Vehicle control device and vehicle

A vehicle, comprising:

• headlights that blinks in a blinking pattern in which the headlights blink at predetermined cycles;
• an image capturing device that captures a first environment image surrounding the vehicle;
• an illumination range detector that identifies, within the first environment image, a group of pixels experiencing changes in luminance, the changes of the luminance of the group of pixels coinciding with the blinking pattern of the headlights;
• an image generator that generates a second environment image based on the identified group of pixels in the first environment image, wherein a first region in the second environment image that corresponds to a position of the identified group of pixels in the first environment image is processed to be displayed, and wherein a second region in the second environment image that corresponds to a position of a group of other pixels in the first environment image is processed to be excluded from being displayed;
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• a display that displays 1) the second environment image when the first environment image includes the group of pixels the luminance of which changes according to the blinking pattern of the headlights and 2) the first environment image when the first environment image does not include the group of pixels the luminance of which changes according to the blinking pattern of the headlights.

A vehicle control device, comprising:

• a circuitry that:
• receives, from an image capturing device, a first image of an environment surrounding a vehicle;
• receives, from headlights of the vehicle, a blinking pattern of the headlights, the blinking pattern in which the headlights blink at predetermined cycles;
• identifies, within the first image, a group of pixels experiencing changes in luminance, the changes in the luminance of the group of pixels match the received blinking pattern of the headlights;
• generates a second image based on the identified group of pixels in the first image, wherein a first region in the second image that corresponds to a position of the identified group of pixels in the first image is processed to be displayed, and wherein a second region in the second image that corresponds to a position of a group of other pixels in the first image is processed to be excluded from being displayed;
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• displays, on a display, the generated second image.