Patent ID: 6327522
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
A display apparatus for a vehicle comprising:an image sensing device for sensing an image of a landscape ahead of the vehicle using infrared rays;a display for displaying the image sensed by said image sensing device at a position in front of a driver's seat of the vehicle;distance detection means for detecting an obstacle present ahead of the vehicle on the basis of the image sensed by said image sensing device, and detecting a distance between the obstacle and the vehicle on the basis of the sensed image; anddisplay control means for processing the sensed image in accordance with a detection result of said distance detection means and displaying the processed image on said display,wherein said display control means executes a predetermined image processing of the image sensed by said image sensing device so as to display only the obstacle with the shortest detected distance to the vehicle, and displays an image that has undergone the image processing on said display.