Overhead display device with dual panel structure for a vehicle
OwnerSong Sim, Seung Kiminventors
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Abstract
An vehicle ceiling mounted overhead display device comprising a rear facing first display panel providing entertainment image, a rear facing camera for photographing a scene behind the vehicle and outputting the captured image, an image processor for selecting a image region from the captured image, and outputting the selected image region, and a second display panel mounted opposite to the first display panel for providing the selected image region to the driver so that the driver can monitor the image at the rear of the vehicle via a rearview mirror with minimal obstruction caused by the overhead display device body.
Claims12
An overhead display device with a dual panel structure for ceiling mounting in a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a first display panel capable of providing entertainment image;
- a rear viewing camera for obtaining a rear view image of the field behind the vehicle, and outputting the rear view image;
- an image processor capable of selecting an image region from the rear view image and outputting the selected image region;
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- a second display panel coupled substantially in opposed relationship with the first display panel for displaying the selected image region to the driver.
An overhead display device with a dual panel structure for ceiling mounting in a vehicle, the device comprising:
- a first display panel capable of providing entertainment image;
- a rear viewing camera for obtaining a rear view image of the field behind the vehicle, and outputting the rear view image;
- an image processor capable of selecting an image region from the rear view image and outputting the selected image region, the image processor comprising a pan/tilt module for moving the image region to be selected based on pan control of right and left direction and tilt control of upper and lower direction in respond to a user selection and a zooming module for reducing and/or magnifying the image region to be selected based on a user selection;
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- a second display panel coupled substantially in opposed relationship with the first display panel for displaying the selected image region to the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.