Vehicle display apparatus and vehicle having the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKihoon Han, Sangyol Yoon, Junghee Park
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Abstract
A vehicle display apparatus that includes: a sensor unit that is configured to obtain a vehicle surrounding image and sense an appearance change of a vehicle; a display unit that is configured to display the vehicle surrounding image that includes a vehicle image showing at least a portion of a vehicle appearance; and a processor that is configured to: obtain, from the sensor unit, information on the appearance change of the vehicle, based on the information on the appearance change of the vehicle, generate the vehicle surrounding image to show the appearance change of the vehicle, and control the display unit to display the vehicle surrounding image is disclosed.
Claims20
A vehicle display apparatus comprising:
- a sensor comprising at least one camera that is configured to capture one or more images to obtain a vehicle surrounding image of a vehicle, the sensor being configured to sense an appearance change of the vehicle;
- a display that is configured to display the vehicle surrounding image that includes a vehicle image showing at least a portion of a vehicle appearance;
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- a processor that is configured to:
- obtain, from the sensor, information on the appearance change of the vehicle,
- based on the information on the appearance change of the vehicle, generate the vehicle surrounding image to show the appearance change of the vehicle,
- control the display to display the vehicle surrounding image,
- detect a first area that is blocked based on the appearance change of the vehicle,
- change the vehicle surrounding image to represent the first area as a blocked area where obtaining an image is unavailable, or change the vehicle surrounding image to include an auxiliary image of at least a portion of the first area based on an auxiliary camera being available to obtain the auxiliary image, and
- control the display to display the changed vehicle surrounding image,
- wherein the at least one camera is unavailable to photograph the blocked area based on being covered by a portion of the vehicle as a result of the appearance change of the vehicle.
A vehicle comprising a vehicle display apparatus that includes:
- a sensor comprising at least one camera that is configured to capture one or more images to obtain a vehicle surrounding image of a vehicle, the sensor being configured to sense an appearance change of the vehicle;
- a display that is configured to display the vehicle surrounding image that includes a vehicle image showing at least a portion of a vehicle appearance;
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- a processor that is configured to:
- obtain, from the sensor, information on the appearance change of the vehicle,
- based on the information on the appearance change of the vehicle, generate the vehicle surrounding image to show the appearance change of the vehicle,
- control the display to display the vehicle surrounding image,
- detect a first area that is blocked based on the appearance change of the vehicle,
- change the vehicle surrounding image to represent the first area as a blocked area where obtaining an image is unavailable, or change the vehicle surrounding image to include an auxiliary image of at least a portion of the first area based on an auxiliary camera being available to obtain the auxiliary image, and
- control the display to display the changed vehicle surrounding image,
- wherein the at least one camera is unavailable to photograph the blocked area based on being covered by a portion of the vehicle as a result of the appearance change of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.