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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100245574 | Vehicle periphery display device and method for vehicle periphery image An imaging unit photographs an image of a periphery of the vehicle. An object detection unit obtains image information related to a brightness or a color of the image and position information on the obtained image from the image and detects object from the image informa... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245580 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECT, MODULE FOR DRIVER'S SEAT, AND MOBILE OBJECT A DPF-ECU (1) includes a DPF controller (11) that generates a display identifier for displaying an information image in accordance with the situation of a mobile object on a liquid crystal display device (4) based on the state information acquired f... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245575 | DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND DRIVING SUPPORT PROGRAM In a driving support device and method, images of a vicinity of a vehicle are captured and recorded. Movement information relating to movement of the vehicle is acquired and a movement status of the vehicle based on the acquired movement information is determined. Based... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100245572 | Camera Assembly Mounted on Vehicle's Number Plate A monitoring camera assembly includes a camera portion, a rear housing, and two front housing. The camera portion for sensing image of a object behind a vehicle including a camera body, a camera lens, and two rotational axles. The rear housing is installed on the licens... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100238290 | DRIVE OVER VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS In accordance with exemplary embodiments, the present invention is a drive over vehicle inspection system comprising a camera and a speed sensor configured to detect variations in the spatial relationship with the vehicle's undercarriage as the vehicle is driven over th... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100238291 | METHOD AS WELL AS DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND ALIGNMENT OF A CAMERA OF A DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO THE VEHICLE A method for determining the position and the alignment of a camera of a driver-assistance system of a vehicle relative to the vehicle includes the following steps of recording at least one mark of a measuring target affixed on the left wheel of the rear axle, and at le... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100238292 | EXTERIOR MIRROR FOR VEHICLE To facilitate discrimination of a curb, a gutter or the like by using an infrared illuminating device and an infrared-sensitive image pickup device mounted on an exterior mirror of a vehicle when the vehicle is pulled over to a shoulder at night. Two illuminating device... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100238289 | IN-CAR AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY An in-car audio/video recording rearview mirror assembly is provided for recording the behaviors of the driver and passengers inside a car. The in-car audio/video recording rearview mirror assembly includes a rearview mirror enclosure and a digital monitoring system. Th... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100238288 | Method and apparatus for protecting troops A method and apparatus for protecting the troops when they exit an armored vehicle is provided by utilizing the universal tail light assembly and providing the assembly with wide field-of-view cameras and other sensors, with screens or displays located within the vehicl... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100231719 | Camera Mounting Structure, Camera Mounting Method and Exterior Panel Component of a Vehicle A camera mounting structure for mounting an on-vehicle camera on a vehicle, in which the on-vehicle camera includes an imaging module having a lens and an imaging element, and in an exterior panel component making up an exterior of the vehicle, a bracket part for attach... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231417 | PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS A parking assist apparatus includes a target parking position setting portion specifying a target parking position, a trigger establishment determining portion determining whether or not a parking operation is started by a driver for the vehicle based on a shift positio... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231715 | Sideview Vision System Displaying A View Dependent Upon Transmission Selector A sideview vision system in a vehicle and a method for operating the system. The sideview vision system has a camera fixedly mounted to the vehicle for capturing an image alongside and extending rearward the vehicle, and a display for displaying a view to a driver of th... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231716 | Vehicle-Mountable Imaging Systems and Methods Imaging systems, methods, and vehicles having imaging systems.... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231717 | IMAGE ADJUSTING DEVICE, IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD, AND ON-VEHICLE CAMERA An image adjusting device for an on-vehicle camera mounted on a vehicle includes an operations unit configured to input mounting position information regarding a mounting position of the on-vehicle camera on the vehicle; a storing unit configured to store image processi... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231718 | LANE RECOGNITION DEVICE The lane mark recognition device is equipped with a lane mark detecting unit which executes a lane mark detection process in each predetermined control cycle, and adds a detection presence/absence data to a ring buffer, a detection presence/absence data addition inhibit... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100225763 | EVENT AND SPORT PERFORMANCE METHODS AND SYSTEMS Methods and apparatus are disclosed for detecting and measuring performance characteristics and metrics of participants and vehicles. These performance characteristics and metrics include, but not are limited to, airtime, g-force, spin, rotation, drop distance, accelera... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100225762 | Method for Providing Driver Information in a Motor Vehicle A method provides driver information in a motor vehicle, in which method a recording device of the motor vehicle captures an image flow containing images of at least one part of the environment of the motor vehicle. A display unit in the interior of the motor vehicle re... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100220189 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS A vehicle surrounding monitoring device include at least one camera 2 installed in an own vehicle to image a video around the own vehicle, an obstacle sensor 3 for detecting an obstacle within an imaging range of the camera 2, a pixel synthesis unit... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100220190 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BIRD'S EYE VIEW IMAGE OF AROUND VEHICLE The present invention features an apparatus and method for displaying a bird's eye view image of around a vehicle in a relatively simple manner without causing a large amount of processing load, in which a driver can easily perceive a three-dimensional obstacle placed a... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100219944 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AN EMERGENCY LEVEL OF A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT A method for estimating an emergency level of a vehicular accident includes detecting an event associated with the vehicular accident, initiating a video recording of an interior and/or exterior of the vehicle in response to the detecting of the event, uploading the vid... