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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2002
Kazufumi Mizusawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shusaku Okamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Takashi Yoshida, Ikoma, JP;
Ryosuke Iida, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Hirama, Yokohama, JP;
Michio Miwa, Urayasu, JP;
Kazufumi Mizusawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shusaku Okamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Takashi Yoshida, Ikoma, JP;
Ryosuke Iida, Yokohama, JP;
Yuichi Hirama, Yokohama, JP;
Michio Miwa, Urayasu, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A driving aiding system includes a displaying section arranged at a position that can be looked at from a driver's seat of a vehicle, an image picking-up section for picking up an image of a rear portion of the vehicle containing at least a part of a hitch that is provided to the rear portion of the vehicle, and an image processing section for causing the displaying section to display a synthesized image that is obtained by image-processing an image picked up by the image picking-up section. A hitch image of own vehicle in addition to an image of a trailed vehicle and an image of a destination coupler are displayed on a screen of the displaying section. As a result, the relative positional relationship between the hitch and the destination coupler can be checked on the screen and thus the hitch coupling operation can be facilitated.