Patent ID: 11967007
Assignee: FAURECIA CLARION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A vehicle surroundings information displaying method, including:
a surroundings information image generating step for generating surroundings information, showing surroundings information for a vehicle, based on point group data that indicate distances from a vehicle, acquired by a sensor;
a map image acquiring step for acquiring a map image of the surroundings of the vehicle;
an overhead image acquiring step for acquiring an overhead image of the surroundings of the vehicle;
a display image generating step for generating a display image, to be displayed on the display panel, through combining the map image, a vehicle mark that indicates the location of the vehicle, an overhead image placed surrounding the vehicle mark, and a surroundings information image placed surrounding the overhead image; and
a step detecting, through the point group data, a moving body wherein there is a danger of contacting the vehicle, wherein
the region wherein the overhead image is displayed is a circular region centered on the vehicle mark, and
the display image generating step displays with emphasis a circumferential boundary line between the circular region and a region for displaying the surroundings information image, for the direction, in reference to the vehicle, wherein there is a danger of the vehicle contacting the moving body.