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7620237 Position detecting apparatus and method of correcting data therein  
Two aiming targets are arranged at positions that are away from two infrared cameras by a predetermined distance. One of the infrared cameras images one of the aiming targets, and the other of the...
7619650 Imaging sensor that monitors operability of the imaging sensor  
An imaging sensor disposed in a vehicle includes an evaluation unit for monitoring the imaging sensor's operability based on an image signal, for example, by an evaluation of invariant patterns,...
7619649 Vehicle front-view monitoring system  
A vehicle front-view monitoring system determines whether there is a fail occurring on the monitoring system based on luminance data on an image of a front view taken by camera and takes fail-safe...
7619508 Video mirror system for a vehicle  
A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly with an electrochromic reflective element having a front portion and a rear portion generally opposite the front...
7616806 Position detecting apparatus and method of correcting data therein  
A first object and a second object arranged in an actual space with coordinates (Xn, Zn) and (Xn−D, Zn) are imaged, and respective coordinates x 1* and x 2* of the first object and the second...
7613999 Navigable telepresence method and systems utilizing an array of cameras  
A telepresence system for providing first and second users with displays of an environment. The system includes an array of cameras, and the array includes multiple camera paths. A first user...
7612798 Photographing system for a moving apparatus  
A photographing system having plural image pickup units for a moving apparatus with enhanced user's visibility of images for a driver of the apparatus. A system control part controls the image...
7612797 Vehicle display apparatus for displaying information of a forward view of the vehicle  
The present invention is to provide a vehicle display apparatus having a clear view. When a vehicle runs on a flat road, a standard FOE (focus of expansion) is set so as that a horizon line is...
7609961 Vehicle camera  
A vehicle camera includes a vehicle lens having an opening, a camera body within the vehicle lens having a viewing axis through the opening, a base attached to the vehicle lens, wherein the viewing...
7605842 Vehicular optical communications system  
Described are a vehicle optical communications system and network to exchange high bandwidth optical data between vehicles or between a vehicle and a stationary host. The vehicle optical...
7605841 Information processing system and method, information processing apparatus, image-capturing device and method, recording medium, and program  
A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a...
7605692 Indicator control system with camera section  
An indicator control system with a camera section provided with a switch for switching from a measurement value display mode to a camera display mode and vice versa to display a selected mode on a...
7602945 Driving support apparatus  
Disclosed is an apparatus which, even when it becomes impossible to take an image of a mobile object due to existence of an obstacle to hide the mobile object, is capable of making a simulatory...
7602413 Information processing system and method, information processing apparatus, image-capturing device and method, recording medium, and program  
A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a...
7599546 Image information processing system, image information processing method, image information processing program, and automobile  
A system and the like capable of stably displaying image information according to an object shot by infrared cameras by offsetting disadvantages of two-dimensional image processing and...
7596439 Method for controlling a remote monitoring device  
A method of controlling a remote monitoring device from a vehicle includes sending a command signal from a telematics unit via a wi-fi connection to the remote monitoring device and receiving data...
7584034 Automobile drive recorder  
In an automobile drive recorder, if a detection signal indicating an occurrence of an abnormal driving state is output by an abnormal state detection sensor, image data of a scene taken by a...
7583184 Video mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle  
A vehicular video mirror system comprises an interior electrochromic mirror having a transflective mirror reflector and a video screen disposed behind the mirror reflector so that the presence of...
7582871 Image pickup apparatus and a switching-over method for the same  
An image pickup apparatus for outputting an image corresponding to a situation of a subject to an outside, including: a far-infrared camera for detecting an electromagnetic wave in a far-infrared...
7580057 Vehicular image pickup device  
A position adjustment of the camera body 2 to a reference position can be performed by the position adjustment mechanism 4 with reference to a position relation between the mark 5 provided in...
7579940 Information display system for a vehicle  
An information display mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly configured for mounting at an interior portion of a vehicle and having a casing, a...
7579939 Video mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle  
A vehicular video mirror system comprises an interior electrochromic mirror having a transflective mirror reflector and a video screen disposed behind the mirror reflector so that its presence is...
7577274 System and method for counting cars at night  
A vehicle identification system distinguishes vehicles in reduced visibility conditions based on the characteristic projection patterns associated with vehicle headlights and their reflections....
7568716 Method and apparatus for alignment of trailer hitch  
A system for facilitating the backing of a vehicle to couple a hitch and trailer, the system including one or more cameras providing visual images to the vehicle driver to assist in backing the...
7567687 Outside-vehicle monitoring system  
The present invention includes a stereo camera for picking up a couple of images of outside a vehicle and a far-infrared sensor for detecting the temperature of an object outside the vehicle at...
7565034 Determination of a navigation window in an optical navigation system  
A technique for reducing navigation errors that are caused by uneven illumination involves using only the portion of the image data that is properly illuminated in the correlation process. The...
