the vehicle maneuver when the vehicle is aligned with the trailer.

An image processing apparatus includes a first signal processing unit for generating a first image of a first angle of view from an image captured by a camera attached to a vehicle body, and an image superimposing unit for superimposing an image representing a part of the vehicle body on the first image.

Camera control systems and methods for providing a dynamic view of the environment outside of a vehicle are presented. One or more cameras are configured to capture at least one view of the environment outside of the vehicle. Control circuitry detects at least one of the speed of the vehicle and the pitch angle of the vehicle (e.g., by using a speedometer and inclinometer). The control circuitry selects a view angle based on the at least one of the speed of the vehicle and the pitch angle of the vehicle. The control circuitry then displays, based on an output of the at least one camera, a view of the environment outside of the vehicle from the selected view angle on a display of the vehicle.

A display system includes a display processing device that controls display of an image, a posture detection device that detects a posture change amount of a moving body, a correction processing device that sets a correction amount of a display position of the image, a display determiner that determines whether or not to display the image, and a gradient change detector that detects a gradient change of a traveling path. The gradient change detector detects that a posture change of the moving body is started when an absolute value of the posture change amount is larger than a first threshold, and that the posture change is completed when the absolute value becomes smaller than a second threshold after start of the posture change. The display determiner determines not to display the image from start of the posture change until completion of the posture change.

A head up display for a vehicle including a display device configured to output light forming an image, an optical system configured to control a path of the light such that the image is output towards a light transmission region, and a controller configured to generate the image based on a first view and a second view such that a virtual image is produced on a ground surface in the light transmission region, the first view being towards the ground surface , the second view being towards a 3D space above the ground surface, the first view and the second view being based on an eye-box, the ground surface being in front of the vehicle, and the virtual image including a graphic object having a stereoscopic effect, and control the display device to output the image.

A camera system is provided. The camera system includes an image sensor, at least one light source, and a processing unit. The image sensor is configured to capture a plurality of images. The processing unit is configured to perform the following instructions. A plurality of reflection values on at least one subject in the captured images is acquired. A relationship between a luminance level of the light sources and a reflection level on the at least one subject is obtained. A luminance configuration is determined according to the relationship between the luminance level of the light sources and the reflection level on the at least one subject. A luminous power of at least one of the light sources is adjusted according to the luminance configuration.

A system for displaying a driving scene to a passenger in a vehicle includes first and second cameras for capturing images of the driving scene; a processor that receives the images from the first and second cameras, applies noise filtering to the received images to at least partially remove occlusions from the images of the driving scene received from the first and second cameras related to a weather condition; and a display that receives the filtered images from the processor after application of the filtering operation and displays the filtered images of the driving scene.