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Multi-Angle Vision™ Full-Perimeter Monitoring System

World's First! DENSO TEN has developed Multi-Angle Vision™, a system allowing drivers to view the environment surrounding a vehicle by a three-dimensional vird's-eye images from a wide range of riewpoints.Multi-Angle Vision™ is a full-perimeter monitoring system

DENSO TEN has developed Multi-Angle Vision™, a system allowing drivers to view the environment surrounding a vehicle by a three-dimensional vird's-eye images from a wide range of riewpoints.

  • What is Multi-Angle Vision™?What is Multi-Angle Vision™?
  • Main FeaturesMain Features
  • When to UseWhen to Use
  • Future DevelopmentsFuture Developments

What is Multi-Angle Vision™?What is Multi-Angle Vision™?

By combining images captured with cameras mounted at four locations (front and back of the car, and left and right door mirrors), the system displays a three-dimensional bird's-eye view through a full 360° around the vehicle, together with a picture of the vehicle rendered with three-dimensional CG. This supports anxiety-free driving.By combining images captured with cameras mounted at four locations (front and back of the car, and left and right door mirrors), the system displays a three-dimensional bird's-eye view through a full 360° around the vehicle, together with a picture of the vehicle rendered with three-dimensional CG. This supports anxiety-free driving.

Real-time display of a vehicle's surroundingsReal-time display of a vehicle's surroundings

Real-time display of a vehicle's surroundings
A dedicated, high-speed ECU(*2) combines the view from the four cameras, and the navigation system displays the synthesized video in real time.

A dedicated, high-speed ECU(*2) combines the view from the four cameras, and the navigation system displays the synthesized video in real time.

In recent years, there have been high expectations for systems to check the perimeter of vehicles and thereby support safe driving. As a world's first* product supporting safe driving, DENSO TEN conducted joint development with Fujitsu Laboratories in 2010. Unlike products which convert camera images into planar form, join the images and then look down on the area around the vehicle from the sky, this product can generate a three-dimensional bird's-eye view incorporating the surrounding scenery, furthermore enabling changes in perspective. This system supports safe driving by augmenting the visual field of the driver, in situations such as backing up when parking, or at intersections with poor visibility.

Main FeaturesMain Features

With two types of display modes, the system supports checking of safety around the vehicle when stopping, parking or starting out.With two types of display modes, the system supports checking of safety around the vehicle when stopping, parking or starting out.

Feature 1: Driver perspective - Displays 360° images which seem to penetrate through the car body (First time for DENSO TEN to offer this new feature)Feature 1: Driver perspective - Displays 360° images which seem to penetrate through the car body (First time for DENSO TEN to offer this new feature)

Feature 1

Details

Display of view from outside car　Display from driver’s point of viewDisplay of view from outside car　Display from driver’s point of view

When the switch is pressed while parked, the image of the area around the car is displayed on screens such as the car navigation system.
The image is displayed so that it appears as though the driver's line of sight passes through the car's body, and it is possible to more intuitively grasp the small obstacles which have been difficult to confirm with previous images giving a bird's-eye view from above the vehicle. This makes it easier for the driver to notice things at blind spots which cannot be easily checked from the driver's seat (e.g., near vehicle corners, or behind the vehicle), especially objects which are short in height.
The screen is automatically displayed in 360°, and can be checked more closely by stopping at any desired location.

  • Viewing surroundings from outside the vehicleViewing surroundings from outside the vehicle ,Viewing surroundings from outside the vehicle
  • Viewing surroundings from outside the vehicle
Newly developed screen displayNewly developed screen display

Feature 2: Perspective from outside the vehicle - Displays a 360° image which seems to look down on the vehicle from above (Feature carried over from previous system)Feature 2: Perspective from outside the vehicle - Displays a 360° image which seems to look down on the vehicle from above (Feature carried over from previous system)

Feature 2

Details

Compared with a planar image, this enables display of a three-dimensional bird's-eye view that incorporates surrounding scenery, and which is viewable from a variety of perspectives and angles.
The screen is automatically displayed in 360°, and can be checked more closely by stopping at any desired location.

Feature 2-1 Three-dimensional Bird's-eye view 「Opening video image display(Acc On)」Feature 2-1 Three-dimensional Bird's-eye view 「Opening video image display(Acc On)」

The opening display appears when the engine starts up, showing a three-dimensional video to aid in viewing a vehicle's surroundings.

