Patent ID: 8248220

Claim:
A surrounding recognition support system, comprising: a distance marker display section displaying a distance marker, a plurality of estimated drive lines and a plurality of reference lines on a monitor for a user to identify the distance marker, the estimated drive lines, and the reference lines, the distance marker indicating a distance from the user to a predetermined area and allowing the user to visually sense the distance when the user looks at the monitor, the estimated drive lines and the reference lines shown as a parking guidance; an object detection portion detecting the object existing around the user within the predetermined area indicated by the distance marker; a sound output section emitting a special sound corresponding to the distance indicated by the distance marker when the distance marker is displayed on the monitor by the distance marker display section, the sound output section emitting the special sound in response to a result of detection of the object detection portion; and wherein at least the distance marker is drawn along an outer frame of the predetermined area defined by the estimated drive lines and the reference distance lines.