Head up side view mirror
AssigneePanasonic Automotive Systems America, LLC.
InventorBenjamin David Sweet
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Abstract
A motor vehicle includes a left side view camera attached to the left lateral side of the body and having a field of view in a rearward direction. A right side view camera is attached to the right lateral side of the body and has a field of view in a rearward direction. There is a right back up camera and a left back up camera. An optics module receives resulting video signals and produces light fields such that the light fields are reflected off of windows of the motor vehicle and are then visible to a driver of the motor vehicle as virtual images.
Claims17
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a body;
- a first camera attached to the body and having a field of view in a rearward direction;
- a second camera attached to the body and having a field of view in a lateral direction;
- an electronic processor configured to:
- receive images captured by each of the first camera and the second camera;
- and
- transmit a video signal, the video signal being based on the images captured by the second camera only when the vehicle is in a Reverse gear, and is based on the images captured by the first camera when the vehicle is not in the Reverse gear;
- and
- wherein the field of view of the second camera includes a lateral direction that is perpendicular to a forward direction of the vehicle.
A display method for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
- attaching a first camera to a body of the motor vehicle such that the first camera has a field of view in a rearward direction;
- attaching a second camera to the body such that the second camera has a field of view in a lateral direction;
- receiving images captured by the first camera and the second camera;
- transmitting a video signal, the video signal being based on the images captured by the second camera only when the vehicle is in a Reverse gear, is based on the images captured by the first camera when the vehicle is not in the Reverse gear;
- presenting images that are visible to a driver of the motor vehicle, the visible images being based on the video signal;
- and
- wherein the field of view of the second camera includes a lateral direction that is perpendicular to a forward direction of the vehicle.
A display arrangement for a motor vehicle, the arrangement comprising:
- a first camera configured to be attached to a body of the motor vehicle such that the first camera has a field of view in a rearward direction;
- a second camera configured to be attached to the body of the motor vehicle such that the second camera has a field of view in a lateral direction;
- an electronic processor configured to:
- receive images captured by each of the first camera and the second camera;
- and transmit a video signal, the video signal being based on the images captured by the second camera only when the vehicle is in a Reverse gear, and is based on the images captured by the first camera when the vehicle is not in the Reverse gear;
- an optics module configured to receive the video signal from the electronic processor and produce a light field based on the video signal;
- and
- wherein the field of view of the second camera includes a lateral direction that is perpendicular to a forward direction of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.