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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/247 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04N 5/268 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 1/04 (2013.01); G06K 9/00604 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 5/268 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2300/105 (2013.01); B60R 2300/202 (2013.01); B60R 2300/30 (2013.01); B60R 2300/303 (2013.01); B60R 2300/70 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8026 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A viewing device for a vehicle is provided with plural cameras, an image generation unit, a display and a switching control unit. The plural cameras have different imaging ranges. On the basis of captured images from one or a plural number of the cameras, the image generation unit generates plural viewing images that differ in at least one of viewpoint or viewing angle. The display displays the viewing images. The switching control unit is capable of switching a viewing image being displayed at the display to another of the viewing images.