Patent Document ID: 20080186382
Application ID: 12068164
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A field watch apparatus for use in a subject vehicle comprising: a road image acquisition unit capable of acquiring a road image that includes another vehicle around the subject vehicle from a roadside capture unit disposed in surroundings of the subject vehicle while the subject vehicle is traveling on a road; an overhead view generation unit capable of generating an overhead view of the subject vehicle with a viewpoint from above the subject vehicle, wherein the overhead view of the subject vehicle is generated as a view of a real image of a nearby area of the subject vehicle by composing the plural road images respectively captured in different perspectives of the plural roadside capture units with viewpoint shifting; and a display unit disposed in the subject vehicle and capable of displaying the overhead view of the subject vehicle, wherein a position of the subject vehicle is represented in an identifiable manner in the overhead view.