# US 2019/0172218 A1 · Periphery monitoring device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0172218 A1 - Document ID: US20190172218A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/208,966 - Filed: 2018-12-04 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-06 - Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Tetsuya MARUOKA; Kazuya WATANABE; Kinji YAMAMOTO; Jun KADOWAKI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172218A1 ## CPC - B60R 1/27: providing all-round vision, e.g. using omnidirectional cameras - B60K 35/10: Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor - B60K 35/22: Display screens - B60K 35/26: using acoustic output - B60R 1/26: to the rear of the vehicle - G06T 7/20: Analysis of motion (motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51) - G06T 7/70: Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80) - B60K 2360/21: using cameras - B60R 1/003: {for viewing trailer hitches} - B60R 2300/305: merging camera image with lines or icons - B60R 2300/70: characterised by an event-triggered choice to display a specific image among a selection of captured images - G06T 2207/30256: Lane; Road marking - G06T 2207/30261: Obstacle - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A periphery monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a peripheral image captured by an imaging unit that is provided in a vehicle and captures an image of a periphery of the vehicle, and an indicator image that is capable of being superimposed on the peripheral image and serves as an operation indicator of a driver when the driver performs a driving operation of the vehicle; and an image processing unit configured to change the indicator image from a first predetermined height to a second predetermined height and display a transition of the change. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A periphery monitoring device comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a peripheral image captured by an imaging unit that is provided in a vehicle and captures an image of a periphery of the vehicle, and an indicator image that is capable of being superimposed on the peripheral image and serves as an operation indicator of a driver when the driver performs a driving operation of the vehicle; and an image processing unit configured to change the indicator image from a first predetermined height to a second predetermined height and display a transition of the change. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined height is lower than the second predetermined height. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined height is higher than the second predetermined height. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 2, wherein the first predetermined height is a height in contact with a road surface on which the vehicle is present. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 3, wherein the second predetermined height is a height in contact with a road surface on which the vehicle is present. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined height or the second predetermined height is a height of a reference position set in the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit changes a direction indicated by the indicator image according to a current steering angle of the vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit displays a first indicator image at the first predetermined height and a second indicator image at the second predetermined height side by side in a height direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit changes a transmittance at a time of displaying the indicator image according to a displacement state of the corresponding indicator image. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The periphery monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising a target determination unit configured to determine a movement target position of the vehicle on the peripheral image, wherein the image processing unit determines the direction indicated by the indicator image along which the vehicle reaches the movement target position.