Patent ID: 8717196

Claim:
A display apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a shooting element for shooting a predetermined area around the vehicle to obtain a shot image around the vehicle; an image conversion element for converting coordinates of the shot image to generate a mirror conversion image, wherein the mirror conversion image provides a first image of a first area around the vehicle reflected on a vehicle mirror, the first image being viewed from a passenger of the vehicle, and wherein the passenger sits down on a predetermined seat of the vehicle; a display element for displaying the mirror conversion image; a left-right reverse image generation element for generating a left-right reverse image based on the shot image; and an image processor, wherein the shooting element shoots at least a rear view of the vehicle so that the shot image shows at least the rear view of the vehicle, wherein a left side of the left-right reverse image corresponds to a right side of the shot image, and a right side of the left-right reverse image corresponds to a left side of the shot image, wherein the display element further displays the left-right reverse image on a same display screen of the mirror conversion image, wherein the shooting element includes a plurality of shooting devices, wherein the shooting devices shoot predetermined areas around the vehicle to obtain shot images around the vehicle, respectively, wherein the image processor processes the shot images to generate a processed image, wherein the processed image provides an overhead view showing the vehicle and a surrounding area of the vehicle, and wherein the display element displays the mirror conversion image together with the processed image simultaneously.