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100220173 | Estimation of Panoramic Camera Orientation Relative to a Vehicle Coordinate Frame A system and method are presented for estimating the orientation of a panoramic camera mounted on a vehicle relative to the vehicle coordinate frame. An initial pose estimate of the vehicle is determined based on global positioning system data, inertial measurement unit... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100214412 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ASSEMBLY USING AT LEAST ONE OMNIDIRECTIONAL CAMERA AND AN OPTICAL DISPLAY UNIT A method for calibrating an assembly consisting of an omnidirectional camera (2) located on a vehicle (1) and an optical display unit. An image displayed by the display unit reproduces a perspective of an imaginary virtual camera above the object (1... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100214105 | Method of detecting drowsiness of a vehicle operator A method of rectifying drowsiness of a vehicle driver includes capturing a sequence of images of the driver. It is determined, based in the images, whether a head of the driver is tilting away from a vertical orientation in a substantially lateral direction toward a sho... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100214411 | OPTICAL IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLES A system and method of acquiring information from an image of a vehicle in real time wherein at least one imaging device with advanced light metering capabilities is placed aboard a vehicle, a computer processor means is provided to control the imaging device and the ad... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100208072 | ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ON-VEHICLE DISPLAY PROGRAM An on-vehicle display device 1 displays a video around a vehicle and travel information of the vehicle on a single display unit 20. The on-vehicle display device 1 includes video display enable/disable input units 11, 12, 13, and 14 in... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208073 | OUTSIDE VIEW MONITOR SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME A monitor system for a vehicle includes a camera, a display, a failure detection device, and a prohibition control device. The camera captures an image of an area around the vehicle. The display displays the captured image to a driver of the vehicle. The failure detecti... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208074 | OUTSIDE VIEW MONITOR SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME A monitor system for a vehicle includes a camera, a display, a failure detection device, a report device, and a report control device. The camera captures an image of an area around the vehicle. The display displays the captured image to a driver of the vehicle. The fai... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208071 | VEHICLE DETECTION DEVICE, VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD, AND VEHICLE DETECTION PROGRAM Attention is paid on the phenomenon that substantially no direct sun light or no reflected light from surrounding objects is applied, to a vehicle bottom side and tire travel surfaces and the vehicle bottom side and the tire travel surfaces have lower luminance values t... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208032 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING PANORAMIC AND RECTILINEAR IMAGES USING ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC WIDE-ANGLE LENS The present invention provides mathematically accurate image processing algorithms for extracting natural looking panoramic images and distortion-free rectilinear images from images acquired using a camera equipped with a wide-angle lens which is rotationally symmetric ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208060 | LIQUID DROPLET RECOGNITION APPARATUS, RAINDROP RECOGNITION APPARATUS, AND ON-VEHICLE MONITORING APPARATUS Disclosed is a liquid droplet recognition apparatus for detecting liquid droplets attached to a front surface of a transparent member. The apparatus includes an image pickup apparatus that picks up a vertically polarized light image and a horizontally polarized light im... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208075 | SURROUNDINGS MONITORING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE A surroundings monitoring device for a vehicle, including: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of vehicle surroundings; an obstacle recognition unit that recognizes an obstacle in the image acquired by the image acquisition unit, calculates a position of th... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208070 | COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION COLLECTION AND TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS A method and apparatus (10) for collecting information relating to a driver of a motor vehicle using portable computing apparatus (12), cameras (13) for capturing an image or images relating to operation of the vehicle by the driver and a location s... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208076 | IMAGE RECORDING CONDITION SETTING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND DRIVE RECORDER An object of the invention is to provide an image recording condition setting apparatus, an image recording condition setting method, and a drive recorder that can always set an optimum recording condition in the drive recorder. In particular, the invention provides an ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100208077 | ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE An accessory system for a vehicle includes a windshield that has a mounting element adhesively attached to its inner surface, an interior rearview mirror assembly, and an accessory support adapted for mounting to and demounting from the mounting element. The accessory s... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100201818 | Vehicle periphery displaying apparatus A vehicle periphery displaying apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an imaging device for capturing a periphery image; a storage medium for storing history data comprising one of the periphery image and information on an object-in-periphery, the... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201819 | DRIVE RECORDER, DRIVE RECORDER SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRIVE RECORDER, AND PROGRAM A drive recorder is provided that can reduce a risk of losing evidence data in the event of occurrence of an accident. The drive recorder includes an image capture unit that captures a front view of a vehicle in a traveling state, a movie image data generation unit that... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204865 | PLUG-IN VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A plug-in vehicle management system enables charging of a plug-in vehicle from a power supply station through an electric power line and power line communication between the power supply station and the vehicle. When a vehicle-side connector and a station-side connector... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201817 | Vehicle periphery displaying apparatus A vehicle periphery displaying apparatus including an imaging device, a display device and a display controller is disclosed. The imaging device is configured to capture a vehicle periphery image with a wide horizontal filed of view. The display device includes a displa... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204873 | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT INCLUDING REAR VIEW CAMERA Construction equipment including a hydraulic pump driven by an engine, a lower driving structure, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower driving structure, a working device mounted on the upper swing structure and having a boom, an arm, and a bucket res... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201815 | Systems and methods for video monitoring Embodiments of systems and methods for video monitoring are provided. A method for providing video monitoring includes three steps. A target is identified by a computing device and is displayed from a video through a display of the computing device. A selection of a tri... | 08/12/2010 |
