Vehicle periphery monitoring device and vehicle periphery monitoring method

A vehicle periphery monitoring device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor that is connected with the memory and that is configured to;
• acquire first image information of a vehicle rear side and second image information of vehicle rear lateral sides that are captured by using imaging devices, and make second points at infinity that are at second positions in a vehicle transverse direction of the second image information approximately coincide with a first point at infinity that is at a first position in the vehicle transverse direction of the first image information, and combines the first image information and the second image information, and generates first composite image information to be outputted to an image display device, and
• when sensing a request to change a viewpoint toward a vehicle rear lateral side, make the first point at infinity and the second points at infinity approximately coincide in the middle of the first position and a second position, and combine the first image information and the second image information, and generate second composite image information to be outputted to the image display device, or, when a path changing operation of an operation portion that is used in changing a path of a vehicle is completed, make the first point at infinity approximately coincide with the second points at infinity at the second position, and combine the first image information and the second image information, and generate third composite image information to be outputted to the image display device.

A vehicle periphery monitoring method comprising:

• by a processor,
• acquiring first image information of a vehicle rear side and second image information of vehicle rear lateral sides that are captured by using imaging devices, and making second points at infinity that are at second positions in a vehicle transverse direction of the second image information approximately coincide with a first point at infinity that is at a first position in the vehicle transverse direction of the first image information, and combining the first image information and the second image information, and generating first composite image information to be outputted to an image display device;
• and
• when sensing a request to change a viewpoint toward a vehicle rear lateral side, making the first point at infinity and the second points at infinity approximately coincide in the middle of the first position and a second position, and combining the first image information and the second image information, and generating second composite image information to be outputted to the image display device, or, when a path changing operation of an operation portion that is used in changing a path of a vehicle is completed, making the first point at infinity approximately coincide with the second points at infinity at the second position, and combining the first image information and the second image information, and generating third composite image information to be outputted to the image display device.