Driving support system, vehicle, and imaging device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorHayato FUKE
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Abstract
A driving support system 10 includes a vehicle 110, a controller 120, a flying object 130, and a display device 140. The vehicle 110 acquires information on the environment around the vehicle 110. The controller 120 uses a three-dimensional map database 123 to estimate a blind spot occurring in the environment around the vehicle 110 and performs image processing on an image captured by the flying object 130 to create an image to be provided to an operator/driver. The flying object 130 captures the area where the blind spot estimated by the controller 120 occurs. The display device 140 provides the image created by the controller 120 to the operator/driver.
Claims8
A driving support system comprising:
- a first imaging unit that captures an image of an environment around a vehicle;
- a vehicle controller including an area acquisition unit that acquires a blind spot area based on location information indicating a location of the vehicle, the blind spot area being an area where a blind spot is created inside an imaging area of the first imaging unit due to an object in the environment around the vehicle;
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- an imaging device including an information acquisition unit that acquires information about the blind spot area and a second imaging unit that captures an image of the environment around the vehicle,
- wherein the vehicle controller further includes a receiving unit that receives an image of the blind spot area captured by the second imaging unit.
A vehicle comprising:
- a first imaging unit that captures an image of a surrounding environment;
- an area acquisition unit that acquires a blind spot area based on location information indicating a current location, the blind spot area being an area where a blind spot of the first imaging unit is created due to an object in the surrounding environment;
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- a receiving unit that acquires, from an imaging device, an image of the blind spot area captured based on information about the blind spot area.
An imaging device comprising:
- an information acquisition unit that acquires information about a blind spot area from a vehicle controller that acquires the blind spot area based on location information indicating a location of a vehicle, the blind spot area being an area where an object in an environment around the vehicle creates a blind spot in an imaging area of a first imaging unit that captures an image of the environment around the vehicle;
- a second imaging unit that captures an image of the environment around the vehicle;
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- a transmitting unit that transmits an image of the blind spot area captured by the second imaging unit to the vehicle or the vehicle controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.