Patent ID: 11938818
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A periphery monitoring apparatus comprising:
a display processor configured to display, on a display, a peripheral image representing a virtual gaze area including a virtual gaze point viewed from a virtual viewpoint in a virtual space in which a situation in a periphery of a vehicle is reflected, based on a captured image acquired by capturing an image of the periphery of the vehicle; and
a change processor configured to change a viewpoint radius corresponding to a distance between the virtual gaze point and the virtual viewpoint and a viewing angle corresponding to a range of the virtual gaze area viewed from the virtual viewpoint in accordance with a change in a situation on a left side or a right side in a traveling direction of the vehicle, wherein when the situation on the left side or the right side in the traveling direction of the vehide changes from a first situation to a second situation where a degree to which a left-right sense of distance with respect to the vehicle is to be emphasized on the peripheral image is larger than that in the first situation, the change processor changes the viewpoint radius to a second viewpoint radius larger than a first viewpoint radius used in the first situation, and changes the viewing angle to a second viewing angle smaller than a first viewing angle used in the first situation.