| US 7,592,928 B2 | ||
| Image display device and method | ||
| Satoshi Chinomi, Yokohama (Japan); Teruhisa Takano, Kawasaki (Japan); Ken Oizumi, Kawasaki (Japan); Takura Yanagi, Yokohama (Japan); Tsutomu Kawano, Yokohama (Japan); and Hidenori Seguchi, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/447,435. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-166865 (JP), filed on Jun. 07, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0274147 A1, Dec. 07, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60Q 1/48 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 340—932.2 [340/436] | 21 Claims |
| 1. An image display device for a vehicle, comprising:
multiple image pickup devices that capture multiple direct images of the vehicle surroundings in different directions;
an image-processing device that composes a bird's-eye view image using the multiple direct images; and
a display device that provides at least one of the bird's-eye view image and a direct image picked up by one of the multiple
image pickup devices to the driver; and
wherein the image-processing device displays simultaneously on the display device at least two discrete images, a first of
the at least two discrete images including the bird's-eye view image and a second of the at least two discrete images including
a direct image picked up by only one of the multiple image pickup devices;
wherein the image-processing device displays the second of the at least two discrete images with a display size larger than
a display size of the first of the at least two discrete images; and
wherein the image-processing device selects the second discrete image to be displayed in response to at least one of a position
of a detected obstacle and a gear change of the vehicle.
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