Display control device, parking assist apparatus and display control method
AssigneePanasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
InventorMichio Obora
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Abstract
Provided is a display control apparatus that generates a display overhead image including overhead images of each of a vacant parking space and a vehicle and outputs the display overhead image to a display apparatus. The display overhead image includes at least one of an overhead image of the vacant parking space outside of a current viewing angle of a vehicle-mounted camera and an overhead image of the vacant parking space hidden behind a static object as seen from a current position of the vehicle.
Claims20
A vehicle control method for a vehicle control apparatus mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus coupled with at least one camera and a display apparatus, the at least one camera and the display apparatus being mounted on the vehicle, the at least one camera configured to capture images of ambient areas of the vehicle, the vehicle control method comprising:
- detecting a first available parking space, in accordance with a first image captured by the at least one camera at a first point in time;
- detecting a second available parking space, in accordance with a second image captured by the at least one camera at a second point in time, the first point in time being before the second point in time and the vehicle travelling between the detecting of the first available parking space at the first point in time and the detecting of the second available parking space at the second point in time, the first available parking space being located in a first ambient area of the ambient areas, the second available parking space being located in a second ambient area of the ambient areas, the first ambient area being distinct from the second ambient area;
- determining that, in the second image of the second ambient area captured by the at least one camera, the first available parking space is not detected;
- and
- outputting, in response to the determining, a display image to the display apparatus, the display image being generated by combining plural images captured by the at least one camera, the display image including the first available parking space and the second available parking space.
The vehicle control method according to 1, wherein
- the at least one camera includes a left-side camera for capturing left images of a left-side ambient area of the vehicle, a right-side camera for capturing right images of a right-side ambient area of the vehicle, a front camera for capturing front images of a front ambient area of the vehicle, and a rear camera for capturing rear images of a rear ambient area of the vehicle.
A vehicle control apparatus configured to be mounted on a vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus comprising:
- an input configured to be coupled with at least one camera, the at least one camera being mounted on the vehicle, the at least one camera being configured to capture images of ambient areas of the vehicle;
- an output configured to be coupled with a display apparatus, the display apparatus being mounted on the vehicle;
- and
- a processor coupled with at least the input and the output, wherein
- the processor detects a first available parking space, in accordance with a first image captured by the at least one camera at a first point in time,
- the processor detects a second available parking space, in accordance with a second image captured by the at least one camera at a second point in time, the first point in time being before the second point in time and the vehicle travelling between the detecting of the first available parking space at the first point in time and the detecting of the second available parking space at the second point in time, the first available parking space being located in a first ambient area of the ambient areas, the second available parking space being located in a second ambient area of the ambient areas, the first ambient area being distinct from the second ambient area,
- the processor determines that, in the second image of the second ambient area captured by the at least one camera, the first available parking space is not detected, and
- the processor outputs, in response to determining that the first available parking space is not detected in the second image, a display image to the display apparatus, the display image being generated by combining plural images captured by the at least one camera, the display image including the first available parking space and the second available parking space.
The vehicle control apparatus according to 11, wherein
- the at least one camera includes a left-side camera for capturing left images of a left-side ambient area of the vehicle, a right-side camera for capturing right images of a right-side ambient area of the vehicle, a front camera for capturing front images of a front ambient area of the vehicle, and a rear camera for capturing rear images of a rear ambient area of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.