Patent ID: 7149608
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: B60Q,G01S,G08G

Abstract:
1. An information providing device for a vehicle, comprising: an image obtainer that obtains image data around a vehicle; a distance detector that detects distance data to an object existing around the vehicle; a computer which controls an operation to obtain the image data by the image obtainer and an operation to obtain the distance data by the distance detector, and performs arithmetic processing of the image data and the distance data; and an information provider that provides information about an object around the vehicle, the image obtainer, the distance detector, the computer, and the information provider being provided to the vehicle, wherein the computer comprises: a reference axis associated with obtaining an image is positioned at a center of a range for obtaining image data by the image obtainer, while a reference axis associated with detecting a distance is positioned at a center of a range for detecting distance data by the distance detector, and the image obtainer and the distance detector are arranged such that the reference axis associated with obtaining an image and the reference axis associated with detecting a distance are aligned coaxially.