Patent ID: 8115811
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: B60K,B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle surrounding area display device comprising: a plurality of vehicle-surrounding-area imaging units which are installed in a vehicle and which pick up images of areas around the vehicle, which are blind spots for a driver, from respective different positions; a display unit which is provided inside the vehicle, and which displays an image picked up by the vehicle-surrounding-area imaging unit; a gazing direction detection unit which detects a direction in which the driver of the vehicle gazes; a display image changeover unit which selects any one of the plurality of vehicle-surrounding-area imaging units based on the driver's gazing direction detected by the gazing direction detection unit, and which causes the display unit to display an image picked up by the selected vehicle-surrounding-area imaging unit; and a determination unit which determines whether or not the driver's gazing direction is a direction toward the display unit; wherein, if the determination unit determines that the driver's gazing direction is the direction toward the display unit, the display image changeover unit maintains the selection of the vehicle-surrounding area imaging unit while the driver's gazing direction is directed toward the display unit.