Driver assist system for vehicle

A driver assist system for a vehicle, said driver assist system comprising:

• a camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assist system;
• said camera having a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said camera comprises a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of the equipped vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the equipped vehicle;
• said camera comprising a lens and a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements arranged in rows of photosensing elements and columns of photosensing elements;
• wherein an image processor processes image data captured by said camera;
• at least one non-visual sensor;
• a video display screen viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when the driver is normally operating the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said video display screen comprises a multi-pixel display screen;
• wherein, during at least one of (i) a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said camera are displayed by said video display screen to assist the driver in operating the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said video display screen is operable to display images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said camera with a display intensity greater than 200 candelas/sq. meter for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein at least one indication is provided to a driver of the equipped vehicle who is at least one of (i) executing a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) parking the equipped vehicle;
• wherein at least one of (a) said at least one indication comprises an indication provided, at least in part, responsive to detection by said non-visual sensor of at least one object external of the equipped vehicle and (b) said at least one indication comprises an indication provided, at least in part, responsive to said image processor processing image data captured by said rear backup camera;
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• wherein said camera is part of a multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, said multi-camera vision system comprising at least two other cameras, wherein each of said two other cameras has a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle, wherein one of said two other cameras is mounted at a driver-side of the equipped vehicle and the other of said two other cameras is mounted at a passenger-side of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the one of said two side-mounted cameras mounted at the driver-side has a field of view at the driver-side of the equipped vehicle and the other of said two side-mounted cameras mounted at the passenger-side has a field of view at the passenger-side of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the field of view of said one of said two other cameras that is mounted at the driver-side overlaps the field of view of said rear backup camera, and wherein the field of view of said other of said two other cameras that is mounted at the passenger-side overlaps the field of view of said rear backup camera.

A driver assist system for a vehicle, said driver assist system comprising:

• a color video camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assist system;
• said color video camera having a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said color video camera comprises a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of the equipped vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the equipped vehicle;
• said color video camera comprising a lens and a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements arranged in rows of photosensing elements and columns of photosensing elements;
• wherein an image processor processes image data captured by said color video camera;
• at least one non-visual sensor;
• a video display screen viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when the driver is normally operating the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said video display screen comprises a multi-pixel display screen;
• wherein, during at least one of (i) a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said color video camera are displayed by said video display screen to assist the driver in operating the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said video display screen is operable to display images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said color video camera with a display intensity greater than 200 candelas/sq. meter for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein at least one indication is provided to a driver of the equipped vehicle who is at least one of (i) executing a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) parking the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said at least one indication comprises an indication provided, at least in part, responsive to detection by said non-visual sensor of at least one object external of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said at least one indication comprises a visual indication displayed by said video display screen;
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• wherein the equipped vehicle comprises a forward-facing camera disposed at a front portion of the equipped vehicle that is operable to capture video images of the ground surface generally in front of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the field of view of said forward-facing camera encompasses a ground area to the front of the equipped vehicle having a width at least substantially an entire front fender width of the equipped vehicle.

A driver assist system for a vehicle, said driver assist system comprising:

• a color video camera disposed at a vehicle equipped with said driver assist system;
• said color video camera having a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said color video camera comprises a rear backup camera disposed at a rear portion of the equipped vehicle and having a field of view rearward of the equipped vehicle;
• said color video camera comprising a lens and a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements arranged in rows of photosensing elements and columns of photosensing elements;
• wherein an image processor processes image data captured by said color video camera;
• at least one non-visual sensor;
• a video display screen viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when the driver is normally operating the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said video display screen comprises a multi-pixel display screen;
• wherein, during at least one of (i) a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle, images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said color video camera are displayed by said video display screen to assist the driver in operating the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said video display screen is operable to display images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said color video camera with a display intensity greater than 200 candelas/sq. meter for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein at least one indication is provided to a driver of the equipped vehicle who is at least one of (i) executing a reversing maneuver of the equipped vehicle and (ii) parking the equipped vehicle;
• wherein at least one of (a) said at least one indication comprises an indication provided, at least in part, responsive to detection by said non-visual sensor of at least one object external of the equipped vehicle and (b) said at least one indication comprises an indication provided, at least in part, responsive to said image processor processing image data captured by said rear backup camera;
• wherein said color video camera is part of a multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, said multi-camera vision system comprising at least two other color video cameras, wherein each of said two other color video cameras has a field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle, wherein one of said two other color video cameras is mounted at a driver-side of the equipped vehicle and the other of said two other color video cameras is mounted at a passenger-side of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the one of said two side-mounted cameras mounted at the driver-side has a field of view at the driver-side of the equipped vehicle and the other of said two side-mounted cameras mounted at the passenger-side has a field of view at the passenger-side of the equipped vehicle, and wherein the field of view of said one of said two other color video cameras that is mounted at the driver-side overlaps the field of view of said rear backup camera, and wherein the field of view of said other of said two other color video cameras that is mounted at the passenger-side overlaps the field of view of said rear backup camera, and wherein a unitary image is synthesized from image data captured by cameras of said multi-camera vision system of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said synthesized image approximates a view as would be seen by a virtual camera at a single location exterior of the equipped vehicle, and wherein said synthesized image is displayed by said video display screen that is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle when normally operating the equipped vehicle;
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• wherein distortion of images derived, at least in part, from image data captured by said color video camera, and displayed by said video display screen, is electronically corrected.