Patent ID: 8031225
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A surroundings monitoring system for a vehicle, comprising: a first camera capturing a first imaging surface; a second camera capturing a second imaging surface, the first camera and the second camera being mounted at different locations on a vehicle; a monitor for displaying a first image of the first imaging surface and a second image of the second imaging surface; wherein a standard point is specified relative to the vehicle, the first image and the second image are synthesized and displayed on the monitor so that a coordinate position of the standard point in an expanded imaging surface from the first imaging surface and a coordinate position of the standard point in the second imaging surface match each other, and an imaginary line including the standard point and extending over the first image and the second image is displayed on the monitor in such a manner that the imaginary line is superimposed on the synthesized image of the first image and the second image, wherein the imaginary line includes a first imaginary line in the first image and a second imaginary line in the second image, and one of the first image and the second image is rotated so that directions of the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line match each other when the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line are displayed on the monitor in such a manner that the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line are superimposed on the synthesized image of the first image and the second image.