# US 2014/0192181 A1 · Driver assist system for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192181 A1 - Document ID: US20140192181A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/211,256 - Filed: 2014-03-14 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2000-03-02 - Assignees: Magna Electronics Inc. - Applicants: Magna Electronics Inc. - Inventors: David W. Taylor; Kevin C. McCarthy; Niall R. Lynam; Kenneth Schofield - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192181A1 ## CPC - B60R 1/28: with an adjustable field of view - B60C 23/0408: {transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver} - B60N 2/976: {massaging systems} - B60Q 1/2665: {on rear-view mirrors (lighting devices for vehicle interior on or for rear-view mirrors B60Q3/258)} - B60Q 5/006: {indicating risk of collision between vehicles or with pedestrians} - B60Q 9/00: Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 {, e.g. haptic signalling} - B60R 1/088: {using a cell of electrically changeable optical characteristic, e.g. liquid-crystal or electrochromic mirrors} - B60R 1/12: Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks - B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle - G01C 21/36: Input/output arrangements for on-board computers - G01C 21/365: {Guidance using head up displays or projectors, e.g. virtual vehicles or arrows projected on the windscreen or on the road itself} - G01S 13/862: {Combination of radar systems with sonar systems} - G01S 13/865: {Combination of radar systems with lidar systems} - G01S 13/867: {Combination of radar systems with cameras} - G06T 5/80: Geometric correction - G06V 20/58: Recognition of moving objects or obstacles, e.g. vehicles or pedestrians; Recognition of traffic objects, e.g. traffic signs, traffic lights or roads - H04N 5/265: Mixing - H04N 7/181: {for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources} - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - H04N 23/90: Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums - B60R 2001/1215: {with information displays} - B60R 2001/1253: {with cameras, video cameras or video screens} - B60R 2300/105: using multiple cameras - B60R 2300/207: using multi-purpose displays, e.g. camera image and navigation or video on same display - B60R 2300/301: combining image information with other obstacle sensor information, e.g. using RADAR/LIDAR/SONAR sensors for estimating risk of collision - B60R 2300/406: using wireless transmission - B60R 2300/806: for aiding parking - B60R 2300/8066: for monitoring rearward traffic - B60R 2300/8093: for obstacle warning - G01C 21/20: Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) - G01C 21/26: specially adapted for navigation in a road network - G06T 2207/30252: Vehicle exterior; Vicinity of vehicle - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES - B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A driver assist system for a vehicle includes a camera and a control having an image processor, which processes image data captured by the camera. At least one non-visual sensor is operable to detect objects external of the vehicle and to provide non-visual sensor data to the control. During at least one of (i) a reversing maneuver and (ii) a parking maneuver, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by the camera are displayed by a video display screen that is viewable by the driver to assist the driver in operating the vehicle. The control provides an indication to the vehicle driver, with the indication including at least one of (i) a visual indication displayed by the video display screen and (ii) an audible indication. The indication is provided, at least in part, responsive to detection by the non-visual sensor of an object external of the vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A driver assist system for a vehicle, said driver assist system comprising: a CMOS camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assist system; said CMOS camera having a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle; said CMOS camera comprising a lens and a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements arranged in a matrix array of rows of photosensing elements and columns of photosensing elements; said CMOS camera viewing objects external of the equipped vehicle that are located within said field of view of said CMOS camera; a control; said control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said CMOS camera; at least one non-visual sensor; said non-visual sensor selected from the group consisting of an ultrasonic sensor and a radar sensor; said non-visual sensor operable to detect objects external of the equipped vehicle; said non-visual sensor providing non-visual sensor data to said control; a video display screen viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when the driver is normally operating the equipped vehicle; wherein said video display screen comprises one of (a) a liquid crystal display screen backlit by a plurality of white light emitting light emitting diodes and (b) an organic light emitting diode display screen; wherein, during at least one of (i) a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera are displayed by said video display screen to assist the driver in operating the equipped vehicle; wherein said video display screen is operable to display images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera with a display intensity of at least about 200 candelas/sq. meter for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle; said control providing an indication to the driver of the equipped vehicle who is at least one of (i) reversing the equipped vehicle and (ii) parking the equipped vehicle; said indication comprising at least one of (i) a visual indication displayed by said video display screen and (ii) an audible indication; and wherein said indication is provided, at least in part, responsive to detection by said non-visual sensor of an object external of the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The driver assist system of claim 1, wherein said indication comprises a visual indication displayed by said video display screen, and wherein said visual indication comprises a visual cue generated responsive, at least in part, to detection of an object external of the equipped vehicle by said non-visual sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The driver assist system of claim 2, wherein said visual cue at least one of (i) indicates distance to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (ii) indicates proximity to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (iii) highlights an object external of the equipped vehicle and indicates distance to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (iv) highlights an object external of the equipped vehicle and (v) highlights an object that the equipped vehicle is in jeopardy of colliding with. