Rear view via heads-up display
AssigneeDistance Technologies Oy
InventorsMikko Strandborg, Thomas Carlsson, Petri Savolainen, Urho Konttori
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Abstract
Rear-view image(s) of a region of a surrounding environment that is behind a vehicle, is/are captured, by utilising rear-view camera(s). An image to be displayed via the heads-up display, is generated, wherein when generating the image, processor(s) is/are configured to generate an image segment of the image by utilising the rear-view image(s) of said region of the surrounding environment. The image is displayed via the heads-up display for producing a synthetic light field augmenting a real-world light field incoming via a windshield of the vehicle.
Claims20
A system implemented in a vehicle, the system comprising:
- at least one rear-view camera;
- a heads-up display;
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- at least one processor configured to:
- capture at least one rear-view image of a region of a surrounding environment that is behind the vehicle, by utilising the at least one rear-view camera;
- generate an image to be displayed via the heads-up display, wherein when generating the image, the at least one processor is configured to generate an image segment of the image by utilising the at least one rear-view image of said region of the surrounding environment;
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- display the image via the heads-up display for producing a synthetic light field augmenting a real-world light field incoming via a windshield of the vehicle.
A method implemented in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- capturing at least one rear-view image of a region of a surrounding environment that is behind the vehicle, by utilising at least one rear-view camera;
- generating an image to be displayed via the heads-up display, wherein the step of generating the image comprises generating an image segment of the image by utilising the at least one rear-view image of said region of the surrounding environment;
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- displaying the image via the heads-up display for producing a synthetic light field augmenting a real-world light field incoming via a windshield of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.