Patent ID: 8111287
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: B60R,B62D,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A vehicle-operation assist for a vehicle mounted with a camera, comprising: a circumferential-state imaging unit operable to generate a circumferential-state image using an output image from the camera; a position inputting unit for inputting a position from a driver; an assumed-movement pattern acquiring unit operable to acquire an assumed-movement pattern in accordance with the position from the driver, said assumed-movement pattern showing movement of the vehicle in case of performing a predetermined driving operation, said assumed-movement pattern including (i) a trace between a start position of the vehicle and an end position of the vehicle, and (ii) a synthetic image of the vehicle at the end position in case of performing the predetermined driving operation; a synthetic-image generating unit operable to generate a synthetic image by using the circumferential-state image and the assumed-movement pattern; and a display unit operable to display the synthetic image, wherein the displayed synthetic image follows the assumed-movement pattern which includes a movement pattern for changing backward and forward movements of the vehicle while the vehicle moves.