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The driver assist system of claim 3, wherein said indication is provided, at least in part, responsive to said image processor processing image data captured by said CMOS camera. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The driver assist system of claim 3, wherein said indication comprises an audible indication and wherein said visual cue is accompanied by an audible alert. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The driver assist system of claim 5, wherein said audible alert alerts the driver that the equipped vehicle is approaching an object proximate to the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The driver assist system of claim 1, wherein at least one of (i) said video display screen is operable to display images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera with a display intensity of at least about 300 candelas/sq. meter for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) said video display screen comprises a liquid crystal display screen backlit by a plurality of white light emitting diodes and wherein at least some of said plurality of white light emitting light emitting diodes are operable to each individually pass up to about 100 milliamps forward current. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The driver assist system of claim 1, wherein said driver assist system comprises a user input and wherein at least one of (i) said user input comprises at least one input for a telematics system of the equipped vehicle, (ii) said user input comprises at least one input for a navigational system of the equipped vehicle, (iii) said user input comprises at least one input for a navigation function of said driver assist system, (iv) said user input comprises at least one input for a biometric system of the equipped vehicle and (v) said user input comprises touch input. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The driver assist system of claim 8, wherein said video display screen is disposed at one of (i) a windshield electronics module of the equipped vehicle, (ii) an instrument panel of the equipped vehicle and (iii) a console of the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The driver assist system of claim 1, comprising at least one of (a) a control operable to control at least one accessory of the equipped vehicle in accordance with a characteristic of an occupant of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said at least one accessory comprises a seat adjustment system operable to adjust a seat of the equipped vehicle in accordance with a biometric characteristic of an occupant of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said seat adjustment system is operable to adjust a seat of the equipped vehicle in response to biometric data, said biometric data pertaining to the occupant of the seat of the equipped vehicle, and (b) a control operable to communicate with an external service provider via a wireless communication link between the equipped vehicle and the external service provider, and wherein said control receives an input from the driver of the equipped vehicle and responsive thereto establishes said wireless communication link between the equipped vehicle and the external service provider, and wherein said control controls at least one accessory of the equipped vehicle responsive to a geographic location of the equipped vehicle as determined by a global positioning system of the equipped vehicle, and wherein data from the external service provider is downloaded to said control via said wireless communication link, and wherein said control comprises memory for storing downloaded data at least after said wireless communication link established between said control and the external service provider is disconnected, and wherein said downloaded data comprises downloaded driving instruction data useful for instructing the driver of the equipped vehicle how to drive from an initial location to a destination location, and wherein driving instructions derived, at least in part, from said downloaded driving instruction data are displayed, when the equipped vehicle is not executing a reversing maneuver, by said video display screen for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said driving instructions are displayed by said video display screen in a step-by-step manner, with at least some driving instruction steps being displayed by said video display screen after said wireless communication link between said control and the external service provider is disconnected. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The driver assist system of claim 1, wherein said indication comprises a visual indication displayed by said video display screen and wherein said visual indication provides an indication of distance of a detected object from the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The driver assist system of claim 11, wherein said control provides said indication to the driver of the equipped vehicle who is parking the equipped vehicle during a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle and wherein said non-visual sensor comprises an ultrasonic sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The driver assist system of claim 12, wherein said CMOS camera is part of a multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, said multi-camera vision system comprising at least three CMOS cameras including said CMOS camera and at least two other CMOS cameras, wherein each of said at least three CMOS cameras has a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle, and wherein a first camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted at a driver-side of the equipped vehicle and a second camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted at a passenger-side of the equipped vehicle and a third camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted generally centrally at the rear of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said third camera is operable as a rear backup camera when the driver is reversing the equipped vehicle, and wherein images captured by said third camera are displayed by said video display screen when the driver is reversing the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The driver assist system of claim 13, wherein said first camera mounted at the driver-side of the equipped vehicle has a field of view at the driver-side of the equipped vehicle and said second camera mounted at the passenger-side of the equipped vehicle has a field of view at the passenger-side of the equipped vehicle and said generally centrally-mounted third camera has a field of view at the rear of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the field of view of said first camera mounted at the driver-side overlaps the field of view of said third camera mounted at the rear, and wherein the field of view of said second camera mounted at the passenger-side overlaps the field of view of said third camera mounted at the rear. