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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2002
Satoshi Sato, Osaka, JP;
Masamichi Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Shusaku Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Morimura, Nara, JP;
Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Nara, JP;
Kunio Nobori, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Sato, Osaka, JP;
Masamichi Nakagawa, Osaka, JP;
Shusaku Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Morimura, Nara, JP;
Yoshihiko Matsukawa, Nara, JP;
Kunio Nobori, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In the vehicle surroundings display device of the invention, an image processor generates an image showing the situation around a vehicle. When an obstacle is detected by an obstacle detection means, the image processor determines an image missing region using the position of the border of the obstacle on the vehicle side detected by an obstacle position detection means and fills the image missing region with substitute image data. This eliminates unnaturalness of a display image the user may feel and enables the user to accurately recognize the position of a neighboring obstacle that is important in driving operation.