Patent ID: 9697735
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B60R,G08G

Claim:
1. A drive assistance apparatus comprising: a first imaging section that captures an image of a region around a vehicle on which the first imaging section is installed; an object detecting section that detects an object around the vehicle; a second imaging section that captures an image of a region around a corner of the vehicle where the object has been detected, the corner being a front corner of the vehicle opposite to a side of a steering wheel of the vehicle; a running state detecting section that detects a running state of the vehicle; an image combining section that periodically creates an overhead view image by combination, based on the captured images of the region around the vehicle that has been received from the first imaging section before the object has been detected or from the first imaging section and the second imaging section when the object has been detected; a display section that displays the overhead view image created by combination by the image combining section; and a control section that controls transition of a display image of the display section, based on a detection result of the object detecting section and a detection result of the running state detecting section, wherein: if the object detecting section has detected the object, the image combining section creates a new overhead view image based on the images captured by the first imaging section and on the image captured by the second imaging section and the display section displays the newly created overhead view image, and if the object detecting section no longer detects the object, the control section determines a transition condition based on the running state of the vehicle detected by the running state detecting section and the display section continues to display the new overhead view image even after the object detecting section no longer detects the object.