Application Note

360 ° Wrap-Around Video Imaging Technology Ready for Integration with Fujitsu Graphics SoCs

Provides 3D Omnidirectional View around a Vehicle for Unmatched Driver Visibility, Safety and Convenience

Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc.

October 2010

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Introduction

There has been growing global interest in car-mounted cameras to improve the driver's visibility and make driving safer. Studies have found that cameras are the best way to improve visibility. Not surprisingly, vehicle-mounted cameras have grown in popularity as a tool for enhancing driver safety.

Fujitsu Laboratories Limited has developed a new videoimaging technology that enables a complete 360° wraparound view of a vehicle's perimeter in real time, and demonstrated the technology at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems & ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition in New York.

This driver-assistance technology adapts to different situations, enabling the driver to peripherally view the entire surroundings of a vehicle, from the most appropriate point of view and field of view. The technology improves driving safety by helping the driver in a variety of situations, such as parking, passing and turning.

This technology is now commercially available in the Americas. Fujitsu is offering system designers a complete 360° Wrap- Around Video Imaging Technology Toolset ready for integration with the company's latest graphics SoCs.

This Application Note explains the technology, its background and benefits, and how it works.

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