ENHANCED FRONT CURB VIEWING SYSTEM

摘要

A system and method for determining when to display frontal curb view images to a driver of a vehicle, and what types of images to display. A variety of factors—such as vehicle speed, GPS/location data, the existence of a curb in forward-view images, and vehicle driving history—are evaluated as potential triggers for the curb view display, which is intended for situations where the driver is pulling the vehicle into a parking spot which is bounded in front by a curb or other structure. When forward curb-view display is triggered, a second evaluation is performed to determine what image or images to display which will provide the best view of the vehicle's position relative to the curb. The selected images are digitally synthesized or enhanced, and displayed on a console-mounted or in-dash display device.

主权项

1. A system for providing enhanced images of an area in front of a vehicle, said system comprising:
a first camera mounted at the left front of the vehicle; a second camera mounted at the right front of the vehicle; an image acquisition module in communication with the first and second cameras, said image acquisition module receiving raw images from the cameras; a processor including a memory module, said processor being configured to determine whether to activate a front curb view display based on a detected frontal parking maneuver, said processor being further configured to determine what images to include in the front curb view display, and to provide the images including enhanced images synthesized from the raw images from the cameras; and a display unit in a cockpit area of the vehicle for displaying the front curb view display from the processor for viewing by a driver of the vehicle.