Patent ID: 7212653

Claim:
An image processing system for a vehicle, comprising: imaging means for capturing images of an area in advance of the vehicle in the direction of movement of the vehicle; car body region specifying means for specifying a car body region hidden by a car body portion in an image captured by said imaging means; car body image region obtaining means for obtaining an image region corresponding to the car body region which would be seen if the car body portion were transparent; image creating means for creating an image by replacing the car body region in the image captured imaged by said imaging means with the image region obtained by said car body image region obtaining means; car body form image combination means for creating a combination image by further adding a contour line, of a car body form of the vehicle, to the image created by said image creating means, wherein the car body form is at least one of a car body, a bumper, a light, a wiper, an instrument panel, a steering wheel, a mirror, a tire, a seat, and a window; and display means for displaying the combination image.