Design and Implementation of an Around View Monitoring System of Selecting Scope of View

Abstract

Recently certain driver convenience systems including ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) such as navigation and GPS, and driver’s infotainment devices such as DVD players have been produced. AVM systems of these driver convenience systems support safety driving by providing situations around the vehicle to a driver. A driver can't fully monitor the situation around the vehicle at a glance using only rearview mirrors, a room mirror, and front and rear cameras, and using of only these devices causes blind spot which hinders driver’s safety. Blind spot is cause of personal injury and vehicle damage when parking vehicle, passing on a narrow street and turning left or right. Therefore studies on AVM systems have actively been progressing which provides surroundings of vehicles for drivers. Though existing AVM systems combines video images from four cameras and provides a driver with a full vision around the vehicle with no blind spots, the system has limitations that its monitoring area is narrow and fixed. Thus they are suitable for parking but are not suitable for monitoring situations around vehicle in various purposes. Therefore, in this paper, we will design and implement AVM system with adjustable around view to be shown that the proposed system provides multiple scopes of around views.