Patent ID: 9036026
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B60R,G01C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A vehicular scalable integrated control system for a vehicle, said vehicular scalable integrated control system comprising: a plurality of cameras having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle; a vehicular scalable integrated control unit, wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit comprises an image processor, and wherein visual image data captured by said cameras is processed by said image processor of said vehicular scalable integrated control unit to detect objects in the fields of view of said cameras; a display screen for displaying video information to a driver of the vehicle, and wherein said display screen displays information responsive to said vehicular scalable integrated control unit; wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit is responsive to a global positioning system of the vehicle to determine a current geographical location of the vehicle; wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit accommodates downloading of applications and wherein said applications include a tour guide application, said tour guide application providing information associated with various geographical locations of a selected tour area; wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in said tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls said display screen to display information associated with the identified location of said tour guide application and the current geographical location of the vehicle; and wherein said vehicular scalable integrated control unit, responsive to a determination that the current geographical location of the vehicle is at a location identified in said tour guide application for the selected tour area, controls said display screen to display video images captured by one of said plurality of cameras and wherein the displayed video images are associated with the identified location of said tour guide application.