Surrounding Image Display Control for Blind Spot Lane Departure Checks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surrounding image display apparatuses for vehicles have blind spots that drivers may neglect when intending to make a lane departure, increasing the risk of not confirming the surrounding situation.
Innovation Solution
A surrounding image display apparatus and method that starts displaying an image when a driver intends to make a lane departure and ends the display if a steering operation is performed without visually confirming the blind spot, using an electronic control unit to determine driver intentions and actions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the driver gazes at the image displayed on the display device to confirm the surrounding situation, then the driver can easily confirm the rear or side situation without significantly changing head direction or upper body posture, but the driver may neglect to confirm the blind spot area
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuously displaying the surrounding image, the system inverts the approach by ending the display when the driver performs a steering operation without visually confirming the blind spot. This forces the driver to look directly at the blind spot area rather than relying on the display device, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability of blind spot confirmation
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by monitoring whether the driver visually confirms the blind spot area through detectors (such as cameras or sensors). Based on this feedback, the system decides whether to continue or end the display of the surrounding image, ensuring that the driver actually confirms the blind spot situation before lane departure
2Loss of information
If the surrounding image is continuously displayed to assist lane departure, then the driver can see the surrounding situation, but the driver may neglect to visually confirm the blind spot area
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses periodic action by ending the display of the surrounding image at specific moments (when steering operation is detected without blind spot confirmation). This periodic interruption ensures that the driver cannot rely on continuous display and must actively confirm the blind spot area, thereby preventing information loss while maintaining reliability
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AI summary
A surrounding image display apparatus that comprises an imaging device that captures an image of a surrounding of a vehicle, a display device that displays a surrounding image captured by the imaging device, and an electronic control unit that controls the display device, the electronic control unit being configured to start displaying the surrounding image when it is determined that a driver intends to make a lane departure, and end the displaying of the surrounding image when it is determined that the driver has performed a steering operation without visually confirming a situation of a blind spot on the side of the lane departure.