360° vision system for a vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorGary Steven Strumolo
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Abstract
A vehicle monitoring system including a camera mounted on top of the vehicle reflector in operative relation to the camera. The camera and the conical reflector provide a 360° field of view image around the vehicle. A controller is also included is adapted to detect objects within the field of view image, and determine a reference angle between the vehicle and a detected object. The controller also generates a distance value between the vehicle and the detected object as a function of a lane (w) and a reference angle (q). In one embodiment, the system includes an overhead-view display system including a reference vehicle indicator representative vehicle within the environment and an indicator element adapted to display the detected object with respect to the vehicle indicator as a function of the distance value.
Claims20
A vehicle environment monitoring system comprising:
- a camera mounted on top of said vehicle;
- a conical reflector in operative relation to said camera, said camera and said reflector providing a 360° field of view image around said vehicle;
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- a controller adapted to detect objects within said image, determine a reference angle between said vehicle and a detected object from said image, and generate a distance value between said vehicle and said detected object as a function of a lane width value (w) and said reference angle (q).
In a vehicle environment monitoring system including a conical reflector in operative relation to a camera mounted on said vehicle for providing a 360° field of view image around said vehicle, a method of displaying surrounding objects comprising:
- detecting objects within at least a segment of said image;
- determining a reference angle (q) between said vehicle and a detected object from said image;
- determining a lane width value (w);
- generating a distance value between said vehicle and said detected object as a function of said lane width value (w) and said reference angle (q);
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- displaying a representation of said detected object with respect to a reference vehicle indicator representative of said vehicle as a function of said distance value.
A vehicle environment monitoring system comprising:
- a camera mounted on top of said vehicle;
- a conical reflector in operative relation to said camera, said camera and said reflector providing a 360° field of view image around said vehicle;
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- means for detecting objects within said image and determining a reference angle between said vehicle and a detected object from said image;
- a controller adapted to generate a distance value between said vehicle and said detected object as a function of a lane width value (w) and said reference angle (q).
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