Display Apparatus and Method for Assisting Parking
AssigneeLG Innotek Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang Yong Lee, Dae Seung Kim
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Abstract
A display apparatus and method for assisting parking is disclosed, the method comprising combining images of all directions of a vehicle photographed by a photographing unit installed on the vehicle into an around view, generating an expected travel trace of the vehicle using steering angle information of the vehicle, overlaying the expected travel trace of the vehicle on the around view, and displaying the overlaid around view along with the expected travel trace of the vehicle, wherein the expected travel trace includes a first expected travel trace made by rear wheels of the vehicle and a second expected travel trace made by front wheels of the vehicle.
Claims11
A display apparatus for assisting parking, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of photographing units mounted on a vehicle to obtain images of all directions of the vehicle;
- an image combining unit combining the images into an around view;
- a travel trace generating unit generating an expected travel trace of the vehicle using steering angle information of the vehicle to overlay the expected travel trace on the around view;
- and a display unit displaying the overlaid around view, wherein the travel trace generating unit generates a first expected travel trace based on rear wheels of the vehicle and a second expected travel trace based on front wheels of the vehicle.
A method for assisting parking, the method comprising:
- combining images of all directions of a vehicle photographed by a photographing unit installed on the vehicle into an around view;
- generating an expected travel trace of the vehicle using steering angle information of the vehicle;
- overlaying the expected travel trace of the vehicle on the around view;
- and displaying the overlaid around view along with the expected travel trace of the vehicle, wherein the expected travel trace generating step includes generating a first expected travel trace based on rear wheels of the vehicle and a second expected travel trace based on front wheels of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.