The invention relates to a method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle (1) in maneuvering the motor vehicle (1) with a trailer (3), wherein image data is captured from an environmental region (12) of the motor vehicle (1) by means of at least one vehicle-side camera (5) and by means of at least one trailer-side camera (10) and an image (B) of the environmental region (12) is created for displaying on a vehicle-side display device (14) depending on the captured image data, wherein a perspective (P1, P2), from which the environmental region (12) is displayed in the image (B), is determined depending on a pivot angle (17) between the trailer (3) and the motor vehicle (1). The invention additionally relates to a driver assistance system (2) as well as to a vehicle/trailer combination with a motor vehicle (1), a trailer (3) and a driver assistance system (2).

An imaging system for a vehicle includes a rear backup camera and a video display screen for displaying video images derived from image data captured by the rear backup camera. The imaging system generates a backup overlay and an alignment overlay that are electronically superimposed on the displayed video images to assist a driver of the vehicle when executing a backup maneuver. The backup overlay includes a pair of side overlays superimposed on the displayed video images and the alignment overlay is superimposed on the displayed video images between the side overlays. The video display screen displays the video images and the backup overlay is generated responsive to the vehicle being shifted into reverse gear. The alignment overlay is generated responsive to a user input.

A parking assistance device includes an imager that captures an image of a surrounding of a vehicle, and a display that displays a guidance image for guiding the vehicle from a parking start position to a target parking position and displays a moving area in which the vehicle can move during a parking operation. An area and dimension of the moving area displayed on the display changes based on a change in a steering angle of the vehicle.

The device is provided with an image acquisition unit for acquiring a peripheral image of a vehicle, the peripheral image being captured by an image pickup device provided to the vehicle; a display device for displaying the peripheral image, the display device being provided inside a vehicle cabin; and an indicator line output unit for causing an indicator line as a guide for a driver during a driving operation to be displayed superimposed on the peripheral image, at least one of a shadow portion and a side surface portion adjacent to the indicator line being added to the indicator line.

A system is provided for assisting a driver of a vehicle with parallel parking of the vehicle. The system includes at least one imager positioned to capture images of a scene to at least a side of the vehicle and to output image data, and an image processor for processing the image data received from the at least one imager to create an orthographic projection from the image data, where the orthographic projection shows side views of parking spaces and a graphic representation of the vehicle to be parked shown in relative locations to the parking spaces to enable the driver to determine the relative size of the parking spaces.

A display control device includes a video data acquisition unit that acquires video data from a camera that captures a video image in a moving direction of a vehicle, a vehicle motion detection unit that detects motion information containing a steering angle of the vehicle, an expected path line generation unit that generates a main expected path line extending along a planned moving path in accordance with the steering angle from a center part of a width of the vehicle, a superimposed video generation unit that generates superimposed data, the superimposed data being video data where the main expected path line is superimposed on the video data, and a display control unit that transmits the superimposed data to a display unit so as to display a video related to the superimposed data on the display unit.

A vehicle-trailer system is disclosed. The system utilizes a controller that has a processor, a global positioning system that provides a geographic position to the processor, a data transmission device that sends and receives data through the controller and a camera signal encoder. The system also includes various three-dimensional (3-D) position sensors, which measure changes in spatial position with reference to location on three axes (e.g., 3-D compass comprising a magnetometer, a gyroscope, and an accelerometer). Moreover, the system comprises a vehicle network bus reader that communicates vehicle information from the vehicle network bus to the controller (e.g., controller area network (CAN) bus, or a local interconnect network (LIN) bus) wherein the controller is capable of communicably coupling to a remote client device, the remote client device configured to convey steering instructions.

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.

The present invention provides an on-board vehicle system and method for camera or sensor-based parking spot detection and identification. Advantageously, this system and method utilizes a standard front (or side or rear) camera or sensor image to detect and identify one or more parking spots at a distance via vector or like representation using a deep neural network trained with data annotated using an annotation tool, without first transforming the standard camera or sensor image(s) to a bird's-eye-view (BEV) or the like. The system and method can be incorporated in a driver-assist (DA) or autonomous driving (AD) system.

There is provided a display control device having first and second processing unit. When a traveling state of a vehicle indicated by a vehicle signal, which is acquired at a point of time at which an additional information generated by the second processing unit can be output, is not a predetermined state, at least one of an output of an additional image by the second processing unit and a superimposition of the additional image is prohibited.