VEHICLE MONITORING APPARATUS

• Main Author: YORIFUJI YAMATO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 18.02.2022
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SIGNALLING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR

To obtain a vehicle monitoring apparatus that can provide backward monitoring support according to the presence or absence of towing.SOLUTION: When a camera ECU 30 determines that a vehicle 10 is not towing the other vehicle 50, monitoring support behind the vehicle 10 is performed using an image captured by a first rear camera 26. When the camera ECU 30 determines that the vehicle 10 is towing the other vehicle 50, one of a bed camera 28 and a second rear camera 56 is selected according to vehicle height information of the other vehicle 50 by the camera ECU 30, and monitoring support behind the vehicle 10 is performed using the image captured by any one of the cameras.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】牽引の有無に応じた後方監視支援を行うことができる車両用監視装置を得る。【解決手段】車両１０が他車両５０を牽引していないとカメラＥＣＵ３０が判定した場合には第一リアカメラ２６により撮像された画像を利用して車両１０の後方の監視支援が行われる。また、車両１０が他車両５０を牽引しているとカメラＥＣＵ３０が判定した場合には当該他車両５０の車高情報に応じて、ベッドカメラ２８及び第二リアカメラ５６のうちのいずれか一つをカメラＥＣＵ３０が選択して当該いずれか一つにより撮像された画像を利用して車両１０の後方の監視支援が行われる。【選択図】図３