Patent Document ID: 9691283
Application ID: 14237451
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An obstacle alert device comprising: a captured image obtainment unit that obtains a captured image of a scene of the periphery of a vehicle; a target captured image generation unit that generates a central area of the captured image as a target captured image; an outside region generation unit that generates an outside region that is outside the target captured image in the captured image; an object presence determination unit that determines whether or not an object is present in the outside region; a movement direction determination unit that determines a movement direction of the object in the outside region; and a notification image output unit that, in the case where the movement direction determination unit has determined that the object in the outside region is moving toward the center of the target captured image, sequentially displays a plurality of indicators, that appear for a set amount of time and then disappear, in different locations of the target captured image, starting with the side having the outside region in which the object is present and moving toward the center of the target captured image, and repeats this display while displaying the plurality of indicators in positions where the indicators partially overlap with each other, with the indicator displayed later being displayed over the indicator displayed immediately previous thereto at the areas where the indicators overlap, wherein the notification image output unit displays the target captured image on a monitor of the vehicle, and all of the indicators displayed later are superimposed on the indicator displayed immediately previous thereto on a screen of the monitor.