| 摘要 |
<p>To provide a vehicle vicinity monitoring system enabling an obstacle border to be extracted, even under dark conditions, without any adverse effect caused by an obstacle shadow created by the illuminating of vehicle illumination devices. The vehicle vicinity monitoring system captures images of the vicinity of the vehicle using an image-capturing device 3, and uses a notification device 6 to provide vehicle occupants with information concerning obstacles in the vicinity of the vehicle. A primary lighting device 4 and/or a secondary lighting device 4 are provided to the vehicle. The primary lighting device 4 directs light upon shadows cast within the imaging field of the image-capturing device 3 as a result of the illumination device being illuminated. The secondary lighting device 4 is a lighting device for projecting light in a prescribed pattern within the imaging field of the image-capturing device in order to confirm the existence of an obstacle.</p> |
