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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2024
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Michiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuto Ryugo, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Okano, Aichi, JP;
Yukiko Kanno, Kyoto, JP;
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A driving assistance apparatus is provided in which the detection range of a left-front-corner sonar () located at the vehicle's left front corner is included in the field of view of a second imaging means () located at the vehicle's left front corner. When the left-front-corner sonar () detects a three-dimensional object at the vehicle's left front corner, an image processing means () synthesizes an image of the image created using a second imaging means () and the images created with four cameras (-) for imaging the complete periphery of the vehicle, and creates a bird's-eye-view image (). The detection range of the left-front-corner sonar () is included within a region of the bird's-eye image () on the basis of the image created with the second imaging means ().