MONITORING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

• Main Authors: NAGAO AKIRA, SHINOZUKA NORIYUKI, FURUKAWA MAKOTO, SEKI HIDEO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.05.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive monitoring device for a vehicle the overall constitution of which is simple. SOLUTION: The monitoring device for a vehicle is provided with an illuminator (10) for emitting light beams, including visible light beams to the neighborhood and emitting light beams, based on the component of light the wavelength of which is longer than that of visible light beams to the distance, an imaging apparatus (20) sensitive with respect to a light, the wavelength of which is longer than that of visible light beams and a display device (30) for displaying an image prepared by this image pickup device.