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The driver assist system of claim 14, wherein a unitary image is synthesized from image data captured by said at least three CMOS cameras of said multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said synthesized image approximates a view as would be seen by a virtual camera at a single location exterior of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said synthesized image is displayed by said video display screen that is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle when normally operating the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The driver assist system of claim 1, wherein said CMOS camera comprises wide-angle optics and wherein distortion of images captured by said CMOS camera is, at least in part, electronically corrected. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The driver assist system of claim 1, wherein said video display screen comprises a liquid crystal display screen and wherein liquid crystal display screen comprises a multi-pixel TFT liquid crystal display screen. ### Claim 18 A driver assist system for a vehicle, said driver assist system comprising: a CMOS camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assist system; said CMOS camera having a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle; said CMOS camera comprising a lens and a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements arranged in a matrix array of rows of photosensing elements and columns of photosensing elements; said CMOS camera viewing objects external of the equipped vehicle that are located within said field of view of said CMOS camera; a control; said control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said CMOS camera; at least one non-visual sensor; said non-visual sensor selected from the group consisting of an ultrasonic sensor and a radar sensor; said non-visual sensor operable to detect objects external of the equipped vehicle; said non-visual sensor providing non-visual sensor data to said control; a video display screen viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when the driver is normally operating the equipped vehicle; wherein, during at least one of (i) a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera are displayed by said video display screen to assist the driver in operating the equipped vehicle; wherein said video display screen is operable to display images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera with a display intensity of at least about 200 candelas/sq. meter for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle; said control providing an indication to the driver of the equipped vehicle who is at least one of (i) reversing the equipped vehicle and (ii) parking the equipped vehicle; said indication comprising at least one of (i) a visual indication displayed by said video display screen and (ii) an audible indication; wherein said indication is provided, at least in part, responsive to detection by said non-visual sensor of an object external of the equipped vehicle; wherein said CMOS camera is part of a multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, said multi-camera vision system comprising at least three CMOS cameras including said CMOS camera and at least two other CMOS cameras, wherein each of said at least three CMOS cameras has a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle, and wherein a first camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted at a driver-side of the equipped vehicle and a second camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted at a passenger-side of the equipped vehicle and a third camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted generally centrally at the rear of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said third camera is operable as a rear backup camera when the driver is reversing the equipped vehicle, and wherein images captured by said third camera are displayed by said video display screen when the driver is reversing the equipped vehicle; and wherein said first camera mounted at the driver-side has a field of view at the driver-side of the equipped vehicle and said second camera mounted at the passenger-side has a field of view at the passenger-side of the equipped vehicle and said generally centrally-mounted third camera has a field of view at the rear of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the field of view of said first camera mounted at the driver-side overlaps the field of view of said third camera mounted at the rear, and wherein the field of view of said second camera mounted at the passenger-side overlaps the field of view of said third camera mounted at the rear. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The driver assist system of claim 18, wherein said indication comprises a visual indication displayed by said video display screen, and wherein said visual indication comprises a visual cue generated responsive, at least in part, to detection of an object external of the equipped vehicle by said non-visual sensor, and wherein said visual cue at least one of (i) indicates distance to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (ii) indicates proximity to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (iii) highlights an object external of the equipped vehicle, (iv) highlights an object external of the equipped vehicle and indicates distance to an object external of the equipped vehicle and (v) highlights an object that the equipped vehicle is in jeopardy of colliding with. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The driver assist system of claim 19, wherein said indication is provided, at least in part, responsive to said image processor processing image data captured by at least one of said CMOS cameras. