Patent ID: 8085138

Claim:
A display-image switching apparatus comprising: an antilock brake system operation determination portion that determines whether an antilock brake system of a vehicle is operating; a provisional vehicle speed calculation portion that calculates a provisional vehicle speed, wherein the provisional vehicle speed represents a speed at which the vehicle would travel while a brake pedal of the vehicle is depressed and if the antilock brake system were not operating; and a display-image switching portion that executes display-image switching control to switch an image shown in a display between an image captured by a camera provided in the vehicle to monitor the surroundings of the vehicle and another image, based on a comparative speed of the vehicle, wherein when the antilock brake system operation determination portion determines that the antilock brake system of the vehicle is not operating, the actual speed of a wheel of the vehicle is set as the comparative speed, and when the antilock brake system operation determination portion determines that the antilock brake system of the vehicle is operating, the provisional vehicle speed is set as the comparative speed.