Patent ID: 7948517
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: B60R,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A vehicular image display apparatus comprising: a camera disposed on a movable portion of a vehicle, wherein an operating position of the movable portion is selectively changeable between a first position and a second position and a relative position and orientation of the camera with respect to a vehicle body changes in accordance with the operating position of the movable portion; a controller that extracts a portion of a taken image data representing a taken image of surroundings of the vehicle taken by the camera, the taken image having the same orientation with respect to the vehicle body as the camera; and a display device on which an extracted image represented by the extracted portion of the taken image data is displayed visible to a vehicle occupant, wherein an orientation with respect to the vehicle body of the extracted image is different from either an orientation with respect to the vehicle body of the taken image taken when the camera is in the first position or an orientation with respect to the vehicle body of the taken image taken when the camera is in the second position so that an orientation of the vehicle body in the extracted image is the same regardless of whether the taken image is taken when the camera is in the first position or in the second and wherein an angular difference between an angular position of the extracted portion of the taken image with respect to the vehicle body when the camera is in the first position and an angular position of the extracted portion of the taken image with respect to the vehicle body when the camera is in the second position corresponds to an angular difference between an angular position of the movable portion in the first position with respect to the vehicle body and an angular position of the movable portion in the second position with respect to the vehicle body.