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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Kenichi Ohshima, Shimotsuke, JP;
Shigenobu Saigusa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Yasuhiro Konishi, Kawagoe, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus includes: a plurality of imaging units which capture an external region of a present-vehicle and output images; a display unit which is installed in an interior of the present-vehicle; a selector which selects an image to be displayed on the display unit from the images output from the imaging units; and a display control unit which displays the images output from the imaging units on the display unit so as to be switched in accordance with a selection by the selector and displays an image indicator display indicating a display region in the external region of the present-vehicle corresponding to the images so as to be switched by the selector on the display unit.