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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Toshihiro Shimizu, Kobe, JP;
Kazuhiro Sakiyama, Kobe, JP;
Kazuya Sako, Kobe, JP;
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle drive assist system comprises a camera for picking up an image of an area existing in an advancing direction of a vehicle; display means for displaying the image picked up by the camera; steering angle detecting means for detecting a steering angle for steering the vehicle; traveling path predicting means for predicting a traveling path of the vehicle on the basis of the steering angle detected by the steering angle detecting means; and drive assist means for overlaying on the display means drive assist information containing the vehicle predictive traveling path predicted by the traveling path predicting means and guide lines prolonged from the lines defining the width of the vehicle body on the image of the area existing in the vehicle advancing direction.