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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2018
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Itsuko Fukushima, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuya Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Kinji Yamamoto, Anjo, JP;
Tetsuya Maruoka, Okazaki, JP;
Takayuki Nakasho, Anjo, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A periphery monitoring device includes: an image acquisition unit acquiring an image obtained from an imaging unit imaging a situation surrounding a towing vehicle to which a towed vehicle is connectable; a projection plane acquisition unit acquiring a three-dimensional virtual projection plane onto which the image can be projected and which is provided with a side plane rising in a height direction from a grounding surface of the towing vehicle; a projection processing unit projecting the image onto the virtual projection plane; a viewpoint setting unit setting a viewpoint position and a gazing point position with respect to the virtual projection plane; an image display unit causing a display device to display an image obtained by viewing the gazing point position from the viewpoint position with respect to the virtual projection plane; and a determination unit determining whether or not the towed vehicle is connected to the towing vehicle.