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TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will introduce the world’s first
Around View Monitor, which offers the driver a bird’s eye view of the vehicle
and its surroundings in real-time. In Japan, the Around View Monitor will debut
in the new Elgrand, scheduled for introduction at the end of this month. The
technology will also be offered to the U.S market on the all new Infiniti EX35
scheduled for launch this December.
The Around View Monitor system sythesizes a bird’s eye image of the vehicle
and itssurrounding from four ultrawide-angle (180-degree) high resolution
cameras mounted on the front, sides and rear of the vehicle. The Around View
Monitor is particularly helpful when parking, enabling the driver to steer
easily and precisely into a parking space.
The screen displays the view from above on the left, and a front or rear
view on the right. The front and rear views alternates according to the gear
shift. This allows the driver acomprehensive view of the vehicle and its
surrounding environment from all angles.
The left side-view is offered with the rear view, allowing the driver to
more easily observe both the rear and left-front when attempting to
parallel-park. The driver has the option to choose between the top view and the
left side-view.
The camera-enabled sensors mounted on all four corners of the vehicle
depict the distance to an obstacle in easy-to-understand colored graphics, and
help warn the driver via a “beeping” alert the closer the vehicle approaches an
fixed obstacle.
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