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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2007
Tomoki Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Minoru Takagi, Okazaki, JP;
Tomoki Kubota, Okazaki, JP;
Minoru Takagi, Okazaki, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo-Shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A driving support unit captures an image of a driver's blind spot due to presence of a pillar of a vehicle includes at least first and second cameras which are mounted on the vehicle, a display device for displaying the image on the interior surface of the pillar and a control section for detecting position of the head of the driver, calculating a blind spot angle due to the presence of the pillar in accordance with the position of the head of the driver, and for selecting, based on the calculated angle, one of the cameras to capture the image. The first camera captures an image the major portion of which is an area to the side of the vehicle, and the second camera captures an image the major portion of which is an area to the front of the vehicle.