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The driver assist system of claim 19, wherein said indication comprises an audible indication and wherein said visual cue is accompanied by an audible alert, and wherein said audible alert alerts the driver that the equipped vehicle is approaching an object proximate to the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The driver assist system of claim 18, wherein said driver assist system comprises a user input and wherein at least one of (i) said user input comprises at least one input for a telematics system of the equipped vehicle, (ii) said user input comprises at least one input for a navigational system of the equipped vehicle, (iii) said user input comprises at least one input for a navigation function of said driver assist system, (iv) said user input comprises at least one input for a biometric system of the equipped vehicle and (v) said user input comprises touch input, and wherein said video display screen is disposed at one of (i) a windshield electronics module of the equipped vehicle, (ii) an instrument panel of the equipped vehicle and (iii) a console of the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The driver assist system of claim 18, wherein said indication comprises a visual indication displayed by said video display screen, and wherein said visual indication provides an indication of distance of a detected object from the equipped vehicle, and wherein said control provides said indication to the driver of the equipped vehicle who is parking the equipped vehicle during a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle and wherein said non-visual sensor comprises an ultrasonic sensor. ### Claim 24 A driver assist system for a vehicle, said driver assist system comprising: a CMOS camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assist system; said CMOS camera having a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle; said CMOS camera comprising a lens and a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements arranged in a matrix array of rows of photosensing elements and columns of photosensing elements; said CMOS camera viewing objects external of the equipped vehicle that are located within said field of view of said CMOS camera; wherein said CMOS camera comprises wide-angle optics and wherein distortion of images captured by said CMOS camera is, at least in part, electronically corrected; a control; said control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said CMOS camera; at least one non-visual sensor; said non-visual sensor selected from the group consisting of an ultrasonic sensor and a radar sensor; said non-visual sensor operable to detect objects external of the equipped vehicle; said non-visual sensor providing non-visual sensor data to said control; a video display screen viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when the driver is normally operating the equipped vehicle; wherein, during at least one of (i) a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera are displayed by said video display screen to assist the driver in operating the equipped vehicle; wherein said video display screen is operable to display images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera with a display intensity of at least about 200 candelas/sq. meter for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle; said control providing an indication to the driver of the equipped vehicle who is at least one of (i) reversing the equipped vehicle and (ii) parking the equipped vehicle; said indication comprising at least one of (i) a visual indication displayed by said video display screen and (ii) an audible indication; wherein said indication is provided, at least in part, responsive to said image processor processing image data captured by said CMOS camera and to detection by said non-visual sensor of an object external of the equipped vehicle; wherein said CMOS camera is part of a multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, said multi-camera vision system comprising at least three CMOS cameras including said CMOS camera and at least two other CMOS cameras, wherein each of said at least three CMOS cameras has a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle, and wherein a first camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted at a driver-side of the equipped vehicle and a second camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted at a passenger-side of the equipped vehicle and a third camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted generally centrally at the rear of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said third camera is operable as a rear backup camera when the driver is reversing the equipped vehicle, and wherein images captured by said third camera are displayed by said video display screen when the driver is reversing the equipped vehicle; and wherein said first camera mounted at the driver-side has a field of view at the driver-side of the equipped vehicle and said second camera mounted at the passenger-side has a field of view at the passenger-side of the equipped vehicle and said generally centrally-mounted third camera has a field of view at the rear of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the field of view of said first camera mounted at the driver-side overlaps the field of view of said third camera mounted at the rear, and wherein the field of view of said second camera mounted at the passenger-side overlaps the field of view of said third camera mounted at the rear. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The driver assist system of claim 24, wherein said indication comprises a visual indication displayed by said video display screen and wherein said visual indication comprises a visual cue generated responsive, at least in part, to detection of an object external of the equipped vehicle by said non-visual sensor, and wherein said visual cue at least one of (i) indicates distance to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (ii) indicates proximity to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (iii) highlights an object external of the equipped vehicle, (iv) highlights an object external of the equipped vehicle and indicates distance to an object external of the equipped vehicle, and (v) highlights an object that the equipped vehicle is in jeopardy of colliding with. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The driver assist system of claim 25, wherein said indication comprises an audible indication and wherein said visual cue is accompanied by an audible alert, and wherein said audible alert alerts the driver that the equipped vehicle is approaching an object proximate to the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The driver assist system of claim 24, wherein said driver assist system comprises a user input and wherein at least one of (i) said user input comprises at least one input for a telematics system of the equipped vehicle, (ii) said user input comprises at least one input for a navigational system of the equipped vehicle, (iii) said user input comprises at least one input for a navigation function of said driver assist system, (iv) said user input comprises at least one input for a biometric system of the equipped vehicle and (v) said user input comprises touch input, and wherein said video display screen is disposed at one of (i) a windshield electronics module of the equipped vehicle, (ii) an instrument panel of the equipped vehicle and (iii) a console of the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 28 (depends on 24) The driver assist system of claim 24, wherein said indication comprises a visual indication displayed by said video display screen, and wherein said visual indication provides an indication of distance of a detected object from the equipped vehicle, and wherein said control provides said distance indication to the driver of the equipped vehicle who is parking the equipped vehicle during a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle and wherein said non-visual sensor comprises an ultrasonic sensor. