Patent Document ID: 20130194426
Application ID: 13800691
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A multi-camera vision system for a vehicle, said vehicular multi-camera vision system comprising: at least three image capture devices disposed at a vehicle equipped with said vehicular multi-camera vision system; said at least three image capture devices comprising a first image capture device disposed at a driver-side portion of the equipped vehicle at a first location; said at least three image capture devices comprising a second image capture device disposed at a passenger-side portion of the equipped vehicle at a second location; said at least three image capture devices comprising a third image capture device disposed a rear portion of the equipped vehicle at a third location; wherein said first image capture device has a first field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle; wherein said second image capture device has a second field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle; wherein said third image capture device has a third field of view exterior of the equipped vehicle; wherein said first field of view of said first image capture device overlaps with said third field of view of said third image capture device defining a first overlap zone; wherein said second field of view of said second image capture device overlaps with said third field of view of said third image capture device defining a second overlap zone; wherein said first image capture device captures first image data; wherein said second image capture device captures second image data; wherein said third image capture device captures third image data; an image processor; wherein first image data captured by said first image capture device is received at said image processor via at least one of an analog data stream and a digital data stream; wherein second image data captured by said second image capture device is received at said image processor via at least one of an analog data stream and a digital data stream; wherein third image data captured by said third image capture device is received at said image processor via at least one of an analog data stream and a digital data stream; wherein, responsive to processing by said image processor of received image data, a synthesized image is generated without duplication of objects present in said first overlap zone and in said second overlap zone and wherein said synthesized image approximates a view as would be seen by a virtual camera at a single location exterior of the equipped vehicle; and wherein said synthesized image is displayed by a single display screen of a reconfigurable display device that is viewable by a driver of the equipped vehicle when normally operating the equipped vehicle.