Patent ID: 7176959
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle surroundings display device comprising: a camera for taking an image of the surroundings of a vehicle: obstacle detection means for detecting an obstacle in the surroundings of the vehicle; an image processor for generating a surroundings image representing the situation around the vehicle from the image taken with the camera; and image missing region detection means for detecting an image missing region in the surroundings image when the obstacle is detected by the obstacle detection means, the image missing region failing to obtain image data from the camera due to existence of the obstacle, wherein the image missing region detection means includes object position detection means for detecting a border position of the obstacle, which is a position of a border on the vehicle side of an outline of the obstacle, and determines the image missing region using the detected border position, wherein the image processor fills at least part of the image missing region with substitute image data when the image missing region is detected.