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

Claim 4:
5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program for causing a computer operating as a vehicle video control apparatus to perform:
a support control step of controlling 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; and
a mode change step of displaying video images taken by the left and right image-pickup apparatuses on a monitor when the left and right support parts are positioned at the first positions by the support control step, and using the video images taken by the left and right image-pickup apparatuses as monitoring information for monitoring the vehicle when the left and right support parts are disposed at the second positions, the monitor being configured so that a driver of the vehicle can see the monitor,
wherein, in the support control step, the left and right support parts are moved from the first positions so that the left and right support parts move closer to the vehicle, and eventually the left and right support parts are positioned at the second positions.