7564479 Rearview camera display mounted on a vehicle overhead console  
A video display system for a vehicle includes a first video display for providing an image projection to a rearview mirror of the vehicle, and a second video display mounted behind the first video...
7561720 Single camera system and method for range and lateral position measurement of a preceding vehicle  
A system for determining range and lateral position of a vehicle is provided. The system includes a camera and a processor. The camera is configured to view a region of interest including the...
7561181 Vehicular vision system  
A vehicle vision system includes a vehicle having first and second spatially separated image capture sensors. The first image capture device has a first field of view haying a first field of view...
7561180 Movable body safety system and movable body operation support method  
A beam radiator for radiating a visible light beam on a road surface with a pattern determined according to a predetermined rule in order to inform others of the existence of a subject vehicle. In...
7554573 Drive assisting system  
An object of the present invention is to provide a driving assistance system capable of displaying a picked-up image near a vehicle as a less-distorted image on a monitor. A driving assistance...
7554461 Recording medium, parking support apparatus and parking support screen  
A recording medium, a parking support apparatus and a parking support screen for displaying an image allow the driver of a vehicle to easily grasp the situation while maneuvering the vehicle for...
7548691 Camera module for combining distant image and close image into single image  
A camera module is advantageously used in a vision system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The camera module includes a first optical system focused on distant objects such as a preceding vehicle...
7542834 Mobile unit motion calculating method, apparatus and navigation system  
In a mobile body motion calculation apparatus ( 100 ), a corresponding point calculation section ( 101 ) calculates corresponding points between images captured by a camera 120 . A first motion...
7537400 Camera system for a motor vehicle  
A camera system for a vehicle may comprise at least one camera unit that is detachably connectable to the vehicle. The camera unit may be used for at least one camera-based driver-supporting...
7532975 Imaging apparatus for vehicles  
A vehicle is provided with a plurality of imaging cameras for imaging the front left side, front right side, rear left side, rear right side and rear side. Imaging conditions such as a position...
7532233 Vehicle monitoring apparatus  
A vehicle monitoring device includes an image taking device for attaching to a vehicle, such as a four-wheeled vehicle, a tricycle, a motorcycle, a bicycle or other two-wheeled vehicles, and having...
7527440 Triangular vehicle light apparatus with camera  
A triangular vehicle light apparatus with camera, the invention provides both front and rear light assemblies. Both assemblies have cameras, preferably one in each of the low beams of the...
7520686 Modular installation concept for a camera  
A modular installation system for the installation of camera provides an installation kit capable of being used either flush mounted or protruding on the wall of an aircraft cabin. An external...
7519459 Driving assistance system  
A driver's gaze distribution is detected. Based on the detected distribution, an image corresponding to a driver's visual-field is extracted from images photographed by a front monitor camera and...
7516001 Control apparatus for an in-vehicle device, control method for an in-vehicle device, and control program for an in-vehicle device  
A control apparatus for an in-vehicle device includes an acquisition/transmission unit and a recording unit. The acquisition/transmission unit acquires a program guide corresponding to a position...
7511734 Monitoring apparatus and method of displaying bird's-eye view image  
A monitoring apparatus for providing the driver with the image of blind-spot areas of a moving body. The monitoring apparatus includes: at least one of fish-eye camera mounted on a moving body, to...
7511607 Vehicle back-up viewing system  
A system for displaying an external view of a vehicle is provided. The system may comprise a video camera for capturing images external to the vehicle and a display for displaying the images for...
7508956 Systems and methods for monitoring and tracking movement and location of shipping containers and vehicles using a vision based system  
The invention provides for systems and methods for location-identification and monitoring of objects, such as shipping containers, at a transit terminal using an automated vision based tracking...
7508440 Imaging device and vehicle circumference visualizing apparatus  
An imaging device has a single image pickup element, an image pickup lens arranged in front of the image pickup element, a first optical element having a concave lens property and arranged in front...
7506421 In-vehicle image module with areas of different resolution  
An in-vehicle image module for imaging a light image of an outside of an automotive vehicle includes: an imager having multiple image elements, which are disposed to be a square lattice pattern; an...
7502048 Method for arranging cameras in a vehicle surroundings monitoring system  
The invention provides a vehicle surroundings monitoring system for synthesizing and displaying images captured by a plurality of cameras to provide images that, near the border between partial...
7500794 Concealed vehicular camera surveillance system  
A concealed vehicular camera surveillance system that is mounted in both an internal rearview mirror and in an external side view mirror of a motor vehicle to prevent detection and to provide...
7499644 Vehicle with a catadioptric camera  
The invention relates to a vehicle ( 1 ) comprising at least one catadioptric camera ( 2 ), which is mounted on the vehicle and which has an optical axis ( 5 ) and at least one first mirror ( 6 )...
7499569 Hand pattern switching apparatus  
A camera for taking an image of movement of a hand, and a hand pattern switching apparatus which operates an object equipment based on the result of the image taken by the camera, having a storage...