Image display system and display used in image display system

An image display system to be mounted within a vehicle, the vehicle including a door that is provided on a doorway and a vehicle body structure that blocks view of a driver of the vehicle, the image display system comprising:

• a display provided in an interior surface of the vehicle body structure and including a first display region facing the doorway;
• a camera adapted to capture an image of a blind spot region outside the vehicle body structure, wherein the blind spot region is caused by the view of the driver to be blocked by the vehicle body structure;
• and
• a controller adapted to cause the display to display the image of the blind spot region captured by the camera, when the door is in a closed state, and to cause the display to display an illumination image of a fixed pattern using at least the first display region of the display to light the doorway when the door is in an open state,
• wherein
• the camera is adapted to capture an image of an extended region including the image of the blind spot region,
• the image display system further comprises an image processor adapted to generate the image of the blind spot region based on the image of the extended region captured by the camera, by extracting, from the image of the extended region, the image of the blind spot region in a shape of the display,
• the vehicle body structure comprises a front pillar,
• an interior surface of the front pillar includes a curved shape, and
• the display is provided in the interior surface of the front pillar along the curved shape of the interior surface of the front pillar.