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US 2017/0318221 A1Published application
Panoramic windshield viewer system
OwnerAgamemnon Varonosinventor
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Abstract
Forward oblique blind spots of a vehicle, generated by the vehicle's front windshield pillars, are eliminated by provision of a panoramic windshield viewer system, thus allowing the driver to operate the vehicle without having his view impaired by visual obstructions that would otherwise be caused by the windshield pillars.
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An apparatus for panoramic display to an operator of a vehicle of a forward and oblique, partially obstructed view through a vehicle windshield, comprising:
- at least one external camera positioned relative to said vehicle to capture an image of an obstructed portion of said view;
- a processor configured for receiving said captured image from said at least one camera and for processing said captured image for display;
- a display positioned relative to an obstruction and receiving from said processor for display on said obstruction the obstructed portion of the view captured as an image by said camera, wherein said display comprises a curved, flexible display for realistically depicting a scene as captured by the camera;
- said processor applying image warping to correct distorted captured image data for a graphical representation on said display;
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- said processor configured for scaling and cropping said image to provide said panoramic display in which the obstructed portion of the view is replaced by said image captured by said camera.
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A method for panoramic display to an operator of a vehicle of a forward and oblique, partially obstructed view through a vehicle windshield, comprising:
- positioning at least one external camera relative to said vehicle to capture an image of an obstructed portion of said view;
- a processor receiving said captured image from said at least one camera and for processing said captured image for display;
- positioning a display relative to an obstruction and receiving from said processor for display on said obstruction the obstructed portion of the view captured as an image by said camera, wherein said display comprises a curved, flexible display for realistically depicting a scene as captured by the camera;
- said processor applying image warping to correct distorted captured image data for a graphical representation on said display;
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- said processor scaling and cropping said image to provide said panoramic display in which the obstructed portion of the view is replaced by said image captured by said camera.
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