Patent ID: 8743203

Claim:
A rear vision system for a vehicle, said rear vision system comprising: a rear backup video camera at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with said rear vision system; said rear backup video camera having a rearward field of view external of the equipped vehicle; said rear backup video camera operable to capture video images rearward of the equipped vehicle during a rear backup maneuver of the equipped vehicle; a display device comprising a video screen operable to display said captured video images for viewing by a driver of the equipped vehicle when conducting the rear backup maneuver; a control in the equipped vehicle; said control activating display of said captured video images by said display device when a transmission of the equipped vehicle is shifted into reverse gear; said control deactivating display of said captured video images by said display device upon shifting of the vehicle transmission out of reverse gear once a threshold deactivation condition is met; wherein said threshold deactivation condition comprises at least one of (a) forward travel of the equipped vehicle exceeding a threshold speed of forward movement after the vehicle transmission has been shifted out of reverse gear, (b) forward travel of the equipped vehicle exceeding a threshold distance of forward movement after the vehicle transmission has been shifted out of reverse gear and (c) a threshold period of time elapsing after the vehicle transmission has been shifted out of reverse gear, said threshold period of time constituting a linger time; and wherein said threshold deactivation condition comprises a threshold period of time elapsing after the vehicle transmission has been shifted out of reverse gear, said threshold period of time constituting a linger time.