A display control device includes a video data acquisition unit acquiring video data from a camera that captures a video in a moving direction of a vehicle, a parking line recognition unit recognizing a parking line being a line of a parking space from the video data, a center line generation unit generating a center line of the parking space from the recognized parking line, a vehicle moving line generation unit generating a vehicle moving line extending in the moving direction of the vehicle from a position corresponding to a center part along a width of the vehicle, a superimposed video generation unit generating superimposed data being video data where the center line and the vehicle moving line are superimposed on the video data, and a display control unit transmitting the superimposed data to a display unit to display a video related to the superimposed data on the display unit.

The Smart Auxiliary Vehicle (SAV) is a vehicle that accompanies another vehicle or object, allowing passenger and cargo space to be modular. The principal use of the SAV is modular vehicle transportation for reduction of energy consumption related to transportation. The SAV may or may not have a mechanical connection between it and the vehicle or object it accompanies. When a mechanical connection is not present, various technologies will allow the SAV to move in concert with another vehicle or object. When a mechanical connection is present, propulsion and/or braking systems will also be present, eliminating towing capacity restrictions, and differentiating the SAV from an ordinary trailer. This invention relates to the field of transportation technology.

A vehicle periphery display device includes: an acquisition portion acquiring a captured image obtained by imaging a periphery of a vehicle with an imaging portion; and a display processing portion causing a display image including a vehicle image and a periphery image of the vehicle to be displayed on a display portion on the basis of the captured image. The display processing portion causes at least one of a contour guide line representing a contour of the vehicle image and having a first margin in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle image and a second margin in an advancing direction of the vehicle image, and a predicted course guide line that is a trajectory drawn by the contour guide line according to movement of the vehicle to be displayed in the display image, and changes at least one of the first and second margins when the vehicle is turned.

Methods and apparatus are provided for performing an assisted driving trailer reversing operation including a camera operative to capture an image, an interactive user interface operative to display a graphical user interface and to receive a user input, a processor operative to generate the graphical user interface in response to the user input, the user input being indicative of a trailer destination, to generate a left maneuverability margin and a right maneuverability margin in response to a trailer dimension and a hitch angle, and a projected trailer path in response to the trailer destination, wherein the graphical user interface includes the image and a plurality of graphics overlaid on the image indicative of the left maneuverability margin, the right maneuverability margin, the projected trailer path and the trailer destination, and a vehicle controller operative to perform a trailer reversing operation in response to the control signal.

A system for assisting in aligning a vehicle for hitching with a trailer includes a controller that receives the scene data and identifying the trailer within the area to the rear of the vehicle, derives a backing path to align a hitch ball mounted on the vehicle to a coupler of the trailer, outputting a powertrain control signal to the vehicle powertrain control system, and a brake control signal to the vehicle brake system to maneuver the vehicle, including reversing along the backing path and stopping the vehicle at an endpoint of the path, and outputs a video image to the vehicle human-machine interface including a graphical overlay on the image data. The graphical overlay indicates potential movement of the hitch ball past the coupler and being positioned in the image data between a bumper of the vehicle and the hitch ball.

A display controller includes: an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data as a result of capturing an image with an image capturing unit which captures an image of a situation around a vehicle; and a display processing unit that displays a display screen which includes a first region displaying a surrounding image that is generated based on the image data and indicates the situation around the vehicle and a second region other than the first region on a display unit, and changes a display mode of at least a part of at least one of the first region and the second region on the display screen depending on whether or not proxy control is executed to perform at least a part of a driving operation of the vehicle by proxy for a driver.

A relative position of a power receiving unit to a power transmitting unit, represented by alignment assistance information, is corrected through a distance corresponding to a display delay time Δt.sub.1 and a vehicle response delay time Δt.sub.2. The relative position of one unit to the other at time t=t.sub.0−(Δt.sub.2+Δt.sub.1) is corrected to the relative position taken when it is assumed that a vehicle moves through a correction distance ΔP=ΔP.sub.1+ΔP.sub.2. Although a position of the power receiving unit is actually out of a chargeable area at each of the time t=t.sub.0−(Δt.sub.2+Δt.sub.1) and at time t=t.sub.0−Δt.sub.2, the alignment assistance information representing that the position of the power receiving unit is within the chargeable area is displayed on an image display device at the time t=t.sub.0−Δt.sub.2.

A relative velocity vector V is obtained which represents a time-dependent change of a relative position of a power receiving unit to a power transmitting unit set as a reference. Whether a user of a vehicle intends to park the vehicle into a parking space is determined depending on whether a relative velocity vector V(δ) after having been corrected in accordance with a steering angle δ of the vehicle is oriented toward the parking space. Parking assistance information is displayed on an image display device in accordance with an estimation result that the user of the vehicle intends to park the vehicle into the parking space.

To assist a vehicle operator in performing turning maneuvers in an appropriate manner under all conditions, a vehicle driving assist system includes: an external environment acquiring unit configured to acquire information on external environment surrounding a vehicle; a display unit having a screen displaying the information on the external environment; a steering state acquiring unit configured to acquire a steering status of the vehicle; and an image processing unit configured to determine a predicted trajectory of the vehicle according to the steering status of the vehicle, and superimpose the predicted trajectory on the information on the external environment displayed on the screen, wherein in case the predicted trajectory happens to be a full circle, the image processing unit removes a far end part of the trajectory to be displayed so as not to be connected to a start point of the trajectory on the screen.

A device for assisting the driving of a motor vehicle, wherein it includes a processing unit configured to calculate the angular position of at least one wheel of the vehicle relative to a reference angular position and to generate a light signal representative of the angular position of said at least one wheel relative to the reference position. Also included is a method for assisting the driving of a motor vehicle equipped with such a device. The method includes a step of definition of the reference axis within the processing unit, a step of definition of the reference position within the processing unit, a step of calculation within the processing unit of the angular position of at least one wheel of the vehicle relative to the reference position, and a step of generation, inside the cab of the vehicle, of a light signal representative of the angular position of the at least one wheel relative to the reference position.