Patent ID: 9712791
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B60R,H04N

Claim:
1. An around view provision apparatus comprising: at least one camera mounted on a vehicle, a direction of the at least one camera being adjustable; and a processor to control the at least one camera to capture images around the vehicle based on a movement of the vehicle, wherein the at least one camera is controlled to operate in a first mode when the vehicle is moving forward at a first prescribed speed or more and controlled to operate in a second mode when the vehicle is moving forward at less than a second prescribed speed or is moving backward, and wherein, in the first mode, the at least one camera configured to capture a lateral region that cannot be observed through a side view mirror or a rear view mirror, and in the second mode, the at least one camera configured to capture a larger region that is angled downward relative to the lateral region in the first mode; and an indoor camera mounted in the vehicle, wherein a position of a driver is detected based on an image from the indoor camera, the lateral region that cannot be observed through the side view mirror or the rear view mirror is determined based on the detected position of the driver, and the at least one camera is controlled to operate in the first mode, the at least one camera being moved in the first mode to capture the lateral region that cannot be observed through the side view mirror or the rear view mirror.