Image conversion device

An image conversion device, comprising:

• a driving environment recognition unit including a camera configured to acquire a base image of areas behind and to a side of a subject vehicle and a sensor configured to sense a driving environment behind and to the side of the subject vehicle;
• a display unit configured to display the base image of the areas behind and to the side of the subject vehicle;
• a navigation unit configured to provide information regarding a location of the subject vehicle;
• and
• a controller configured to determine whether a blind spot is created in the driving environment based on information acquired from the driving environment recognition unit and the navigation unit, convert the base image into an image including the blind spot to generate the converted image, and operate the display unit to output the converted image,
• wherein the converted image includes a boundary line corresponding to a subject vehicle body, and the controller adjusts a transparency of the boundary line corresponding to the subject vehicle body according to a degree to which an area included in the converted image is separated from the subject vehicle body, and
• wherein the boundary line is darkened in color as a degree of distance from the rear of the vehicle body in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction in relation to a sideview mirror is reduced, and is displayed transparently as the degree of distance is increased.