Three-dimensional Bird's-eye view 「Opening video image display(Acc On)Three-dimensional Bird's-eye view 「Opening video image display(Acc On)

Feature 2-2 Check left, right and turning radius of the inner and outer rear wheels when turning 「Left/Right + Rear viewpoint video images」Feature 2-2 Check left, right and turning radius of the inner and outer rear wheels when turning 「Left/Right + Rear viewpoint video images」

When turning, this screen allows drivers to see the blind spots to the left, right, and rear of the vehicle. For example, drivers can check farther to the left or right when leaving a parking area. When turning, drivers can also verify the turning radius of a vehicle's inner and outer rear wheels.

Check left/right, Check clearance of rear wheels Check left/right, Check clearance of rear wheels Check clearance of rear wheels

Feature 2-3 The full-perimeter screen with viewpoint switching 「function allows easy selection from multiple viewpoints」Feature 2-3 The full-perimeter screen with viewpoint switching 「function allows easy selection from multiple viewpoints」

Drivers can switch between three selected viewpoints. When parking, passing through narrow streets or pulling over, drivers can select the viewpoint they want at the push of a button.

0° Viewpoint Angle | 15° Viewpoint Angle | 30° Viewpoint Angle 0° Viewpoint Angle | 15° Viewpoint Angle | 30° Viewpoint Angle

Feature 2-4 Helps with parking on narrow streets (backing up, parallel, or facing in) 「Bird's-eye view + monocular camera video feed and side camera video feed」Feature 2-4 Helps with parking on narrow streets (backing up, parallel, or facing in) 「Bird's-eye view + monocular camera video feed and side camera video feed」

Parking | Narrow streets | Passing from opposite directions | [Side mirrors stowed]Parking | Narrow streets | Passing from opposite directions | [Side mirrors stowed]

Feature 2-5 See to the sides of a vehicle at night and without lights by the internal, 「near-infrared LED built into the side cameras」Feature 2-5 See to the sides of a vehicle at night and without lights by the internal, 「near-infrared LED built into the side cameras」

near-infrared LED built into the side camerasnear-infrared LED built into the side cameras

Safety and convenience in the following situations:Safety and convenience in the following situations:

Multi-Angle Vision™ contributes to safe driving at intersections with poor visibility, in narrow streets, when parking (backing up, parallel), when side mirrors are stowed away, etc.Multi-Angle Vision™ contributes to safe driving at intersections with poor visibility, in narrow streets, when parking (backing up, parallel), when side mirrors are stowed away, etc.

Setting 1: Allows drivers to check left, right and rear blind spots at intersections with poor visibilitySetting 1: Allows drivers to check left, right and rear blind spots at intersections with poor visibility

Entering | Monitor Screen when Entering | Monitor Screen when Turning Left

Setting 2: View the surrounding environment of a vehicle even when driving on narrow streetsSetting 2: View the surrounding environment of a vehicle even when driving on narrow streets

Synthesized Video Image from All Cameras | Video Image from Front Camera

Setting 3: Check blind spots even when side mirrors are stowed for parking in multi-level parking areasSetting 3: Check blind spots even when side mirrors are stowed for parking in multi-level parking areas

Video image with side mirrors stowed

Safety and convenience in the following situations:Safety and convenience in the following situations:

Our company has been concentrating its efforts on developing advanced safety systems for prevention and mitigation of harm in case of a collision. In addition to the Multi-Angle Vision™ system with its newly added features, our products include Millimeter Wave Radar, Vehicle Security Systems, Airbag Control Module ECUs, and Telematics Units for the eCall Emergency Call System. These systems are at work in situations such as parking, starting out or reversing, normal driving, and during/after collisions.
Going forward, we will contribute to the realization of an accident-free automotive society by creating safety systems with even higher added value. This will be achieved by integrating these on-board systems with Future Link™, a service built around the concept of linking data on people, cars, and society to provide a new mobility life suited to each and every driver.

Notes

(Caution) Each screen is displayed when the vehicle falls below a pre-set speed.

  • ※ As of April 2010, according to research by DENSO TEN. First as a feature enabling display while varying perspective in a three-dimensional bird's-eye view.
  • ※ Images for Multi-Angle Vision™ used here are those for the Multi-Angle Full-Perimeter Monitor or Panoramic View Monitor commercialized together with Toyota Motor Corporation.

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