Vehicular vision system

A vehicular vision system, the vehicular vision system comprising:

• a rear backup camera comprising a lens and a CMOS image sensor, wherein the rear backup camera is disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system and has a field of view rearward of the vehicle;
• an image processor, wherein image data captured by the rear backup camera is processed at the image processor;
• a video display screen disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle;
• wherein, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, the rear backup camera captures raw image data and the vehicular vision system determines position of a selected feature in the field of view of the rear backup camera and applies an overlay at on-the selected feature in the raw image data captured by the rear backup camera to produce an initial processed image;
• wherein, during the reversing maneuver of the vehicle, the vehicular vision system modifies raw image data captured by the rear backup camera to produce processed images;
• wherein, during the reversing maneuver of the vehicle, video images derived from the processed images are displayed at the video display screen;
• wherein, during the reversing maneuver of the vehicle, the vehicular vision system holds the overlay in a fixed position at the video display screen from when the video display screen displays the initial processed image to when the video display screen displays subsequent processed images so that the overlay does not move at the video display screen from display of the initial processed image to display of subsequent processed images and movement of the selected feature within the field of view of the rear backup camera is displayed as movement of the selected feature relative to the overlay at the video display screen;
• wherein processing at the image processor reduces distortion in the video images provided to the video display screen;
• wherein the vehicular vision system is operable in at least (i) a standard viewing mode, (ii) a cross-traffic viewing mode and (iii) a bird's eye viewing mode;
• wherein, with the vehicular vision system operating in the standard viewing mode, image data captured by the rear backup camera is processed at the image processor to provide video images derived from the processed captured image data that are representative of a standard view rearward of the vehicle that is within the field of view of the rear backup camera;
• wherein, with the vehicular vision system operating in the cross-traffic viewing mode, image data captured by the rear backup camera is processed at the image processor to provide video images derived from the processed captured image data that are representative of a wider angle view rearward of the vehicle that is within the field of view of the rear backup camera and that has a wider angle view than the standard view rearward of the vehicle;
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• wherein, with the vehicular vision system operating in the bird's eye viewing mode, image data captured by the rear backup camera is processed at the image processor to provide video images derived from the processed captured image data that are representative of a bird's eye view.

A vehicular vision system, the vehicular vision system comprising:

• a rear backup camera comprising a lens and a CMOS image sensor, wherein the rear backup camera is disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system and has a field of view rearward of the vehicle;
• an image processor, wherein image data captured by the rear backup camera is processed at the image processor;
• a video display screen disposed in the vehicle and viewable by a driver of the vehicle;
• wherein, during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, the rear backup camera captures raw image data and the vehicular vision system determines position of a selected feature in the field of view of the rear backup camera and applies an overlay at on-the selected feature in the raw image data captured by the rear backup camera to produce an initial processed image;
• wherein, during the reversing maneuver of the vehicle, the vehicular vision system modifies raw image data captured by the rear backup camera to produce processed images;
• wherein, during the reversing maneuver of the vehicle, video images derived from the processed images are displayed at the video display screen;
• wherein, during the reversing maneuver of the vehicle, the vehicular vision system holds the overlay in a fixed position at the video display screen from when the video display screen displays the initial processed image to when the video display screen displays subsequent processed images so that the overlay does not move at the video display screen from display of the initial processed image to display of subsequent processed images and movement of the selected feature within the field of view of the rear backup camera is displayed as movement of the selected feature relative to the overlay at the video display screen;
• wherein the vehicular vision system is operable in at least (i) a standard viewing mode and (ii) a cross-traffic viewing mode;
• wherein, with the vehicular vision system operating in the standard viewing mode, image data captured by the rear backup camera is processed at the image processor to provide video images derived from the processed captured image data that are representative of a standard view rearward of the vehicle that is within the field of view of the rear backup camera;
• wherein the vehicular vision system, when operating in the standard viewing mode, utilizes digital distortion correction to reduce distortion in the video images provided to the video display screen;
• wherein, with the vehicular vision system operating in the cross-traffic viewing mode, image data captured by the rear backup camera is processed at the image processor to provide video images derived from the processed captured image data that are representative of a wider angle view rearward of the vehicle that is within the field of view of the rear backup camera and that has a wider angle view than the standard view rearward of the vehicle;
• wherein the vehicular vision system, when operating in the cross-traffic viewing mode, utilizes digital distortion correction to reduce distortion in the video images provided to the video display screen;
• wherein the vehicular vision system, via processing at the image processor of image data captured by the rear backup camera, detects an object present rearward of the vehicle and in the field of view of the rear backup camera;
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• wherein the displayed video images include images of the detected object.