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The driver assist system of claim 28, wherein a unitary image is synthesized from image data captured by said at least three CMOS cameras of said multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said synthesized image approximates a view as would be seen by a virtual camera at a single location exterior of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said synthesized image is displayed by said video display screen that is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle when normally operating the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 30 A driver assist system for a vehicle, said driver assist system comprising: a CMOS camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assist system; said CMOS camera having a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle; said CMOS camera comprising a lens and a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements arranged in a matrix array of rows of photosensing elements and columns of photosensing elements; said CMOS camera viewing objects external of the equipped vehicle that are located within said field of view of said CMOS camera; wherein said CMOS camera comprises wide-angle optics; a control; said control comprising an image processor; wherein said image processor processes image data captured by said CMOS camera; at least one non-visual sensor; said non-visual sensor comprises an ultrasonic sensor; said non-visual sensor operable to detect objects external of the equipped vehicle; said non-visual sensor providing non-visual sensor data to said control; a video display screen viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when the driver is normally operating the equipped vehicle; wherein, during a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera are displayed by said video display screen to assist the driver in operating the equipped vehicle; wherein said video display screen is operable to display images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said CMOS camera with a display intensity of at least about 200 candelas/sq. meter for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle; said control providing an indication to the driver of the equipped vehicle who is parking the equipped vehicle; said indication comprising a visual indication displayed by said video display screen; wherein said indication is provided responsive, at least in part, to detection by said non-visual sensor of an object external of the equipped vehicle; and wherein said CMOS camera is part of a multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, said multi-camera vision system comprising at least three CMOS cameras including said CMOS camera and at least two other CMOS cameras, wherein each of said at least three CMOS cameras has a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle, and wherein a first camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted at a driver-side of the equipped vehicle and a second camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted at a passenger-side of the equipped vehicle and a third camera of said at least three CMOS cameras is mounted generally centrally at the rear of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said third camera is operable as a rear backup camera when the driver is reversing the equipped vehicle, and wherein images captured by said third camera are displayed by said video display screen when the driver is reversing the equipped vehicle. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The driver assist system of claim 30, wherein said visual indication comprises a visual cue generated responsive, at least in part, to detection of an object external of the equipped vehicle by said non-visual sensor, and wherein said visual cue at least one of (i) indicates distance to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (ii) indicates proximity to an object external of the equipped vehicle, (iii) highlights an object external of the equipped vehicle, (iv) highlights an object external of the equipped vehicle and indicates distance to an object external of the equipped vehicle, and (v) highlights an object that the equipped vehicle is in jeopardy of colliding with. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) The driver assist system of claim 31, wherein said indication is provided, at least in part, responsive to said image processor processing image data captured by at least one of said CMOS cameras. ### Claim 33 (depends on 31) The driver assist system of claim 31, wherein said first camera has a field of view at the driver-side of the equipped vehicle and said second camera has a field of view at the passenger-side of the equipped vehicle and said generally centrally-mounted third camera has a field of view at the rear of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the field of view of said first camera mounted at the driver-side overlaps the field of view of said third camera mounted at the rear, and wherein the field of view of said second camera mounted at the passenger-side overlaps the field of view of said third camera mounted at the rear. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The driver assist system of claim 33, wherein distortion of images captured by said CMOS cameras is, at least in part, electronically corrected. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The driver assist system of claim 34, wherein a unitary image is synthesized from image data captured by said at least three CMOS cameras of said multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said synthesized image approximates a view as would be seen by a virtual camera at a single location exterior of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said synthesized image is displayed by said video display screen that is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle when normally operating the equipped vehicle, ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The driver assist system of claim 35, wherein said video display screen comprises a liquid crystal display screen backlit by a plurality of white light emitting light emitting diodes and wherein said liquid crystal display screen comprises a multi-pixel TFT liquid crystal display screen.