Patent ID: 11940794
Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle video control apparatus comprising:
a support control unit configured to control a left support part and a right support part so that the left and right support parts can be positioned at first positions and at second positions, the left support part being configured to support a left image-pickup apparatus, the left image-pickup apparatus being disposed on a left side of a vehicle and configured to shoot a view to the left of the vehicle, the right support part being configured to support a right image-pickup apparatus, the right image-pickup apparatus being disposed on a right side of the vehicle and configured to shoot a view to the right of the vehicle, the first positions being positions at which the left image-pickup apparatus faces in a direction to a left-rear of the vehicle and the right image-pickup apparatus faces in a direction to a right-rear of the vehicle, and the second positions being positions at which the left image-pickup apparatus faces in a direction to the left of the vehicle and the right image-pickup apparatus faces in a direction to the right of the vehicle;
a display control unit configured to display video images taken by the left and right image-pickup apparatuses on a monitor, the monitor being configured so that a driver of the vehicle can see the monitor;
a recording control unit configured to use the video images taken by the left and right image-pickup apparatuses as monitoring information for monitoring the vehicle; and
a mode change unit configured to make the display control unit display the video images taken by the left and right image-pickup apparatuses on the monitor, which the driver of the vehicle can see, when the left and right support parts are positioned at the first positions by the support control unit, and make the recording control unit use the video images taken by the left and right image-pickup apparatuses as the monitoring information for monitoring the vehicle when the left and right support parts are disposed at the second positions,
wherein the support control unit moves the left and right support parts from the first positions so that the left and right support parts move closer to the vehicle, and eventually positions the left and right support parts at the second positions.