Vehicle night vision support system and control method for the same

摘要

A vehicle night vision support system includes an infrared camera that captures an image ahead of a vehicle; a main display that displays the image captured by the infrared camera; a sub-display; and a control unit that controls the sub-display so as to display warning information when it is determined that there is an object in the image displayed on the main display, and controls the sub-display so as to display the warning information when it is estimated or detected that an object that has disappeared from the displayed image is present in the field of view of a driver.

主权项

1. A vehicle night vision support system comprising:
an infrared camera that captures an image ahead of a vehicle; a main display that displays the image captured by the infrared camera; a sub-display; and a control unit that (1) determines whether there is an object in the displayed image on the main display and, when the control unit determines that the object is in the displayed image, controls the sub-display so as to display warning information on the object, (2) calculates a relative position of the object with respect to the vehicle on the basis of a position of the object in the displayed image, (3) estimates or detects whether the object has disappeared from the displayed image but is present in the field of view of the driver, and (4) estimates a time from a time that the object has disappeared in the image displayed on the main display to a time that the object has reached the outside of the field of view of the driver, based on the relative position, wherein when the control unit estimates or detects that the object that has disappeared from the displayed image but is present in the field of view of the driver, the control unit controls the sub-display so as to display the warning information for the estimated time from the time that the object has disappeared in the image displayed on the main display.